Melancholy Rising
Melancholy Rising: A Poetic Dance of Love and Loss
Lyrics
Feels like I met you only yesterday
Reflects a feeling of recent acquaintance or connection
Timelines cross, create a chemical change
Suggests that different life paths converged leading to a significant change
In my spare time you know I
During free moments
Am walking with the ghosts of you and I
Symbolizes reminiscing and navigating memories of a past relationship
You sleep somewhere on the horizon
Implies distance or separation
And I'll be in the melancholy rising
Describes a feeling of sadness or wistfulness gradually intensifying
When the city lights meet the night
Highlights a transition when urban lights meet the darkness, hinting at a juxtaposition of emotions
Swimming with the stars welcome to the rush
Symbolic of a thrilling experience within the mind's world
Of my mind
Elaborates on the rush of thoughts and emotions
Somewhere we are kissing for the first time
Remembering a significant moment of intimacy
My heart explodes into pieces that I'm
Expresses emotional turmoil when attempting to love again
Still picking up every time I try to fall in love
Continued struggle to move forward from past emotional wounds
Tears fall like shooting stars
Depicts the emotional weight felt through tears falling
I've always been so far from where you are (from where you are)
Signifies feeling distant from the desired person or place
Tears fall like shooting stars, even in my arms we are apart (we are apart)
Emphasizes the physical distance despite being together, leading to a sense of separation
You sleep somewhere on the horizon
Reiterates the idea of distance and separation between the singer and the subject
And I'll be in the melancholy rising
Repeatedly experiencing a rising feeling of melancholy
When the city lights meet the night
Describes a poignant moment when city lights meet the night, symbolizing conflicting emotions
Swimming with the stars welcome to the rush
Continuation of a thrilling yet overwhelming mental state
Of my mind
Refers to the rush of thoughts and emotions
Your hair was the sunshine
Metaphorical description of someone's brightness and positivity in the singer's life
Your soul is the night time
Contrast between the brightness and the depth of the person's character
I'm a little early but it's always the wrong time
Feeling like the timing of the relationship is never quite right
The burden you carry, to my lips you marry
Symbolizes an intimate connection or a deep emotional bond
The curse of a lifetime, together we both pine
Describes the enduring struggle or difficulty in the relationship
You sleep somewhere on the horizon
Reiteration of distance and separation
And I'll be in the melancholy rising
Continued experience of rising melancholy
When the city lights meet the night
Highlights conflicting emotions during the night
Swimming with the stars welcome to the rush
Portrays overwhelming thoughts and feelings
Of my mind
Continued reference to the rush of thoughts and emotions
Do you remember what you said to me when we lived in the land of 17?
Asking if the other person remembers a specific moment shared together at the age of 17
Do you remember what you meant to me when I was 17?
Questioning the significance and impact of the relationship at a younger age
Your hair was the sunshine
Recalls the brightness and positivity associated with the person
Your soul is the night time
Contrasts the brightness with the depth of the person's character
I'm a little early but it's never the right time
Reiteration of the feeling that timing never aligns correctly in the relationship
The burden you carry, to my lips you marry
Symbolic reference to intimate connection or deep emotional bond
The curse of a lifetime, together we both pine
Expresses the enduring struggle or difficulty experienced together
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