Bookworm
Yearning for Home: A Tale of Lost Identity
Lyrics
I'm in a book,
I exist within a narrative, like a character in a book.
for you to read and then throw out.
My presence is transient, meant to be discarded after being known.
I wasn't born,
I didn't come into being traditionally; I feel imposed upon you.
I was just dropped into your arms.
My existence was placed into your care without a conventional beginning.
Well mom I've been bad,
Addressing a maternal figure, admitting wrongdoing, seeking forgiveness.
and I want to come home.
Expressing a desire to return home despite transgressions.
And you couldn't breath,
Describing a moment when someone struggled to breathe, likely during a medical situation.
with all those doctors at your side.
Recalling a time when medical professionals surrounded the person mentioned in line 8.
But you're talking to me,
The person is communicating with the speaker, expressing regret for not having died.
saying I wish that I had died.
Reflecting on feelings of being overwhelmed, as if being squeezed in someone's grasp.
'Cause I'm being crowded,
Expressing a desire to return home using the F train as a metaphorical means of transportation.
crushed in your hands,
Continuing the theme of feeling constricted, both physically and emotionally.
and I want to come home on the F train.
Reiterating the wish to come home, using the F train as a symbolic journey.
And if you were just a paper boat,
Imagining a scenario where the person is compared to a paper boat navigating through life.
floating through the garden.
Describing a sense of being lost and adrift in the vastness of existence.
Lost at sea,
Continuing the metaphor of being lost at sea, emphasizing the feeling of aimlessness.
drift to me,
Inviting the person to drift towards the speaker as a source of solace.
and into someone's nightmares.
Suggesting that the speaker's presence might evoke unsettling dreams in someone else.
A home is a highway,
Defining home as a journey, perhaps highlighting the transient nature of the concept.
your pillows a rock,
Describing an uncomfortable or unstable resting place (pillows as a rock).
I'm in a rusted car,
Portraying the speaker's existence as worn-out and prone to losing direction.
bound to get lost
Emphasizing the inevitability of becoming lost, akin to a rusted car's fate.
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