Lyrics
Years, days, makes no difference to me babe
Time does not affect my feelings, whether years or days.
You look exactly the same to me
Your appearance remains unchanged to me.
Ain't no time, crossing your legs inside the diner
No specific time, casually sitting with legs crossed in a diner.
Raising your coffee to your lips, the steam
Lifting your coffee cup to your lips, observing the steam.
You saw the masterpiece, she looks a lot like you
You observed a remarkable person who strongly resembles you.
Wrapping her left arm around your right
Describing the scene of the masterpiece embracing you.
Ready to walk you through the night
Prepared to guide you through the night.
You whisper to a restless ear, "can you get me out of here?
Asking someone discreetly to help escape an unpleasant place.
This place smells like piss and beer, can you get me out?"
Expressing discomfort about the unpleasant odor of the place.
You were asking me, how to get you free
You inquired about the method to liberate yourself.
I only know the recipe to roam
The speaker only knows how to wander, not necessarily helping.
You saw the masterpiece, she looks a lot like you
Reiteration of observing a remarkable person resembling you.
Wrapping her left arm around your right
Continuation of describing the scene with the masterpiece.
Ready to walk you through the night
Prepared to guide you through the night again.
Old stars
Reference to old stars filling up the speaker's throat.
Filling up my throat
Emotional impact of old stars on the speaker.
You gave em to me when I was born
The stars were given to the speaker at birth.
Now they're coming out
The stars are now surfacing or being expressed.
Laying there on the hospital bed your eyes were narrow, blue and red
Description of a moment on a hospital bed with narrow, blue, and red eyes.
You took a draw of breath and said to me
A breath is taken, and a significant statement is made to the speaker.
You saw the masterpiece, she looks a lot like me
Revelation of the speaker being the masterpiece, resembling someone else.
Wrapping my left arm round your right
The speaker embracing the remarkable person.
Ready to walk you through the night
Prepared to guide the remarkable person through the night.
Old friends, old mothers, dogs and brothers
Reference to various relationships – friends, mothers, dogs, and brothers.
There's only so much letting go you can ask someone to do
There's a limit to how much someone can be asked to let go.
So I keep you by my side, I will not give you to the tide
The speaker is determined to keep the person close and not let them go.
I'll even walk you in my stride, Marie
The speaker is committed to walking alongside the person, named Marie.
Cause I saw the masterpiece, she looks a lot like you
Reiteration of the speaker seeing the remarkable person as a masterpiece.
Wrapping your left arm round my right
The remarkable person now embraces the speaker.
Ready to walk me through the night
Prepared to guide the speaker through the night.
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