Cordova
Reflections of Longing: Cordova's Evocative Journey
Lyrics
The volunteers come for your prayers
The volunteers come to receive your prayers.
And some souvenirs
They seek souvenirs.
With ivory skin and boycott lessons
Volunteers have ivory skin and lessons on boycotting, repeating annually.
Year after year
This repeats year after year.
Well, I'm tracing your face up in the space of the bottom bunk
The singer recalls tracing a face on the bottom bunk's space.
Oh Cordova
Specifically mentions "Cordova," a place associated with emotional turmoil.
Where I cried and I cried
Refers to crying in Cordova.
I knew I was trading on things that I didn't have
Acknowledges trading on things not possessed.
The things that I didn't have
Reiteration of lacking certain things.
Now you come to me
Someone approaches the singer with the unfaithfulness of a revolution.
With revolution's infidelity
Describes the person with blacklisted friends and family connections (Tupperware kin).
With blacklisted friends and Tupperware kin
Mentions a significant personal history.
And your big history
Well, I'm tracing your face up in the space of the bottom bunk
Reiterates the emotional connection with Cordova.
Oh Cordova
Reflects on crying in Cordova.
Where I cried and I cried
Acknowledges trading on unpossessed things.
I knew I was trading on things that I didn't have
Reiteration of lacking certain things.
The things that I didn't have
I memorize the lullabies
Recalls memorizing lullabies associated with diminishing lives.
Of dwindling lives
References the lay of the land and the tactile memory of each hand.
The lay of the land, the touch of each hand
Indicates losses over time.
We lose by and by
I'm tracing your face up in the space of the bottom bunk
Repeats the image of tracing a face on the bottom bunk's space.
Oh Cordova
Mentions Cordova and the emotional distress experienced there.
Where I cried and I cried
Reflects on crying in Cordova.
I knew I was trading on things that I didn't have
Acknowledges trading on things not possessed.
The things that I didn't have
Reiteration of lacking certain things.
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