Tell Me
Yearning Echoes: A Love Unraveled in Jimmy Swagg's 'Tell Me'
Lyrics
I can't wait for another
Expressing impatience for another event or moment
Cuz I can wait for you
Expressing the ability to wait for the person being addressed
I can't wait for another
Reiteration of impatience for another event or moment
Cuz I can wait for you
Reiterating the ability to wait for the person being addressed
You are my, yeah
Affirmation of the addressed person as "my love"
You are my love
Affirmation that the person addressed is the speaker's love
You are my, yeah
Reiteration of the addressed person as "my love"
You are my love
Reiteration that the person addressed is the speaker's love
Tell me that you need me
Request for affirmation that the speaker is needed
Tell me that you miss me, love
Request for affirmation that the speaker is missed and loved
Tell me that you miss me
Request for affirmation that the speaker is missed
That you haven't moved on
Desire for assurance that the addressed person has not moved on
But you're gone, you're gone, you're gone, you're gone, you're gone
Repetition emphasizing the departure or absence of the addressed person
But you're gone, you're gone, you're gone, you're gone, you're gone
-You moved on to another
Acknowledgment of the addressed person moving on to another
Cuz you would not wait for me
Reason for the addressed person moving on (unwillingness to wait)
Thought that I was better
Initial belief in personal improvement, possibly to win the addressed person back
But when I saw you I lied
Admission of lying when encountering the addressed person
I lied, I lied, I lied
Repetition emphasizing the lies told
Said I'm alright
Assertion of being alright despite internal emotional turmoil
Said I'm alright
Reiteration of being alright, possibly to convince oneself
I walked away with teary eyes
Physical response of walking away with teary eyes
Tell me that you need me
Repetition of the request for affirmation that the speaker is needed
Tell me that you miss me, love
Repetition of the request for affirmation that the speaker is missed and loved
Tell me that you miss me
Repetition of the request for affirmation that the speaker is missed
That you haven't moved on
Repetition of the desire for assurance that the addressed person has not moved on
Are you gone, you're gone, you're gone, you're gone, you're gone?
Questioning the departure or absence of the addressed person
Is it gone?
Questioning the permanence of the departure or absence
You're gone, you're gone, you're gone, you're gone
Repetition emphasizing the continued absence of the addressed person
Tell me that you need me
Repetition of the request for affirmation that the speaker is needed
Tell me that you miss me, love
Repetition of the request for affirmation that the speaker is missed and loved
Tell me that you miss me
Repetition of the request for affirmation that the speaker is missed
That you haven't moved on
Repetition of the desire for assurance that the addressed person has not moved on
But you're gone, you're gone, you're gone, you're gone, you're gone
Repetition emphasizing the continued absence of the addressed person
But you're gone, you're gone, you're gone, you're gone, you're gone
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