Back Track
Back Track: A Melodic Dilemma
Lyrics
What started back then
Reflecting on the beginning of a relationship or connection
Never intended to be anything more than friends
Initial intention was just friendship
It was easy to see
Clear understanding of something more beneath the surface
There's so much more to this then chemistry
There's deeper substance beyond mere physical attraction
The things that you do only drew me closer to you
Actions of the other person draw the speaker closer emotionally
Let's play pretend - just make me feel good again
Desire to escape reality and feel good again through pretend
So let's back track - hold back
Desire to retrace steps, hold back from advancing further
We both know it's not the right thing to do
Acknowledgment that continuing isn't morally right
No matter how I try it seems that I
Struggle to resist the attraction
Just can't get enough of you
Feeling of insatiable longing for the person
Two sides of a pair
Comparing themselves to a pair with conflicting emotions
These things we feel for each shouldn't be shared
Belief that their feelings shouldn't be shared
This attraction to you
The speaker's intense attraction to the other person
Is an opponent that I'm losing to
Feeling defeated by the attraction
But we made the moves
Actions have been taken leading to a critical point
And now this state of play is making us choose
The situation is forcing a decision
And I don't know if I've the strength to walk away from you
Uncertain if the speaker can leave the other person
My right from my wrong, confused for too long
Confusion between right and wrong due to the intensity of emotions
But I still remember when
Nostalgia for a better time in the past
Let's go back to then, let's make it good again
Desire to return to that better time
So let's back track - hold back
Reiterating the desire to retrace steps and restrain from advancing
We both know it's not the right thing to do
Acknowledgment that continuing isn't morally right (repeated)
No matter how I try it seems that I
Struggle to resist the attraction (repeated)
Just can't get enough of you
Feeling of insatiable longing for the person (repeated)
You're like a - flashback
Comparison of the person to a nostalgic memory
Of sweet feelings of the one when I knew
Nostalgic feelings evoked by the person
No matter how I try it seems that I'm
Continuous return to the person despite efforts to resist (repeated)
Always coming back to you
Continual attraction and return to the person (repeated)
Now the clock begins to tick and when
Time is running out to make a decision
Its alarm calls us to choose
Acknowledgment that a critical decision point is approaching
But if we keep hitting snooze again
If the decision is delayed, everyone will suffer
Then everyone will lose
Delaying the decision will lead to negative consequences for all involved
So let's back track - hold back
Reiterating the desire to retrace steps and restrain from advancing (repeated)
We both know it's not the right thing to do
Acknowledgment that continuing isn't morally right (repeated)
No matter how I try it seems that I
Struggle to resist the attraction (repeated)
Just can't get enough of you
Feeling of insatiable longing for the person (repeated)
You're like a - flashback
Comparison of the person to a nostalgic memory (repeated)
Of sweet feelings of the one when I knew
Nostalgic feelings evoked by the person (repeated)
No matter how I try it seems that I'm
Continuous return to the person despite efforts to resist (repeated)
Always coming back to you
Continual attraction and return to the person (repeated)
You - always coming back to you
Constantly returning to the person (repeated)
You - always coming back to you
Consistent return to the person (repeated)
You - always coming back to you
Repetition highlighting the continuous pull towards the person
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