Play Me
Harmony Unveiled: A Love Symphony Between Sun and Moon
Lyrics
She was morning, and I was night time
Contrasting the speaker and the subject, using "morning" and "night time" metaphorically.
I one day woke up
Narrator recalls waking up at some point.
To find her lying beside my bed
Discovers the subject lying next to the narrator's bed.
I softly said "come take me"
Softly expresses a desire for the subject to take the narrator.
For I've been lonely in need of someone
Admits loneliness and a need for companionship.
As though I'd done someone wrong somewhere
Feels guilt or remorse as if having wronged someone.
But I don't know where, I don't know where
Expresses confusion about the specific wrongdoing and its location.
Come lately
Refers to the subject as a recent arrival or someone who has come lately.
You are the sun, I am the moon
Establishes a metaphorical comparison: subject as the sun, narrator as the moon.
You are the words, I am the tune
Further metaphorical comparison: subject's words and narrator's tune.
Play me
Invites the subject to "play" the narrator.
Song she sang to me
References a song sung by the subject to the narrator.
Song she brang to me
Alternate spelling of "brought" – the song brought to the narrator.
Words that rang in me
Describes the impact of the subject's words on the narrator.
Rhyme that sprang from me
Describes the rhyme generated within the narrator by the subject's words.
Warmed the night, and what was right
Highlights the positive influence of the subject's song on the night.
Became me
States that the positive influence became a part of the narrator.
You are the sun, I am the moon
Repeats the metaphorical comparison between the subject and the narrator.
You are the words, I am the tune
Continues the comparison of words and tune between the subject and narrator.
Play me
Reiteration of the invitation for the subject to "play" the narrator.
And so it was that I came to travel
Shifts to narrating the speaker's journey on a difficult path.
Upon a road that was thorned and narrow
Describes the challenging nature of the road taken.
Another place, another grace
Indicates that a different place and grace would provide salvation.
Would save me
States that the salvation is dependent on another location and quality.
You are the sun, I am the moon
Restates the metaphorical comparison between the subject and the narrator.
You are the words, I am the tune
Reiterates the comparison of words and tune between the subject and narrator.
Play me
Repeats the invitation for the subject to "play" the narrator.
You are the sun, I am the moon
Reiterates the metaphorical comparison between the subject and the narrator.
You are the words, I am the tune
Reiterates the comparison of words and tune between the subject and narrator.
Play me
Final repetition of the invitation for the subject to "play" the narrator.
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