Belong
Embracing Love's Ephemeral Dance: Jeff Straw's 'Belong' Reflections
Lyrics
It's so nice to see you today
It expresses joy in encountering someone on the current day.
Let's harness a memory that won't fade
Suggests creating a lasting memory from the encounter.
Sometimes love works like a switch
Describes love as unpredictable, comparing it to a switch.
As fickle and fleeting as an itch
Compares love to something transient, like an itch.
I belong to this world
Expresses a sense of belonging to the world.
But it doesn't belong to me
Conveys a realization that the world is not owned or controlled.
It may be my oyster
Metaphorically refers to the world as an oyster.
But I'm not it's pearl
Acknowledges that the speaker is not the world's essence or core.
Still, I hope you belong to me
Expresses a desire for someone to belong to the speaker.
At least for now
Hopeful that the sense of belonging will endure, at least temporarily.
At least for now
Repeats the desire for temporary belonging.
Lasso a memory
Uses a lasso metaphor to capture a memory.
Breathe it in
Encourages savoring and internalizing the captured memory.
Heed all emotion
Advises paying attention to all emotions, whether real or imagined.
Come fact or come fiction
Suggests that emotions are independent of factual or fictional situations.
Time tends to distort most our past
Reflects on how time can distort memories.
So while you're still with me, make this last
Encourages making the current moment with a loved one last.
I belong to this world
Reiterates a sense of belonging to the world.
But it doesn't belong to me
Reaffirms that the world is beyond personal possession.
It may be my oyster
Continues the oyster metaphor to describe the world.
But I'm not it's pearl
Emphasizes the distinction between the speaker and the world's essence.
Still, I hope you belong to me
Expresses the ongoing desire for someone's belonging.
At least for now
Reiterates the temporary nature of the hoped-for belonging.
At least for now
Restates the desire for a transient sense of belonging.
Don't fade
Concludes with a plea for the memories not to fade.
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