It May Not Always Be So
Love's Echo: A Melodic Tale of Heartache and Hope
Lyrics
It may not always be so
Expressing uncertainty about the continuity of a certain situation or feeling.
And I say that if your lips
Suggesting a hypothetical scenario involving the speaker's loved one.
Which I have loved
Referring to the affection the speaker has for the addressee.
Should touch another's
Imagining the possibility of the addressee being intimate with someone else.
And your dear strong fingers clutch
Describing the emotional intensity of the speaker's connection to the addressee.
His heart as mine in time
Reflecting on the potential emotional impact if the addressee loves another.
Not far away
Suggesting that such a scenario is not distant or unlikely.
If on another's face your sweet hair lay
Imagining the addressee being close to another person.
In such a silence as I know
Describing a quiet and familiar kind of silence known to the speaker.
Or such great writing words as
Mentioning the potential impact of powerful words or declarations.
Uttering overmuch
Cautioning against excessive verbal expression of emotions.
Stand helplessly before the spirit
Depicting a sense of helplessness when confronted with a powerful force or emotion.
At bay
Describing a moment of confrontation with an intense spirit or emotion.
If this should be
Introducing a hypothetical situation or condition.
I say if this should be
Reiterating the hypothetical scenario and its uncertainty.
You of my heart
Addressing the addressee as someone dear to the speaker's heart.
Send me a little word
Expressing a desire for communication from the addressee.
That I may go unto him
Desiring to approach another person with the addressee's acknowledgment.
And take his hands
Expressing a gesture of offering happiness to someone else.
Saying, accept all happiness from me
Describing a moment of turning away after the gesture of offering happiness.
Then shall I turn face
Anticipating the perception of a distant bird's song after the gesture.
And hear one bird
Imagining the act of turning the face to hear a distant bird.
Sing terribly afar in
Describing the bird's song as terrible and coming from a faraway place.
The lost lands
Referring to the bird's song in a place that is lost or unfamiliar.
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