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Unraveling Love's Ache: Moses Sumney's Poetic Journey
Lyrics
The ache
The feeling of pain or longing
The aching
A continuation of the feeling of pain or longing
A lot of creation stories begin with separation
Reference to the common theme in creation stories involving separation
The ache
Reiteration of the feeling of pain or longing
The ache
Continued expression of the feeling of pain or longing
What does it mean to be in love?
Rhetorical question pondering the meaning of being in love
The ache
Repetition of the feeling of pain or longing
What does in love mean?
Rhetorical question questioning the meaning of being in love
What does in love mean? What does in love mean?
Repetition of the question about the meaning of being in love, emphasizing uncertainty
I don't know, I don't
Expression of not knowing the answer to the question about being in love
I'm in love everyday, I love
Declaration of being in love every day
The ache
Reiteration of the feeling of pain or longing
The aching, the aching
Continuation of the expression of pain or longing
When we die (the aching)
Connection of the feeling of pain or longing to mortality, suggesting separation in death
We won't be together
Statement about the inevitable separation in death
The aching, the aching
Repetition of the expression of pain or longing
You will never see that person again, now go
Final directive to move on after the realization of permanent separation
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