realign
Realigning Hearts: Kayla Grace's Soulful Journey through Guilt and Hope
Lyrics
Older
Expressing the passage of time and aging.
We’re getting older
Acknowledging the inevitability of aging.
But you will always be a child in my mind
Affirming a perpetual youthful perception of someone in the speaker's mind.
Shoulders
Referring to the responsibility or burden the speaker carries.
On my shoulders
Emphasizing the weight on the speaker's shoulders.
But the weight became too heavy over time
Describing how the burden has become overwhelming with time.
I didn’t sleep, I didn’t sleep til 16
Highlighting a period of sleeplessness until the age of 16.
You had to leave, you had to leave to fix me
Indicating someone's departure as necessary for the speaker's improvement.
You didn’t mean, you didn’t mean to keep me up
Suggesting the departure wasn't intended to cause distress.
But i’ve been up all night
Expressing the speaker's sleepless nights, worrying.
Hoping you’re alright
Expressing concern for the well-being of the person who left.
It tears me up inside
Conveying emotional distress within the speaker.
You won’t live a normal life
Predicting a deviation from a typical or expected life.
10 years down the line
Projecting a future time frame, possibly a decade later.
When you call at night
Anticipating a call at night in the future.
I hope I’ll find the time
Expressing hope for finding time to reconnect in the future.
And we can realign, we can realign
Expressing a desire for reconnection and realignment.
This city
Describing a city as heartless and having taken the speaker away.
This heartless city
Further emphasizing the negative impact of the city on the speaker's life.
Took me away and I don’t know if I’ll return
Uncertainty about returning to the city.
Guilty
Expressing guilt about not providing adequate care.
I feel so guilty
Acknowledging a sense of guilt.
That you never get the care that you deserve
Expressing regret for not ensuring proper care for the other person.
I didn’t sleep, I didn’t sleep til 16
Reiteration of the speaker's sleeplessness until the age of 16.
You had to leave, you had to leave to fix me
Reemphasizing the departure as a means to fix the speaker.
You didn’t mean, you didn’t mean to keep me up
Clarifying the unintentional nature of causing sleepless nights.
But i’ve been up all night
Continued concern for the well-being of the departed person.
Hoping you’re alright
Reiterating the speaker's anxiety and hope for the other person.
It tears me up inside
Expressing the internal emotional struggle of the speaker.
You won’t live a normal life
Reiterating the anticipation of a different life for the other person.
10 years down the line
Repeating the future time frame, possibly a decade later.
When you call at night
Reiterating the anticipation of a call at night in the future.
I hope I’ll find the time
Reiterating hope for finding time to reconnect in the future.
And we can realign, we can realign
Reiterating the desire for reconnection and realignment.
We’re cut, cut from the same cloth
Expressing a shared origin or connection with someone.
It’s my fault, my fault I’m so cut off
Admitting personal responsibility for feeling emotionally distant.
I hope, hope and pray in time
Expressing hope and prayer for eventual realignment.
We can realign
Reiterating the desire for realignment in the future.
I’m so, God I’m so selfish
Acknowledging a sense of selfishness in the speaker's actions.
I left, I left you helpless
Admitting to leaving the other person in a vulnerable state.
I hope, hope and pray in time
Expressing hope and prayer for eventual realignment despite past actions.
We can realign
Reiterating the desire for reconnection and realignment.
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