Lyrics
The crowded room it fell away
The crowded room faded away, creating a sense of isolation.
And I found myself coming undone
I experienced a feeling of unraveling or losing composure.
Reminding me the beautiful are always crazy
A reminder that beauty is often associated with eccentricity or madness.
That's a lesson I never learned
Expressing a lesson not learned about the unpredictable nature of beautiful people.
She took my hand and drove me home
A woman took the speaker's hand and prevented them from sleeping.
She wouldn't let me get to sleep
The woman didn't allow the speaker to fall asleep.
Just imagine me drifting away in this dream
Imagining the speaker drifting away in a dream with the woman wrapped in their sheets.
Her wrapped up inside my sheets
Visualizing an intimate moment with the woman wrapped up in sheets.
Someday
An unspecified time in the future.
When I'm old and gray
Thinking about the woman when the speaker is old and gray.
I'll think of you asleep in the morning sun
Imagining the woman asleep in the morning sun.
Someday when time has passed away
Referring to a distant future when time has passed.
I'll look back on my life and our night of fun
Reflecting on the speaker's life and a night of enjoyment with the woman.
I'll remember cinnamon
The memory associated with the woman is symbolized by the scent of cinnamon.
Cinnamon
Reiteration of the significance of the woman as "cinnamon."
She tastes like cinnamon on my tongue
Describing the taste of the woman as resembling cinnamon on the speaker's tongue.
I don't know the reason why
Expressing uncertainty about why certain people enter the speaker's life.
These people drift into my life
Noting the randomness of people entering the speaker's life.
But I'm glad you're here and if it were a different year
Expressing gratitude for the woman's presence, acknowledging the timing's impact.
It could have been my only one
Speculating that, under different circumstances, the woman could have been the only one.
Someday
Repetition of the unspecified future timeframe.
When I'm old and gray
Reiteration of thinking about the woman in old age.
I'll think of you asleep in the morning sun
Imagining the woman asleep in the morning sun during old age.
Someday when time has passed away
Repetition of the distant future timeframe.
I'll look back on my life and our night of fun
Looking back on life and recalling the night of enjoyment with the woman.
And I'll remember cinnamon
Reiterating the association of the woman with the memory of cinnamon.
Cinnamon
Repetition of the woman being compared to the taste of cinnamon.
She tastes like cinnamon on my tongue
Reiteration of describing the woman's taste as cinnamon on the speaker's tongue.
She tastes like cinnamon
Further emphasis on the woman's taste resembling cinnamon.
Cinnamon
Repetition of the woman's taste being likened to cinnamon.
She tastes like cinnamon on my tongue
Continuation of the analogy, describing the woman's taste as cinnamon on the speaker's tongue.
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