On the 4th of July
Fourth of July Revelations: Love, Freedom, and the Heart's Odyssey
Lyrics
Shall I tell it again how we started as friends
Reflecting on the beginning of the relationship, started as friends.
Who would run into one another now and again.
Highlighting chance encounters over time.
At the Yippee Cai O or the Mesa Dupree, or a dozen different everyday places to be.
Mentioning various places where they met regularly.
I was living alone, we were ever so brave on the telephone.
Describing the speaker's solitary life and their courage in telephone conversations.
Would you care to come down for fireworks time,
Inviting the other person to join for fireworks on the Fourth of July.
We could each just reach, we step out of line.
Suggesting unity and stepping out of the ordinary for a shared experience.
And the smell of the smoke and the lay of the land
Evoking the sensory experience of smoke and the landscape.
And the feeling of finding one's heart in one's hand
Expressing a profound connection and vulnerability.
And the tiny tin voice of the radio band singing "love must stand,"
Referring to a radio band singing about enduring love.
Love forever and ever must stand.
Emphasizing the enduring nature of love.
Unbelievable you, impossible me, the fool who fell out of the family tree,
Describing the speaker and the other person as unique and incompatible.
The fellow that found the philosopher's stone, deep underground like a dinosaur bone.
Metaphorically finding something precious deep within, like a philosopher's stone.
Who fell into you at a quarter to two with a tear in your eye for the Fourth of July
Recalling a specific moment of meeting, marked by emotion on the Fourth of July.
For the patriots and the minutemen and the things you believe they believed in then
Connecting the meeting to patriotic symbols and beliefs of the past.
Such as freedom, and freedom's land and the kingdom of God and the rights of man
Listing values such as freedom, God's kingdom, and human rights.
With the tiny tin voice of the radio band singing "love must stand,"
Reiterating the radio band's message of enduring love.
Love forever and ever must stand and forever must stand.
Stressing the permanence of love.
Oh, the smell of the smoke as we lay on the land
Recalling the sensory experience of smoke and the landscape.
And the feeling of finding my heart in my hand
Expressing personal vulnerability and connection through finding one's heart.
With the tiny tin voice of the radio band singing "love must stand,"
Repeating the radio band's message of enduring love.
Love forever and ever must stand and forever must stand.
Emphasizing the eternal nature of love.
All on the Fourth of July, on the Fourth of July.
Summarizing the events described as happening on the Fourth of July.
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