Bon Voyage
Fleeting Love and Lost Horizons: Kim Carnes' Bon Voyage Meaning
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Imagining the rainbow
Contemplating or envisioning something colorful and hopeful like a rainbow
Trying to fit it in the sense of things
Attempting to make sense of events or circumstances that could have happened
That might have been
Reflecting on possibilities that might have occurred
Looking for the green flash
Searching for a rare optical phenomenon ("green flash") occurring just before sunset
Hitting milliseconds just before the sun goes in
Describing the timing of an event happening right before the sun disappears
Bon Voyage
Expression used as a farewell when departing on a journey
When you find the one
Advice to hold onto someone special when found
Don't let her go
Emphasizing the importance of not losing that special person
Like you're letting me go
Comparing the act of letting go of the speaker to the idea of releasing someone important
Bon Voyage
A repeated farewell phrase indicating departure
After all this time you'd think
Expressing surprise that, despite the passage of time, there's still uncertainty or lack of understanding
We'd know
Questioning the reason for the speaker being let go despite the history together
Why are you letting me go
Pondering the cause behind the decision to let go
A magic in the moonlight
Describing a magical or enchanting atmosphere under the moonlight
In a bar beside the ocean
Setting the scene in a bar located near the sea
Where we used to meet
Recalling a place of past meetings or rendezvous
Caught up in our circumstance
Feeling trapped or entangled in circumstances
We spin out wheels just
Indicating a repetitive or unproductive situation
Waiting for the string to break
Waiting for a breaking point or a change
I see your face in windows on the Seine
Seeing a reflection of the person in windows by the Seine river in Paris
I'm still sitting in a cafe where
Remaining in a cafe where a promise to wait was made
You said you'd wait
Recalling a romantic commitment made by the other person
Like some romantic moment on the screen
Comparing the anticipation to a romantic movie moment
You'd come running through that door
Expectation of the person to return dramatically, yet they disappear again
And then you're gone again
Expressing the repetitive cycle of departure and absence
Bon Voyage
Repeated advice not to let go of someone special when found
When you find the one
Emphasizing the importance of holding onto a special person
Don't let her go
Comparing the act of letting go of the speaker to the idea of releasing someone important
Like you're letting me go
Similar to line 10, stressing the significance of not losing someone special
Bon Voyage
Repetition of the farewell phrase, signifying departure
After all this time you'd think
Expressing surprise that, despite the passage of time, there's still uncertainty or lack of understanding
We'd know
Questioning the reason for the speaker being let go despite the history together
Why are you letting me go
Pondering the cause behind the decision to let go
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