Missing Man
Yearning Echoes: Decoding the Emotions in Julia Fordham's 'Missing Man'
Lyrics
Yet another day slides into midnight
Another day is ending, moving toward midnight.
From your camp there's not a single word
You haven't communicated at all from your side.
Seemingly you have forgotten
It seems like you've forgotten about me.
I'm still your girl
Despite everything, I'm still the one who cares for you.
People tell me I am strong
Others see me as strong.
I might have to prove them wrong
But I might have to prove them wrong by showing my vulnerability.
As the cracks begin to show
My facade of strength is starting to crack.
I'm trying to find the strength
I'm attempting to gather the courage to move on from you.
To let you go
To find the strength to let you go.
Missing man
There's an absence or longing for a man who is missing.
Hope turned out to be
Hope has resulted in a risky or harmful lesson.
A dangerous lesson
Belief or trust is like a deceptive, shallow river.
Faith a shallow river in disguise
Flowing through my enduring spirit but causing my self-respect to drown.
Running through my patient spirit
Reiterates the longing or absence of the missing man.
Drowning my pride
-Missing man
Repetition emphasizes the absence and longing for the missing man, questioning if he misses the narrator.
Missing man
-Do you miss me
-Missing man
-Missing man
-Missing man
-Do you miss me
-Missing man
Continuation of questioning if the missing man misses the narrator.
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