Swimming Upstream
Navigating Love's Rapids: Josef Salvat's Struggle Against Past Shadows
Lyrics
Didn’t I move you once?
Expressing a sentiment of having once deeply affected or inspired the other person emotionally.
We started out so open,
Reflecting on the initial stages of the relationship, characterized by openness and a feeling of being at home.
So at home.
Describing the comfortable and familiar beginnings of the relationship.
’Til you confused me for someone you used to know.
Noting a shift in the relationship dynamics where the other person has mistaken the singer for someone from their past.
I’m nothing like the one’s you’ve been with
Asserting the singer's uniqueness and dissimilarity from the other people the person has been involved with.
We tried swimming upstream
Describing a joint effort to face challenges or go against the norm.
You told me that you knew where the river went
Pointing out the other person's claim of understanding the direction of their shared journey.
Now somewhere I am changing
Indicating a personal transformation happening within the singer.
Somewhere you’re busy making old mistakes.
Highlighting the other person's continuous repetition of past mistakes while the singer is changing.
Don’t lay your past on me
Requesting the other person not to burden the relationship with their past experiences.
You built a dream and wound it round and round
Describing the other person's creation of a dream and its negative impact on the singer.
Woke up and went to work to break me down
Expressing the aftermath of the dream, which led to the singer's emotional breakdown.
No I’m nothing like the ones you’ve been with
Reiterating the singer's uniqueness compared to the others in the other person's past.
We tried swimming upstream
Revisiting the metaphor of swimming upstream as a joint effort to face challenges.
You told me that you knew where the river went
Repeating the other person's claim of knowing the direction of their shared journey.
Now somewhere I am changing
Reiterating the ongoing personal changes within the singer.
Somewhere you’re busy making old mistakes.
Emphasizing the other person's persistence in repeating past mistakes during the singer's transformation.
T’étais a côté de la plaque
Switching to French, expressing a feeling of being off course or misunderstood.
I was lost in love and trying to find my way
Describing the singer's state of being lost in love and trying to navigate through it.
But the more I asked the more you took away
Highlighting the other person's reluctance to provide guidance, leading to emotional depletion for the singer.
Oh you are still with the one’s you’ve been with
Observing that the other person is still involved with individuals from their past.
We tried swimming upstream
Repeating the metaphor of swimming upstream and facing challenges together.
You told me that you knew where the river went
Reiterating the other person's claim of knowing the direction of their shared journey.
Now somewhere I am changing
Affirming the ongoing personal changes within the singer.
Somewhere you’re busy making old mistakes.
Highlighting the other person's persistence in repeating past mistakes during the singer's transformation.
Yeah you are still with the ones you’ve been with
Reaffirming that the other person is still involved with individuals from their past.
The only danger you got to worry bout’s yourself
Stating that the only threat the other person faces is self-inflicted.
Yeah you are just like the one’s you’ve been with
Reiterating that the other person resembles those from their past, and the only danger they face is from themselves.
The only danger you got to worry bout’s yourself
Repeating the notion that the other person's primary concern should be self-inflicted dangers.
Yeah you are still with the ones you’ve been with
Emphasizing again that the other person is still involved with individuals from their past.
The only danger you got to worry bout’s yourself
Reiterating the idea that the only danger the other person faces is self-inflicted.
Yeah you are just like the one’s you’ve been with
Stating once more that the other person resembles those from their past, and the only danger they face is from themselves.
The only danger you got to worry bout’s yourself
Repeating the notion that the only danger the other person faces is self-inflicted.
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