Ms. Popular
Unrequited Hopes: Ms. Popular's Elusive Presence
Lyrics
Does your time go a little bit faster?
Feeling like time is passing quickly
Crossing X's on your calendar
Marking off days on a calendar
At your mother's house your clocks stay vacant
The clocks at your mother's place show emptiness or lack of activity
And I've been trying hard just to face it
Struggling to confront or deal with something
So why pretend to keep it up?
Why fake keeping up appearances?
Not coming through and bringing me down
Not fulfilling promises and causing disappointment
Don't call me up to keep me waiting
Asking not to be kept waiting by calling
When you know you'll never come around
Awareness that someone won't ever show up despite knowing
She's Ms. Popular
Reference to a popular or sought-after person
Wait to talk to her
Delaying to communicate with this popular figure
When you're popular
Implying neglect or abandonment when someone becomes popular
You'll forget me
Expectation of being forgotten due to another's popularity
She's Ms. Popular
Reiteration of the description of a popular figure
Wait to talk to her
Delaying communication with the popular individual
When you're popular
Emphasizing neglect when one becomes popular
You won't come knocking
Anticipating no effort from the popular person to reach out
You talk a big game that you never play
Talking about doing things without actually doing them
Another replay of a prior day
Repeating past actions or events
On the Amtrak coming down to you
Traveling to meet someone, but they're not there
But you're gone and absent of the truth
Not finding truth or honesty in the situation
So why pretend to keep it up?
Questioning the need to maintain a façade
Not coming through and bringing me down
Causing disappointment by not fulfilling promises
Don't call me up to keep me waiting
Asking not to be kept waiting by calling
When you know you'll never come around
Awareness that someone won't ever show up despite knowing
She's Ms. Popular
Description of a popular or sought-after person
Wait to talk to her
Delaying communication with this popular figure
When you're popular
Implying neglect or abandonment when someone becomes popular
You'll forget me
Expectation of being forgotten due to another's popularity
She's Ms. Popular
Reiteration of the description of a popular figure
Wait to talk to her
Delaying communication with the popular individual
When you're popular
Emphasizing neglect when one becomes popular
You won't come knocking
Anticipating no effort from the popular person to reach out
She's Ms. Popular
Reiteration of the description of a popular figure
Wait to talk to her
Delaying communication with the popular individual
When you're popular
Emphasizing neglect when one becomes popular
You'll forget me
Expectation of being forgotten due to another's popularity
She's Ms. Popular
Reiteration of the description of a popular figure
Wait to talk to her
Delaying communication with the popular individual
When you're popular
Emphasizing neglect when one becomes popular
You won't come knocking
Anticipating no effort from the popular person to reach out
She's Ms. Popular (She's Ms. Popular)
Reiteration of the description of a popular figure
Wait to talk to her (Wait to talk to her)
Delaying communication with the popular individual
When you're popular
Implying neglect or abandonment when someone becomes popular
You'll forget me
Expectation of being forgotten due to another's popularity
She's Ms. Popular (She's Ms. Popular)
Reiteration of the description of a popular figure
Wait to talk to her (Wait to talk to her)
Delaying communication with the popular individual
When you're popular
Emphasizing neglect when one becomes popular
You won't come knocking
Anticipating no
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