Lyrics
It’s sunny outside this afternoon
Expressing the current weather as sunny in the afternoon.
I can’t go out, I can’t leave this room
Feeling confined or unable to leave a room despite the pleasant weather.
I open the window, I lift up the glass
Attempting to connect with the outside world by opening a window.
But the one I love won’t come back
Expressing the absence of a loved one who is not returning.
The one I love won’t come back
Reiteration of the absence and non-return of the loved one.
I left this place on a holiday
Recalling leaving for a holiday, possibly in an attempt to move on.
Hoping to forget if I went away
Hoping that physical distance would help in forgetting the past.
But the miles and the minutes seem shorter these days
Noticing that time and distance feel shorter, but the loved one remains in the heart.
But the one I love is in here to stay
Acknowledging that the loved one is still present despite the attempt to move away.
The one I love is in here to stay
Reiterating the permanence of the loved one's presence.
But it’s done now it’s over, we’re history darling
Accepting the end of the relationship, recognizing it as history.
All that we were is a city on fire
Comparing the past relationship to a city on fire, implying intensity and destruction.
Like the whiskey that burns, rising steam off the water
Using metaphorical language (whiskey, rising steam) to describe the intensity of the past.
But I still remember the way that it started.
Remembering the initial stages of the relationship despite its eventual end.
The bright afternoon gives way to the night,
Transitioning from a bright afternoon to the darkness of the night.
I sit on the porch watch the evening arrive
Observing the evening arrive while sitting on the porch.
But it’s one of those evenings, the quiet kind
Describing the evening as quiet, perhaps reflecting on the calm after the storm.
Like when I saw you go into the evening light
Recalling a specific moment when the loved one departed into the evening light.
When I saw you go, and you should have been mine.
Expressing regret or longing for the loved one who departed.
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