Stay Away
Emotional Resilience Unveiled: Kim Carnes' 'Stay Away' Unraveled
Lyrics
Stay away leave me alone
Expressing a desire for distance and solitude, asking someone to stay away.
Say away from my door
Reiterating the plea for the person to stay away from the speaker's door or life.
'Cause you'll hurt me again
Warning that the person has caused emotional pain in the past and may do so again.
Like you hurt me before
Comparing the current potential harm to previous emotional hurt inflicted by the same person.
Don't want no excuses
Rejecting any justifications or explanations for the past actions.
I don't want no more lies
Expressing a desire for honesty and sincerity, without accepting more falsehoods.
I don't like crying
Stating a dislike for crying and choosing to internalize emotions instead.
So I keep it inside
Explaining the speaker's approach to handling emotional pain.
Do me a favor for God's sake please
Pleading for the person to do the speaker a favor by staying away for the sake of God.
Say away
Repeating the plea for the person to stay away.
Stay away out of my dreams
Requesting the person to stay away even from the speaker's dreams.
Stay away from my nights
Extending the plea to the person staying away from the speaker's nights.
You're there in the darkness
Noting the person's presence in the darkness, prompting the speaker to avoid the nights.
So I leave on the nights
Explaining the speaker's decision to leave during the nights to escape the person.
Well I don't want no whiskey
Expressing a reluctance to consume alcohol (whiskey) due to its potential to intensify emotional pain.
'Cause is heightens the pain
Elaborating on the negative effects of whiskey on the speaker's emotional state.
Make me call you at midnight
Describing a scenario where the speaker may call the person in the midst of emotional distress at midnight.
And beg you come back again
Conveying the possibility of begging the person to come back, despite the earlier pleas for distance.
Do me a favor for God's sake please
Repeating the request for the person to stay away for the sake of God.
Stay away
Reiterating the plea for the person to stay away.
'Cause time is to short
Reflecting on the brevity of time and emphasizing the avoidance of regrets.
To waste it on regrets
Highlighting the importance of not wasting time on remorse or sorrow.
They say it heals a broken heart
Quoting a common saying that time heals a broken heart, but suggesting skepticism about forgetting.
That's waiting to forget
Implies that the speaker's heart is still waiting to forget, despite the passing of time.
Stay away leave me alone
Repeating the initial plea for the person to stay away and leave the speaker alone.
Say away from my door
Reiterating the request for the person to stay away from the speaker's door or life.
'Cause you'll hurt me again
Warning of potential repeated emotional harm if the person comes back.
Like you hurt me before
Echoing the sentiment of experiencing past hurt from the same person.
But if you should need me
Acknowledging the possibility of the person needing the speaker, but with reservations.
Well it might be alright
Suggesting a conditional acceptance that it might be okay if the person needs the speaker.
I suppose you could call me up some lonely night
Leaving the door slightly open for the person to call the speaker on a lonely night.
But do me a favor for God's sake please
Reiterating the request for the person to do the speaker a favor by staying away for the sake of God.
Stay away
Final plea for the person to stay away.
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