Pray to You
Yearning Echoes: Unveiling the Heart's Longing in Mal de Mer's 'Pray to You'
Lyrics
Mum calls them flavours of the week
Mum refers to various partners as passing infatuations.
You've been here for three
The listener has stayed longer than previous partners.
I don't know why but knees are weak
The singer feels physically affected by the listener, experiencing weakness in the knees.
Usually my prey don't stay
Usually, people the singer is involved with don't stay around.
But you're just chipping away
The listener is gradually impacting the singer's emotions or stability.
You're not scared of me I see
The listener doesn't seem intimidated by the singer.
But I'll wait
The singer is expressing patience, waiting for something regarding the listener.
But I'll wait
-But I'll wait
-But I'll wait
-But I'll wait
-And I'll wait
-And I'll wait
-And I'm still waiting
-I'm still waiting
The singer continues to wait.
Maybe not today but one day
There's hope or anticipation for a future connection or relationship, possibly expressed on a specific day (Sunday).
Maybe not today but Monday
-I guess I'll pray to you on Sunday
-I guess I'll pray to you on Sunday
-Or someday
Emphasizing a future, unspecified time for connection.
I like the way you shook my dad's hand
The listener made a positive impression by impressing the singer's father.
You are the first man
-That's ever met him, met him, met him like that
-Usually no boy can sleep in my bed
Normally, nobody is allowed to sleep in the singer's bed for security reasons, but the listener managed to do so.
'Cause thats my safety net
-But there, but there, but there, but there you slept
-Maybe not today but one day
Reiteration of hope or anticipation for a potential future relationship.
Maybe not today but Monday
-I guess I'll pray to you on Sunday
-I guess I'll pray to you on Sunday
-Or someday
Reiterating the concept of an unspecified future time for a relationship.
Someday
Emphasizing the possibility of a future connection or relationship, repeating "someday."
Someday
-Someday
-Someday
-Someday
-Someday
-Maybe not today but one day
Continued hope or anticipation for a potential future relationship on a particular day (Sunday).
Maybe not today but Monday
-I guess I'll pray to you on Sunday
-I guess I'll pray to you on Sunday
-Or someday
Emphasizing a future, unspecified time for connection.
Pray to you, I'll pray to you
Expressing the singer's intention to pray or hope for a connection or relationship with the listener, with a condition for mutual involvement ("If you pray to me too").
I'll pray to you, I'll pray to you
-I'll pray to you, I'll pray to you
-I'll pray to you, If you pray to me too
-If you pray to me too
Repetition of the condition for mutual involvement in the relationship.
If you pray to me too
-If you pray to me too
-If you pray to me too
-If you pray to me too
-If you pray to me too
-If you pray to me too
Reiteration of the condition for mutual involvement in the relationship.
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