Mission Bells
Lost in Love: Matt Nathanson's Haunting Dream of Redemption
Lyrics
I had a dream you died
The speaker dreamed of the death of someone close.
And I just wanna be with you tonight
Expresses a desire to be with the person mentioned in the dream.
Mission bells were ringing
Implies a symbolic or emotional event with the mention of mission bells.
Somewhere higher
Suggests the occurrence of this emotional event at a higher, spiritual level.
I let you get away
The speaker acknowledges letting the person escape or leave.
I let you get away
-What kind of man misunderstands
Raises a question about the speaker's understanding of the woman mentioned.
A woman like you?
Questions the perception and comprehension of the woman's character.
She's her in black and white
Describes the woman in black and white, possibly alluding to a simplified view.
It's 5 am and the phonebook says
References a specific time (5 am) and suggests the person is not alone.
That you're not alone
-In the cold grey morning light
Depicts the cold, grey morning light, setting a somber tone.
The only one that's left to trust
Highlights a sense of betrayal and loss of trust due to a faithless heart.
My faithless heart wasted us
-I had a dream you died
Repeats the theme of dreaming about the person's death and regretting their departure.
And I just wanna be with you tonight
-Mission bells were ringing
-Somewhere higher
-I let you get away
-I let you get away
-What kind of fool thinks love's a prison
Questions a misconception about love being a prison or handicap.
Or a handicap
Addresses the misguided idea of bidding farewell to love.
Only says goodbye
Describes a sinking feeling akin to being in the rocky waters of Alcatraz.
Sinking fast in the rocky waters of alcatraz
-His friends said suicide
References friends suggesting suicide, adding a dark element to the narrative.
The only one that's left to trust
-My faithless heart wasted us
Reiterates the theme of a faithless heart causing trust issues and a broken relationship.
I had a dream you died
Repeats the longing to be with the person and the regret of letting them go.
And I just wanna be with you tonight
-Mission bells were ringing
-Somewhere higher
-I let you get away
-I let you get away
-I'm the end of a hitchcock movie
Describes the speaker as the end of a Hitchcock movie, dark, confusing, lost in love, and pretending.
A little dark and a lot confusing
-I'm the last of the worst pretenders
-So lost, so lost in love
-I'm the end of a hitchcock movie
-A little dark and a lot confusing
-I'm the last of the worst pretenders
-So lost, so lost in love
-I had a dream you died
Reiterates the desire to be with the person and the regret of letting them get away.
And I just wanna be with you tonight
-Mission bells were ringing
-Somewhere higher
-I let you get away
-I let you get away
-So lost, so lost, in love
Conveys a sense of being deeply lost in love.
So lost, so lost, in love
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