Lady Lamp
Lost Shadows and Illuminated Despair: Lady Lamp by Madeline Ruby
Lyrics
I can see you
I perceive your presence
Lonely shadow at the window
A solitary shadow is visible by the window
Combing your hair
You are engaged in the act of combing your hair
And I am with you
I am accompanying you
Lady lamp illuminating
You, like a lady lamp, are casting light
The dust on my desk chair
The light reveals the dust on my desk chair
And I can tell
I can sense
You know I'm lost
You are aware that I am disoriented or confused
The empty thoughts
My mind is filled with vacant thoughts
They come
Thoughts of emptiness are arising
They come
Repetition of the emergence of empty thoughts
They come
Continued emphasis on the arrival of empty thoughts
I remember
I recall
Lonely candles in the window
Candles, reminiscent of loneliness, are arranged in a window
All in a row
All the candles are lined up
Then the evening
The evening witnessed someone being taken through a doorway
Saw him carried through the doorway
The person is loudly declaring that it's time to depart
Screaming that it's time to go
An intense moment of departure is described
And I can tell
I perceive
I know you're lost
You are aware that you are disoriented or confused
The tides of woe
The waves of sorrow or trouble are approaching
They come
Repetition of the impending arrival of waves of woe
They come
Continued emphasis on the approaching waves of woe
They come
Reiteration of the imminent arrival of waves of woe
And I can tell
I can sense
I know we're lost
I am aware that we are disoriented or confused
The tides of woe
The waves of sorrow or trouble are approaching for both of us
They come
Repetition of the impending arrival of waves of woe
They come
Continued emphasis on the approaching waves of woe
They go
The waves of woe come and go
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