Steady Glow
Eternal Echoes: Navigating Loss in 'Steady Glow' by In Her Own Words
Lyrics
The clock on the wall, it never stops ticking. It feels almost new but I've been here before. I wait for your call, but it's never coming and I'm always running away.
The speaker reflects on the passage of time, feeling a sense of déjà vu and waiting for a call that never comes, leading to a perpetual state of running away.
sick of God has a plan. Things happen for a reason. It feels so unfair that it happened this way. The clock on the wall, it never stops ticking but your time was cut short.
Expressing frustration with the belief in a higher power and the idea that things happen for a reason, especially when facing an unfair situation where someone's time was unexpectedly cut short.
I've been seeing your face in the steady glow of the torch I hold, but your flame just burned out so, so suddenly.
The speaker reminisces about someone whose presence is still vivid in their mind, symbolized by a torch, but acknowledges that the person's flame has extinguished suddenly.
We said no goodbyes. The last thing you told me was see you next month when the leaves start to fall. I know that you're gone, but I can't help but wonder if you can still hear me now.
Despite not saying goodbyes, the speaker recalls a last interaction about meeting again next month, pondering if the departed can still hear them now.
the funeral home, the man at the podium. He said Jesus saves but what did he save you from? No goodbyes, the last words you told me are ringing in my head.
Reflecting on a funeral scene, questioning the meaning of religious statements about salvation, and remembering the lingering impact of the last words spoken by the departed.
I've been seeing your face in the steady glow of the torch I hold, but your flame just burned out so, so suddenly.
Reiteration of the speaker's continued connection with the departed, visualized through the steady glow of a torch, emphasizing the sudden extinguishing of the person's flame.
I'd go back to your house on Main, but I don't wanna relive all the pain. It's been two years since you left on that September day. I'll take care of your guitars and your radio collection. Promise it's in loving hands. Two years, I still think about you every day.
Expressing reluctance to revisit painful memories associated with the departed's house, mentioning the passage of time since their departure, and expressing ongoing thoughts and care for the person's belongings.
The clock on the wall, it never stops ticking. It feels almost new but I've been here before. I wait for your call, but it's never coming and I'm always running away. Oh I'm always running away.
Repetition of the theme of the relentless ticking of the clock, waiting in vain for a call, and a perpetual sense of running away.
I've been seeing your face in the steady glow of the torch I hold, but your flame just burned out so,
Continuation of the metaphorical imagery of the torch's glow, underscoring the abrupt end of the departed person's presence.
Are you at the top of the world or the back of my mind? Oh your flame just burned out so
Pondering the departed's current state, questioning if they are a significant memory or a distant thought in the speaker's mind, reiterating the sudden extinguishing of their flame.
So suddenly.
Reaffirming the abrupt nature of the person's departure, emphasizing the unexpected and sudden end of their presence.
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