Home Alone, Captain
Sailing Through Secrets: Moonpedro's Tale of Love and Loss
Lyrics
I am falling, I am stumbling by the seaside
I am experiencing a downfall and stumbling along the seaside.
Wrote the captain to his most beloved maid
The captain is writing to his dearest maid.
And I feel everyone´s distant
I sense a distance from everyone around me.
When I come they go away
People leave when I approach, giving a sense of isolation.
It feels like I´m in a play
My life feels like a theatrical performance.
There´s a secret that nobody tells the captain
There is a secret that others are keeping from the captain.
They decided not to tell him long ago
This secret has been withheld from the captain for a long time.
There´s a coin behind his ear
There is a metaphorical coin behind the captain's ear.
And a devil by the door
There is a malevolent force represented by a devil near the door.
Bother me quick, or bother me none
Bother me quickly or don't bother me at all.
Are you scared you´ll find your secrets cut like paper
Expressing fear of discovering secrets exposed like cut paper.
Are you surprised in the most peculiar way
Surprise experienced in a peculiar and unexpected manner.
So I stay here every night
The narrator remains in a location every night.
Try to fix and try to break
Attempting to both fix and break things.
Find a ghost and call him by his name
Searching for a ghost and calling it by name.
See her roam around in her own garden
Observing a woman moving in her own garden.
She tried so hard way to live the right way
Despite trying hard to live right, she faced challenges.
She´d been losing her religion
The woman abandoned her religion, umbrellas, and her man.
Her umbrellas and her man
She discarded everything she had.
She threw it all away
(Empty line)
And if someone gets back here
Anticipation of someone returning, with others standing around.
The stand around her
A visual of people surrounding her when someone comes back.
Once upon a time she went away
A reference to a time when she left or went away.
And I wait here
Expressing waiting in a specific location.
And I wait there
Continued expression of waiting.
And I wait
Repetition of waiting, emphasizing a prolonged anticipation.
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