Just Smoke
Unraveling Love's Echo: Mumford & Sons' Melancholic Journey
Lyrics
Tell my thoughts to resign
Telling oneself to let go of thoughts or feelings
And lift you from my mind
Trying to remove someone from one's thoughts
I'm not ready I'm not strong enough
Feeling unprepared and not emotionally strong enough
To cradle the weight of your love
Unable to handle the intensity or burden of love
Just take a minute take a breath
Encouraging a pause and relaxation
Lay down your head on my sunken chest
Offering comfort with a feeling of defeat or sadness
I saw a flicker then just smoke
Seeing a brief sign of hope or life followed by disappearance
But as you left I was calling your name at the night
Calling out for someone who has left
Thought we were done
Believing the relationship was over
Young love would keep us young
Expecting youthful love to sustain the relationship
I thought we were done
Repeating the belief that the relationship was finished
And young love would keep us young
Hoping youthful love could maintain the connection
I thought we fell to the ground
Feeling like hitting rock bottom in the relationship
I see you whimper with no sound
Observing someone suffering quietly
Open my mouth to breath some words of peace
Attempting to bring peace or resolution through words
But the silence gives nothing back to me
Receiving no response or resolution from silence
So I'll be a shadow of the flame
Choosing to be a faint trace of what once existed
I lent down to kiss you then erased my name
Backing away from intimacy and erasing one's presence
And I'll be a whisper on the wind
Becoming an insignificant presence
My hands are shaking from holding so tight for so long
Feeling physically affected by holding on tightly for too long
The flame burnt out in our empty hands
Realizing the end of something significant
But now I see it's got nothing to do
Understanding that the situation isn't related to something
It's got nothing to do with
Realizing it's unrelated to a specific factor
You thought we were done
Believing the relationship had ended
Young love would keep us young
Expecting youthful love to sustain the relationship (repeated belief)
I thought we were done
Reiterating the belief that the relationship was finished
And young love would keep us young
Repeating hope in youthful love to maintain the connection
(Why do I keep falling) I thought we were done
Questioning why the cycle of falling back into this situation continues
(Why do I keep falling) And young love would keep us young
Repeating the hope that youthful love would keep the relationship alive
(Why do I keep falling) I thought we were done
Expressing confusion about why the cycle of thinking it's over repeats
(Why do I keep falling) And young love would keep us young
Repeating the hope that youthful love could sustain the relationship
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