I Ride Alone
Renegade Reflections: Journey Through Solitude
Lyrics
It's another night in Los Angeles
Reflecting on another night in Los Angeles
My passport is restless in my boot
Sense of restlessness conveyed through the passport in the boot
And my thoughts take wings to wonder
Imagination taking flight, contemplating life's mysteries
Get up they say man vamoose
Encouragement to leave or escape, urging action
I think about my thoughts of Paris
Contemplating thoughts of Paris, associating with luxury
Of fine wine, women and precious things
Reflection on desires for fine wine, women, and precious things
I think about my life on the midnight highway
Thinking about the renegade life on the midnight highway
The life of a renegade king
Portrayal of a renegade king's unconventional life
Twenty years they've called me a bandit
Twenty years labeled as a bandit
Twenty years I've been on the run
Two decades spent on the run from authorities
Twenty years defending my honor
Defending honor for twenty years
Twenty years harming no one
Emphasizing harmlessness during the years of defense
And I ride
Expressing the act of riding
I ride alone, yes I ride, I ride alone
Emphasis on the solitary nature of the ride
They say there goes a strange one
Labeling the individual as strange and different
He sits back to the wall
Preference for observing, keeping a distance
Noticing conversation
Noticing conversations but rarely participating
Rarely speaking at all
Minimal communication and reserved demeanor
And he rides, he rides alone
Reiteration of riding alone
Yes he rides, he rides alone
Emphasis on the individual's solitary journey
It's true I'm not much on talking
Admission of being reticent
It's true there's not much I know
Claiming limited knowledge
But one thing I've learned for certain
Asserting a universal truth about consequences
You reap whatever you sow
Linking actions to consequences
And you ride, you ride alone
Repeating the theme of solitary riding
Yes you ride, you ride alone
Reiteration of the idea of riding alone
There's a hawk high in the heaven
Introducing a majestic hawk in the sky
A truly magnificent bird
Describing the hawk as a magnificent bird
He waits on wings of silver
Depicting the hawk's poised and patient nature
To bring the glorious word
Assigning the hawk the role of bearer of glorious news
And he flies, he flies alone
Emphasizing the hawk's solitary flight
Yes he flies, he flies alone
Reiteration of the hawk's solitary flight
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