The Only One For Me
A Decade's Echo of Love's Longing: The Only One For Me
Lyrics
It's been ten long years since the boy went singing
It has been a decade since the boy went singing.
To his true love's door
He went to the door of his true love.
Crying Oh my true love, let me in
The boy cried, asking his true love to let him in.
Ten long years or more
It's been ten years or more since that time.
Down she comes with her falling hair
His true love descends with her flowing hair.
Comes to let him in
She comes to allow him entry.
Comes to show him a secret light, burning
She reveals a secret light, symbolically burning.
You're the only one for me
Expressing that the person addressed is the only one for the speaker.
You're the only one for me
Reiteration of the exclusivity of the addressed person.
And you'll always be
Assurance that the exclusivity will always remain.
The only one for me
Reaffirming that the addressed person is the only one for the speaker.
Now the boy walks in stony silence
The boy now walks in silence characterized by emptiness.
His hollow footsteps ring
His footsteps echo hollowly.
Along the streets where he once went spinning
He walks along streets where he once found joy in everything.
Loving everything
He used to love everything around him.
Now the footprints of crows and sparrows
Footprints of birds gather around his eyes, possibly indicating a sense of age or weariness.
Gather 'round his eyes
The world's burdens have affected his vision.
Now the weight of the world has cut him
The weight of life has diminished him.
Down to size
He has been reduced in stature by life's challenges.
You're the only one for me
Reiteration that the addressed person is the only one for the speaker.
You're the only one for me
Reaffirmation of the exclusivity of the addressed person.
And you'll always be
Assurance that this exclusivity is everlasting.
The only one for me
Restating that the addressed person is the only one for the speaker.
It's been ten long years since the boy went singing
Recollection that it has been ten years since the boy went singing.
To his true love's door
He sang at his true love's door.
Crying Oh my true love, Let me in
Repetition of the plea to be let in.
Ten long years or more
Confirming that it has been ten years or more since that time.
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