I'd Welcome You Back
Yearning Echoes: Embracing a Lost Love's Pain
Lyrics
I’d welcome you back in my arms if I could
I desire to embrace you again if it were possible
And forget all the heartaches you caused
Willing to overlook the pain you caused in the past
I’d call you my friend, hold you close once again
Expressing a wish to be friends and close once more
And listen to more of your lies
Despite knowing your tendency to tell lies
I’d lie down beside you to rest for a while
Expressing a willingness to rest beside you
And feel your warm breath in my hair
Describing the intimate feeling of your breath in the hair
I’d hold you so tight through the long lonely night
Expressing a desire to hold tightly during a lonely night
If one moment I thought that you’d care
Conditional on the belief that you might care
But you love another, one better than me
Acknowledging that you love someone else more
I can’t believe a word you have to say
Doubting the truth in what you say
And when the night’s over and morning has come
Anticipating your departure when the night ends
You’ll spread your wings and surely fly away
Symbolizing leaving and moving on
I’m singing this song with a pain in my heart
Expressing emotional pain while singing the song
For the nights that I spend all alone
Reflecting on lonely nights spent without you
I’ve waited all day for your telephone call
Waiting all day for a phone call that never comes
To tell me that you were coming home
Expecting to hear that you're coming home
But you never call me, or answer my mail
Expressing disappointment in the lack of communication
You never miss the things we used to do
Noticing the absence of shared activities and experiences
So now that you’ve left me alone in my bed
Realizing the loneliness after you've left
It’s time to forget about you
Deciding it's time to move on and forget about you
But you love another, one better than me
Reiterating that you love someone else more
I can’t believe a word you have to say
Maintaining skepticism towards your words
And when the night’s over and morning has come
Anticipating your departure with the morning light
You’ll spread your wings and surely fly away
Symbolizing the inevitable act of moving on and leaving
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