Lyrics
Walking in the backstreets on the poor side of town
Walking in a less affluent part of town.
The radios a wailing' as the sun goes down
The radio is playing loudly as the day ends.
Lighting my version of her moonlit skin
Describing the speaker's perspective of the person's skin in the moonlight.
Comes with the dust and goes with the wind
Comparing the transience of the speaker's feelings with the dust carried by the wind.
I wish the footsteps I'm havin' could be doubled again
Expressing a desire for a repeated experience of footsteps.
I wish the footsteps I'm hearin could be doubled again
Repetition of the desire for the footsteps to be doubled.
With a stroll as gentle as a mandolin
Comparing a gentle stroll to the soft sound of a mandolin.
Walkin beside me in the soft nights breeze
Imagining someone walking beside the speaker in a gentle night breeze.
Carries me away back on my knees
Feeling emotionally overwhelmed, possibly by the presence of the person.
Oh how I'm dreaming Oh how I'm so blind
Expressing deep emotions and longing in dreams.
How can I want something that I know will never be mine
Questioning the feasibility of desiring something that can never be attained.
Oh the stars in a race with my last earthly moon
Describing a celestial competition between stars and the speaker's last earthly connection.
and the . of the keys to the very last room
Referring to the end of a journey with the keys to the last room.
Set freeing a dream in soft nights wind
Releasing a dream into the night wind.
That sends me away then back again
Describing a cyclical journey of being sent away and then returning.
Oh how I'm dreaming' Oh how I'm so blind
Repeating the theme of dreaming and emotional blindness.
How can I want something that I know will never be mine
Reiterating the challenge of desiring something unattainable.
Then I wake in a cell with my candle gone
Waking up in confinement with a burnt-out candle.
Out the bars i see the gallows at dawn
Seeing the gallows at dawn through the bars.
Gone is the night with it my dreams
Loss of dreams as night ends.
I hear the jangle of keys, they're coming' for me
Awareness of impending consequences or judgment.
And Ohh how i'm dreaming' Oh how i'm so blind
Repeating the theme of dreaming and emotional blindness in a dire situation.
How can I want something I know will never be mine
Reiterating the challenge of desiring something unattainable in a difficult circumstance.
And Ohh how i'm dreaming' Oh how i'm so blind
Repeating the theme of dreaming and emotional blindness in a dire situation.
How can I want something I know will never be mine
Reiterating the challenge of desiring something unattainable in a difficult circumstance.
How can I want something I know will never be mine
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