You Are A Song
Unveiling the Bittersweet Symphony: You Are A Song by Ned Ashcroft
Lyrics
There's tears creeping in my eyes, I can't believe I said goodbye
Expressing regret and sorrow for saying goodbye, tears are welling up.
There's sadness tinting my soul, my friend I've never felt so old
Feeling profound sadness, indicating a sense of aging due to the emotional weight.
And you'll be someone else's love, yes you'll be someone else's love
Acknowledging the inevitability that the person will become someone else's love.
Because you are a song
Stating that the person is like a song, suggesting a special and memorable quality.
You are the ray of light in February, you are the something that I'll never be
Highlighting the person as a source of light and uniqueness, contrasting with the speaker.
And you tread and you step so carefully, and you scream and you shout so tenderly
Describing the person's actions and emotions with care and intensity.
And you are better than me, better than I could ever be
Acknowledging the person's superiority, feeling inferior in comparison.
Yes you are better off without me, you're better off gone
Admitting that the person is better off without the speaker, suggesting self-awareness.
Because you are a song
Reiterating that the person is like a song, emphasizing their significance.
You are a song that someone else will know how to sing
Stating that others will understand and appreciate the person like a familiar song.
You are a song that someone else will know just how to play
Emphasizing the universal appeal of the person, comparing them to a playable song.
You are a song that I hear sometimes on the wind
Imagining the person as a song heard occasionally in the wind, elusive and mysterious.
You are a song that I never knew how to paint
Expressing the speaker's inability to fully grasp and express the person's essence.
Yes you are a song
Reiterating the central metaphor that the person is a significant and memorable song.
In an ugly world, you are a piece of sun. In a shallow world, you swim above
Describing the person as a positive force in a negative world, a beacon of light.
Above the billboards with all their lies, yes you swim above all the flashing lights
Highlighting the person's ability to rise above falsehoods and superficiality.
And you'll give poems and verses to many other minds
Indicating that the person inspires creativity in others through poems and verses.
For you bring portraits and visions with just a little smile
Attributing artistic impact to the person, suggesting a transformative influence.
And I was just a peddler, playing you for pantomime
Reflecting on the speaker's role as a mere performer compared to the person's depth.
And someday someone will sing you, better than I
Predicting that someone else will sing the person's song more effectively in the future.
Because you are a song
Affirming once again that the person is like a song, a recurring theme.
You are a song that someone else will know how to sing
Repeating the idea that others will understand and perform the person's song.
You are a song that someone else will know just how to play
Emphasizing the playability of the person's song by others.
You are a song that I hear sometimes on the wind
Reiterating the ethereal quality of the person's song, heard on the wind.
You are a song that I never knew how to paint
Expressing the speaker's inability to capture the person's essence visually.
You are a song that someone else will know how to sing
Repeating the idea that others will understand and sing the person's song.
You are a song that someone else will know just how to play
Stressing the universal appeal of the person's song, playable by others.
You are a song that I hear sometimes on the wind
Reiterating the person's song as a fleeting and elusive presence in the wind.
You are a song that I never knew how to paint
Repeating the speaker's inability to fully capture the person's essence visually.
Yes you are a song, you are a song
Affirming the person's status as a significant and memorable song.
Yes you are a song, yes you are a song
Repeating the idea that the person is indeed a significant and memorable song.
And you're better off gone, cos I could never sing your song
Affirming that the person is better off without the speaker, unable to sing their song.
Someone else will sing your song, and you're better off gone
Predicting that someone else will effectively perform the person's song.
Cos you are a song
Concluding that the person is indeed like a song, emphasizing their enduring significance.
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