Days Away
Emotional Echoes: A Plea for Connection in 'Days Away' by Moses Mayfield
Lyrics
I want you to know
I want to communicate something important to you
I want you to listen
I want you to pay attention and listen carefully
To every word that I say
Pay attention to every word I express
I want you to fight
I want you to actively support and defend
For all that I’ve mentioned
Fight for everything I've mentioned or discussed
The strain has got me down
The pressure or difficulties have overwhelmed me
But I suppose you would know
Assuming you would understand the consequences of leaving
All that leaving brings to the game
All the challenges and emotions associated with departure
And everyday you’re away
Each day you're not present
I’m losing a new part of me
I'm losing a part of myself incrementally
Say you’ll stay
Expressing a desire for the person to stay
Please don’t leave me here on my own
Pleading not to be left alone
Say you won’t leave me here
Reiteration of the request for the person not to leave
I think you should know
Stating that there are things the person should be aware of
I want you to make this my own
Wanting the person to make something their own
I want you to feel
Expressing the desire for the person to experience the same emotions
How I’ve been feeling
Describing the emotional burden or significance of the situation
The weight of all the chance at stake
The importance or risk associated with the opportunity at hand
And one more goodbye
Suggesting that another farewell could have lasting consequences
Could be a lasting value to the demons we face
Reference to facing personal demons
But I suppose you would know
Assuming the person understands the impact of leaving
All that leaving brings to the game
Reiteration of challenges and emotions related to departure
And everyday you’re away
Each day without the person results in losing a part of oneself
I’m losing a new part of me
Say you’ll stay
Repetition of the plea for the person to stay
Please don’t leave me here on my own
Request not to be left alone
Say you won’t leave me here
Reiteration of the request for the person not to leave
I think you should know
Suggesting that there are things the person should be aware of
I want you to make this my own
Wanting the person to take ownership of something
R.I.P. alone
Reference to resting in peace alone, perhaps indicating isolation
Well I know that you
Acknowledgment of the presence of the person
Are by my side
Assurance that the person is by the speaker's side
Wondering when you’ll collide
Wondering when a collision or conflict will occur
Say you’ll stay
Repetition of the plea for the person to stay
Please don’t leave me here on my own
Request not to be left alone
Say you won’t leave me here
Reiteration of the request for the person not to leave
I think you should know
Suggesting that there are things the person should be aware of
I want you to make this my own
Wanting the person to take ownership of something
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