Great Big Wall
Breaking Down Walls: Isaac Friend's Poetic Journey of Love and Loss
Lyrics
Well here I am and there you are
Expressing the physical presence of both the speaker and the other person.
What to do with you I just don't know
Uncertainty about how to handle the relationship.
Yeah, you met me at the right time
The other person entered the speaker's life at a significant moment.
Struck me down like a lightning bolt
A sudden, impactful experience, akin to being struck by lightning.
And I'm like
A moment of realization or reaction.
Damn
An exclamation expressing strong emotions, possibly surprise or frustration.
One look and she gets me high
The other person has a powerful effect on the speaker.
She leaves and I sink so low
Feeling low or down when the person is not around.
But she don't want a kind of love like mine mine mine
The other person doesn't desire a love like the speaker's.
Deep and slow, then I hit the road
Turning to a different lifestyle, possibly leaving a relationship.
Hey, I'm running away to different places
Escaping to various locations.
Drinking til the well runs out
Indulging in excess, possibly to cope.
And that's okay
Acceptance of the situation, finding it okay.
I just miss you babe and I don't know how
Expressing longing and confusion about missing the other person.
I built a great big wall
The speaker has created emotional barriers, represented by a metaphorical "great big wall."
I built a great big wall
-I built a great big wall, but I'm falling
Despite the wall, the speaker is experiencing emotional vulnerability.
What will it take to make you stay
Pleading for the other person to stay.
What kind of magic you got up your sleeve
Questioning the extraordinary qualities or efforts needed to keep the person around.
To make a smooth round stone stay home
A metaphor for trying to make a relationship last.
Lately, when the slope is leaning, I'm leaving
Leaving when faced with challenges or difficulties.
Like, hey I'm running away to different places
Repeating the theme of escaping to different places.
Singing til my lungs give out
Continuing to express emotions through singing.
And that's okay
Acceptance of the situation, finding it okay again.
I just miss you babe, and I don't know how
Reiterating the longing for the other person.
I built a great big wall
Repetition of the metaphorical "great big wall," possibly emphasizing its significance.
I built a great big wall
-I built a great big wall
-I built a great big wall but I'm falling
-I built a great big wall
-I built a great big wall
-I built a great big wall
-I built a great big wall
-I built a great big wall
Continued expressions of escape and missing the other person.
I built a great big wall
-Hey I'm running away to different places
-Walking til my luck runs out
-And that's okay
-I just miss kissing you til your eyelids fall
-Til your eyelids fall
-Til your eyelids fall
-Like a great big wall
Reinforcing the emotional barrier created by the "great big wall."
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