Islands
Seeking Solace: A Journey Through Memories and Loss
Lyrics
The other day I saw somebody who look just like you
The speaker saw someone resembling the listener recently.
She sat across me on the bus her expression was blue
The person looked sad while sitting across the speaker on a bus.
I thought she might look up at me and maybe recognize
The speaker expected the person to look up and recognize them, but she didn't.
But she kept her head down and got off at the light
The person kept her head down and left the bus at the light.
I thought about chasing her my hands on the window we drove past
The speaker considered chasing after her but stayed on the bus.
Imagination running behind her like come back
The speaker's imagination wanted the person to come back.
Now I don’t usually do this I wanna see you again
The speaker, against their usual behavior, wants to see the person again.
You remind me of a friend I used to know back when times were simpler
The person reminds the speaker of a simpler time with an old friend.
And nobody asking me for a favor
Reflecting on a time when nobody asked the speaker for favors.
When she would crack a smile and tell me don’t be a stranger
The friend used to smile and advise the speaker not to be a stranger.
When I would still call her number down on a paper
The speaker recalls calling the friend's number from a written paper.
When she would make the sound a pigeon make then see me later
Reference to a unique sound the friend used to make and a promise to meet later.
But instead I road the line until it finished
The speaker continued the routine until the end of the line.
All night on that empty bus just like it was Christmas
Spent the entire night on an empty bus reminiscent of Christmas.
I don’t miss you no I only miss your presence
The speaker doesn't miss the person but misses their presence.
Another sunny day in paradise without you in it
Expressing a sunny day in paradise without the person.
I’ve been looking for an Island Island
The speaker is searching for an "Island," seeking help and guidance from the person, then letting them go.
Can you come help me find it
-Let you be the pilot
-Then you let me go
-I’ve been looking for an Island, Island
-Can you come help me find it
-Let you be the pilot
-Then you let me go
The speaker reflects on life without the person, expressing a lack of clarity and a desire for a better way of life.
I’ll just pretend that I’m in paradise
-Without You Without You here
-I’ll try to find a better way of life
-Without you its not so clear
-I followed you into my dreams you led me here
Describing a dream where the speaker follows the person but loses them, expressing feelings of loss and confusion.
My feet was on the grass your hands were in the air
-I walk behind you afraid you might disappear
-I close my eyes a second then opened you wasn’t there
-Sun shining on my face through the blinds
-I’m not used to waking up without you lying by my side
-And she can catch my eye but I doubt that she’ll understand
-I’m lost in the sea with these fishes lookin for land
-Been a while since I seen a face like yours
-Living in the darkness you open the door
-Some how I feel like been here before
-Said the same things like you’re having me perform
-Your lips are moving but I couldn’t hear a word
-Elliot smith everything reminded me of her
-Silly I guess shoulda known you’d keep up that facade
-Tryna find me an oasis you was only a mirage
-I’ve been looking for an Island Island
Repetition of the search for an "Island" and the impact of the person's absence on the speaker's life.
Can you come help me find it
-Let you be the pilot
-Then you let me go
-I’ve been looking for an Island, Island
-Can you come help me find it
-Let you be the pilot
-Then you let me go
-I’ll just pretend that I’m in paradise
-Without You Without You here
-I’ll try to find a better way of life
-Without you its not so clear
-Without You Without You Here
Reiteration of the speaker's sense of emptiness without the person.
I’ve been looking for an Island Island
Repetition of the theme, expressing the speaker's attempt to find a better life without the person.
Can you come help me find it
-Let you be the pilot
-Then you let me go
-I’ve been looking for an Island, Island
-Can you come help me find it
-Let you be the pilot
-Then you let me go
-I’ll just pretend that I’m in paradise
-Without You Without You here
-I’ll try to find a better way of life
-Without you its not so clear
The speaker feels a lack of clarity without the person.
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