Big Whale
Eternal Yearning: Unveiling the Depths of Love and Loss in 'Big Whale'
Lyrics
Now that you're loved,
Expressing a state of being loved
Have you still got the brains to see
Questioning if the person still has the ability to perceive and understand
Can't you see all the things that she could love
Encouraging recognition of the qualities that make someone lovable
When you grow old,
Contemplating the experience of aging
Will you even feel phased to be
Asking whether aging affects emotional sensitivity
Will you remember the ways that people grow
Reflecting on the memories of personal and collective growth
What's there not to love
Posing a rhetorical question about the lovable qualities
Why's it not enough
Questioning the adequacy of love
I wanna break my mind
Expressing a desire to break free from conventional thinking
I'd been living in a daydream
Recalling a past period of living in imagination
Till the daydream died
Acknowledging the end of a pleasant illusion or fantasy
I didn't wanna wake this time
Reluctance to face reality or wake up from a certain state
I used to feel brand new
Describing a past feeling of being refreshed and new
And hell, I'd do anything to dream another night of laying next to you
Expressing a strong desire to dream of being close to someone again
But I know you're through
Acknowledging the end of a relationship
I wanna break my mind
Reiteration of the desire to break free from mental constraints
I don't know how long I was waiting
Uncertainty about the duration of a waiting period
But I've been biding my time
Patiently enduring a period of waiting
Hoping someday that I'll find
Hoping for a future encounter or experience
Something as good as you
Expressing the rarity and value of a particular experience or person
I know I'd do anything to
Reiterating the willingness to do anything for a particular experience or person
I would claw my head
Describing a strong emotional reaction, potentially frustration or distress
Till my fingers bled
Expressing a willingness to endure physical pain to forget about someone
Till the sheets were red just to shake the thought of you
Describing an intense emotional struggle represented by bleeding fingers and red sheets
I can't beat my brain
Expressing a feeling of helplessness or stagnation in creative expression
Songs all sound the same
Reflecting on a sense of monotony or lack of inspiration in music
Darling I could shake the songs right out of you
Expressing a desire to remove the influence of a person from creative expression
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