You Don't Know How
Yearning Echoes: Matt Moran's Melody of Longing
Lyrics
I wish you'd get out of my head
I desire to stop thinking about you.
Come to my front porch instead
Come to my front porch instead of lingering in my thoughts.
Play me your songs
Share your music with me.
We'll sing them all night long
We'll sing your songs throughout the night.
Cicadas will fill in the rest
Cicadas will fill in the gaps, creating a serene atmosphere.
Wish you'd get out of my head
Reiterates the desire for the person to leave the mind.
I wish you'd get out of my heart
Expressing a wish for emotional detachment.
Into the front seat of my car
Shift from the heart to a more practical place, the front seat of the car.
We'll set fire to this town
Symbolic act of starting anew, possibly through a radical change.
Burn the whole thing down
Metaphorical suggestion of destroying the past to create a new beginning.
Watch as it lights up the dark
Observing the transformation as it illuminates the darkness.
Wish you'd get out of my heart
Reiterates the desire for emotional detachment.
But you don't know how to
Acknowledges the inability of the person to do something.
I wish you'd get out of my way
Expressing a wish for the person to move out of the speaker's path or life.
Saying those things that you'd say
Referring to the person saying things that may be obstructive or hurtful.
Cause I can't let go of a pale white ghost
The speaker is haunted by memories of the person (pale white ghost).
In front of my skeleton frame
Emphasizing the vulnerability of the speaker's emotional state.
Wish you'd get out of my way
Reiterates the wish for the person to step aside.
But you don't know how to
Highlighting the person's lack of knowledge or ability to change.
No you don't know how to
Repeats the notion that the person lacks the capability to change.
I wish you'd get out of my head
Reiterates the desire for the person to leave the mind.
I wish you'd get out of my head
Repeats the desire for the person to leave the mind, emphasizing the persistence of thoughts.
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