Symbolica
Symbolica's Echo: Love's Odyssey and Impending Doom
Lyrics
This is all that I think about
This encompasses all my thoughts.
All that I think of is the meaning
My thoughts are solely focused on finding meaning.
Reconnect and talk about it
Reconnect and discuss the subject.
My arms fell off I dreamed about it
I had a dream where my arms detached; a surreal experience.
It's all that I dream about
All my dreams revolve around this.
All that I see is teeth in my hands
All I perceive are teeth in my hands, perhaps a symbolic image.
I'm sitting in the car in the backseat
Being in the backseat of a car, looking through glass, and feeling cut by it.
Looking through the glass and it cut me
An experience of vulnerability while looking through glass.
I think I'm gonna write a book
Contemplating writing a book about the time it took for a response.
About how long it took for you to get back to me
Reflecting on the duration it took for someone to get back.
That's a familiar feeling
Experiencing a familiar feeling.
Hands on the glass
Hands on the glass, anticipating impact.
Waiting for the impact
Emotionally charged feeling.
It's a feeling
Emphasizing the importance of sincerity when mentioning a name.
Don't say my name unless you mean it
Not wanting to hear the name unless it's meant sincerely.
In that case I don't want to hear it
Reference to impending doom named Symbolica.
Impending doom called symbolica
A French expression, "I will leave, I know you are waiting."
Je partirai, je sais que tu m'attends
Considering documenting thoughts.
I think I'm gonna write this down
Revisiting childhood memories obsessively.
I can't stop thinking about when we were children
Recalling a moment where divinity seemed present.
I thought I saw God for a minute
French: "I will go through the forest, I will go through the mountain."
J'irai par la forêt, j'irai par la montagne
A thought intended for someone specific.
I had a thought for no ones but your ears
Expressing admiration and the effort to love traditionally.
That you were beautiful and that I strove to
Contrasting happiness with weariness, using the metaphor of a hollow moon.
Love you in the old high way of love
Expressing an early connection with Symbolica.
That it had all seemed happy and yet we'd grown as weary as that hollow moon
Love experienced intensely but reaching an unhealthy extreme.
Symbolica I think I feel for you from the start
Struggling with the aftermath and consequences of intense love.
You can fall in love so very hard
A reflection on the intensity of falling in love.
But we've taken things just way too far
Acknowledging that things have gone too far in the relationship.
I can't stop working it out
Feeling compelled to continuously analyze the situation.
I can't stop thinking about you
Continuous thoughts about the person.
But you put me in my place too many times
Repeated instances of feeling put in one's place, indicating a power dynamic.
You put me in my place too many times
-You put me in my place too many times
-You put me in my place too many times
-I think I'm gonna write a book
Revisiting the idea of writing a book about waiting for a response.
About how long it took for you to get back to me
Reiterating the familiar feeling of waiting and anticipation.
That's a familiar feeling
Repeating the emotional intensity and anticipation felt through hands on the glass.
Hands on the glass
-Waiting for the impact
-It's a feeling
-Don't say my name unless you mean it
Emphasizing the importance of sincerity in addressing one's name.
In that case I don't want to hear it
Reiterating the unwillingness to hear the name insincerely.
Impending doom called symbolica
Reference to impending doom named Symbolica.
Je partirai, je sais que tu m'attends
A French expression, "I will leave, I know you are waiting."
I think I'm gonna write this down
Considering documenting thoughts.
I can't stop thinking about when we were children
Revisiting childhood memories obsessively.
I thought I saw God for a minute
Recalling a moment where divinity seemed present.
J'irai par la forêt, j'irai par la montagne
French: "I will go through the forest, I will go through the mountain."
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