Ashes
Phoenix Rises: A Fiery Tale of Liberation in Meredith Edgar's 'Ashes'
Lyrics
I can feel
I sense or perceive
Your breath down my neck
Feeling the closeness or intimacy, possibly invasive
I bet you can see me
Assuming you can observe me
‘Cause I ain’t seen you yet
Because I haven't noticed your presence yet
I can feel
Reiteration of sensing or perceiving
Your knife in my side
Symbolic reference to betrayal or harm
When you crawl into my dreams
When you intrude into my dreams
And you twist it to
And manipulate it to your advantage
The right
Manipulating in the correct way, possibly for personal gain
I couldn’t spend
Expressing dissatisfaction with spending another night together
One more night in your bed
Unable to endure another night in your company
So I ran into the dark
Choosing to escape into darkness
Slept on strangers’ floors instead
Opting to sleep in unfamiliar places
Didn’t know I could make ashes
Realizing the potential to create something positive out of destruction
Into a home
Transforming the remnants into a living space
But I lit a match
Initiating a destructive process by lighting a match
And I burned down
Destroying the town associated with the person
Your town
Specifically targeting and burning down the town
A snake’s tongue
Metaphorically comparing someone to a deceitful snake
Has the cut of a knife
Highlighting the sharpness of the snake's tongue
And oh,
Expressing surprise or realization
Your thought you could use yours
Believing the person tried to shape or control the speaker's life
To carve out my life
Comparing the use of words to the act of carving
But if I was a baby
Using a hypothetical scenario to convey vulnerability
Then you were a crook
Portraying the other person as a dishonest individual
And you’ll burn for each day
Conveying the idea of facing consequences for past actions
Of mine that you took
Indicating accountability for the speaker's lost time or experiences
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