Lyrics
Life is tender,
Life is delicate and fragile.
life is sweet
Life is enjoyable and pleasant.
That’s what you told me
Recounting a statement received about life's sweetness and completeness.
a dream complete
Referring to a fulfilled or idealized dream.
I was blind then
Previously ignorant or unaware.
but now I see
Now possessing insight or understanding.
There’s nothing left here
Expressing the absence of anything meaningful for the speaker and the other person.
for you and me
Highlighting the end of a connection or relationship.
It was so easy fall into your arms
Recalling the simplicity of falling into the other person's embrace.
I couldn’t hear myself scream
Unable to hear one's own distress amid the relationship.
It was so easy keep on
Effortlessly maintaining a facade or false appearance.
pretending
Living in a nightmarish situation within the context of a dream.
Living a nightmare in a dream
Expressing a desire to escape.
Get me out
A plea to be liberated from the current state of affairs.
Get me out
Repetition of the plea for freedom.
Let me fly
Expressing a desire to soar and escape.
Fly away to where no one knows my name
Yearning to go where one's identity is unknown.
Drag my feet down
Dragging oneself through a place or situation.
through this town
Symbolizing the emotional weight carried by the other person.
You wear my heart like
Metaphorically describing the deep emotional connection.
it’s a crown
Suggesting the emotional burden is like a regal responsibility.
And everybody’s talking
People are talking, but the speaker is oblivious.
but I don’t realize
Not realizing the reality of being trapped.
I’m stuck in a place
Feeling stuck in a situation referred to as paradise.
you
The paradise is created by the other person.
call paradise
Reiterating the ease of falling into the other person's embrace.
It was so easy fall into your arms
Reiteration of being oblivious to one's distress.
I couldn’t hear myself scream
Continuing the facade of a false reality.
It was so easy keep on pretending
Maintaining the act of pretending despite the internal struggles.
Living a nightmare in a dream
Lamenting the contradiction of living in a nightmarish situation within a dream.
Get me out
Repetition of the plea to be set free.
Get me out
Repeating the desire to break free from the current state.
Let me fly
Expressing the need to fly away and escape.
Fly away to where no one knows my name
Yearning to go where one's identity is unknown.
In my mind I’m already there
Already mentally residing in the desired escape.
See m
Fragmented line, possibly referring to self-awareness.
e standing on the sidewalk
Visualizing oneself in a particular place.
Get me out
Repetition of the plea to be liberated.
Get me out
Reiterating the desire for freedom.
Let me fly
Expressing the need to fly away and escape.
Fly away to where no one knows my name
Yearning to go where one's identity is unknown.
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