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Unveiling the Fragility of Love: Jenny Stockdale's Poetic Journey
Lyrics
Put your heart into an envelope
Expressing the act of putting one's emotions or sincerity into a message.
Go send it through the mail
Sending the heartfelt message through traditional mail, suggesting a tangible effort.
All the words you used
Highlighting the significance of the words used to create homes and cities.
To build your homes and cities out of
Suggesting that the foundations built on these words are destined to fail.
Were constructed to fail
Emphasizing the inherent flaws in the constructions made with those words.
Write your name out with a sparkler
Encouraging writing one's name with a sparkler, implying a temporary and fleeting nature.
Lose your letters in the flame
Suggesting the destruction of letters in the flame, symbolizing the impermanence of written communication.
Know that nothing burns as furious
Stating that nothing burns with the intensity and hopelessness of a paper airplane.
And blue and hopeless
Portraying the fragility and transience of emotions represented by a paper airplane.
As a paper airplane
Asserting that despite these challenges, the speaker is not lost.
But I'm not lost
Reiterating that the speaker is not lost, emphasizing resilience.
You will find
Assuring the listener that they will eventually be found.
You count the cost
Encouraging reflection on the emotional cost of leaving things behind.
Of all the lights behind you
Referencing lights behind, possibly alluding to past experiences or relationships.
Waste my time
Expressing a sense of wasted time, regret, or the consequences of past actions.
Hang the heavy things with fishing line
Suggesting using unconventional methods (fishing line) to hold onto heavy burdens.
Tie the fragile ones with rope
Advising a more robust approach (tying fragile things with rope) to secure delicate aspects.
Wash my hands of you
Declaring a detachment from someone until a significant change occurs.
Until the water runs out frozen
Describing a cleansing or purification process, using soap when the water runs out frozen.
This time I will use soap
Emphasizing the intention to cleanse oneself from the situation.
Cause I'm not lost
Reiterating that the speaker is not lost, maintaining a sense of self.
You're not kind
Implying a lack of kindness from the listener or a distancing from warmth and understanding.
I count the cost
Reflecting on the emotional cost, counting what has been left behind.
Of all the lights behind me
Referencing lights behind the speaker, indicating a personal evaluation of the past.
Left behind
Concluding with a sense of abandonment or things left unresolved.
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