The Way You Want It

Yearning Echoes: Embracing Longing in Keane's Melodic Tale
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Lyrics

From the shelter of your home

Seeking refuge within the comfort of your home

As you walk into the rain

Entering the challenges of life, symbolized by walking into the rain

Send a message that you know she'll hear

Conveying a message with the hope that she, despite being distant, will hear

Though she's far away

Acknowledging the physical or emotional distance between you and her

Even though you have been wrong before

Despite past mistakes, anticipating her attention now

She'll hear you now

Confidence that she will listen to you

You know she will

Expressing certainty that she will pay attention

But you don't know how

Uncertain about the method or reason for her attention


From the shelter of the rain

Facing challenges while seeking solace in the midst of difficulties

As you walk into the Tube

Navigating through life, perhaps symbolized by entering the Tube (subway)

As you think of how you wonder if

Contemplating whether she thinks about you in return

She thinks about you too

Wondering if she reciprocates your thoughts

Even though you've waited so long

Patience despite a prolonged wait for a significant moment

To see the day

Anticipation of the day when she will finally turn to you

When she will turn

Expectation of her attention or focus shifting towards you

To you again

Imagining a reunion where you express "So long, my friend"

'So long my friend'

Potentially signaling the end of a close relationship

Is what you'll say

An anticipated farewell statement


And I don't know

Expressing confusion or uncertainty

Why you feel so bad

Questioning the intense negative emotions experienced

Where is the life you once had?

Pondering the loss of a previous fulfilling life

And still this horrid feeling grows and grows

The unpleasant feeling intensifying despite desires

The way you want it to

The unpleasant feeling not aligning with desired outcomes


Even though you've waited so long

Reiteration of the prolonged wait for a significant moment

To see the day

Repeating the anticipation of her turning towards you

When she will turn

Reiterating the expectation of her attention turning to you

To you again

Envisioning the moment of reunion and the anticipated farewell

'So long my friend'

Repeating the expected farewell phrase

Is what you'll say

Reiterating the anticipated farewell statement


And I don't know

Continued confusion or uncertainty

Why you feel so bad

Reiterating the questioning of intense negative emotions

Where is the life you once had?

Repeating the contemplation of a lost fulfilling life

And still this horrid feeling grows and grows

Persisting and intensifying negative emotions contrary to desires

The way you want it to

The unpleasant feeling not aligning with desired outcomes, reiterated


You're a fool though

Acknowledging a sense of foolishness in the situation

Why you feel so bad

Reiterating the questioning of intense negative emotions

Where is the life you once had?

Repeating the contemplation of a lost fulfilling life

And still this hollow feeling grows and grows

Acknowledging a persisting hollow feeling, growing despite desires

The way you want it to

The unpleasant feeling not aligning with desired outcomes, reiterated

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