Still Smiling
Echoes of Love Lost: Still Smiling by I Start Counting
Lyrics
As the sun sets through the CO2
Reflecting on the sunset amidst environmental concerns related to CO2 emissions.
I think of things connected with you
Contemplating thoughts associated with the person being addressed.
Have you left the job
Questioning if the person has quit their job.
Do you still play the records that I gave away
Wondering if they still listen to the records given away.
I write down the dreams you're in
Recording dreams involving the person.
I write down the dreams I have of you
Writing down dreams about the person.
Some are set on earth
Some dreams are set on earth, possibly reflecting mundane aspects.
Others set elsewhere
Other dreams are set elsewhere, suggesting more fantastical or distant scenarios.
Are you still smiling
Asking if the person is still finding happiness.
Still, still smiling
Emphasizing the persistence of that happiness.
I see the sharp eyed girls in magazines
Observing confident girls in magazines.
Cutting through their clothes
Noting their ability to challenge conventions or norms (symbolized by cutting through clothes).
With their shoulder blades
Highlighting the girls' distinctive physical features.
I try to ignore the sense of it
Attempting to disregard the impact or influence they have.
Watching me from their eyes
Feeling scrutinized by the perception of these girls.
Are you still smiling
Reiterating the inquiry about the person's current state of happiness.
Still, still smiling
Re-emphasizing the ongoing nature of that inquiry.
July was the last time I spoke to you
Recalling the last conversation in July.
I'm one of life's losers you said
Being labeled as a loser by the addressed person.
Such useless tricks my mind plays on me
Expressing frustration at the mind's tendency to deceive with useless thoughts.
Imagining the past is still to come
Imagining the past as if it were still to happen, blurring past and present.
Pretending I can recapture
Pretending or attempting to reclaim a past memory.
That lazy hot summer not so long ago
Longing for a recent, idyllic summer experience.
Are you still smiling
Reiterating the concern about the person's happiness.
Are you still smiling
Repeating the inquiry about their happiness.
Are you still smiling
Reiterating the concern about the person's emotional well-being.
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