The Head and the Heart
Craving and Satisfying: A Tale of Hearts in the Cold
Lyrics
To crave and to be satisfied
To yearn for something and then find contentment
This sterile hotel room, so tidy and dry
Describing a clean and uninteresting hotel room
I watch out the window as people go by
Observing people outside the window
With hearts full of anger and bright candy eyes
People with angry hearts and lively eyes
Pity me, father, have pity my dear
Asking for empathy from the father
Your daughter is empty, she's not even here
Describing an emotionally vacant daughter
The head on her shoulders made her heart disappear
Suggesting a disconnect between head and heart
And she's running and running to sweat herself clear
Running to overcome challenges and find clarity
My heart is open
Expressing emotional openness
And damn, it's cold
Acknowledging emotional coldness
Hands of a beggar
Hands of a beggar reaching out
Raised up to hold
Suggesting vulnerability in seeking support
Breathe in black and sigh in white
Contrasting dark and light emotions
The love in your fingers burns steady and bright
Describing a steady and bright love
I hang in the grey of your cigarette tar
Being enveloped in the lingering scent of a cigarette
See the girls drape themselves on their men in the bars
Observing couples in bars
With your flag around your shoulders, baby have a rest
Suggesting a need for a break and relaxation
There's a sentimental lover on the tender of your chest
Describing a sentimental lover on the chest
And he's waiting in the kitchen, pouring sentimental wine
Awaiting a lover with sentimental gestures
To break the bread and take you to bed in the shade of wintertime
Sharing intimate moments in the winter
Take my defenses and throw them to the wind
Encouraging vulnerability by discarding defenses
Light us a candle and close this world in
Creating a comforting, enclosed space
To crave and to be satisfied
Repetition of the initial yearning and satisfaction
To call for spring from an empty sky
Asking for renewal from an empty source
To feel a kiss upon my spine
Desiring a tender and emotional kiss
Your dark December teary eyes
Describing emotional eyes in the winter
My heart is open
Reiterating emotional openness
And damn, it's cold
Acknowledging emotional coldness once again
Hands of a beggar
Hands of a beggar reaching out, repeated theme
Raised up to hold
Emphasizing vulnerability in seeking support, repeated theme
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