Lyrics
Walking in this city
Expressing the act of walking in the city.
Ain't got a friend
Feeling a lack of companionship or close relationships.
All I meet is strangers
Encountering unfamiliar faces with little time for connection.
With no time to lend
Not finding people willing to spare time for interaction.
Buildings and the steeples
Observing tall structures and church towers reaching toward the sky.
Aimed for the sky
Buildings symbolizing ambition, perhaps reflecting the speaker's aspirations.
Looking oh, so lonely
Feeling a sense of isolation and solitude.
Lonely as I
Expressing loneliness, possibly in a shared experience with the surroundings.
Maybe, maybe, maybe
Expressing hope or uncertainty about finding someone.
I can find someone
Yearning to discover a connection with another person.
Maybe, maybe, maybe
Repeating the possibility of finding someone, emphasizing uncertainty.
Maybe she'll find me
Suggesting the potential for someone else to discover the speaker.
Some lovers are like countries
Comparing lovers to countries, emphasizing distance and separation.
So far apart
Highlighting the emotional and physical distance between some lovers.
Spending time counting the miles
Spending time measuring the emotional gap between hearts.
That lay between their hearts
Describing the emotional and geographical separation in a relationship.
Some lovers are like ships at sea
Comparing lovers to ships with broken masts, lost and directionless.
With a broken mast
Symbolizing a lack of guidance and uncertainty in some relationships.
Knowin' not where they're goin'
Expressing a sense of not knowing the destination of the relationship.
Knowin' not who to ask
Highlighting the confusion and lack of answers in troubled relationships.
Maybe, maybe, maybe
Repeating the uncertainty about finding a connection with someone.
I can find someone
Expressing a continued search or desire for companionship.
Maybe, maybe, maybe
Reiterating the uncertainty and possibility of finding someone.
Maybe she'll find me
Suggesting the hope that someone else may discover the speaker.
Believe I'll go down to the bay
Contemplating a journey to the bay, possibly for reflection or escape.
Believe I'll jump right in
Considering the act of immersing oneself in the bay, symbolizing a leap into the unknown.
Hear the fishes laughing
Imagining the underwater world reacting to the speaker's inability to swim.
When they find out I can't swim
Reflecting on the humorous aspect of not being able to swim.
Believe I'll go down to the bay
Repeating the idea of going to the bay, possibly for a fresh start.
Look across the sea
Contemplating the vastness of the sea and its potential for change.
Throw a rose into the bay
Symbolic gesture of letting go, throwing a rose into the bay.
Make believe I'm free
Indulging in a fantasy of freedom, suggesting a desire for liberation.
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