Aeroplane
Yearning Skies: Love's Journey Across Oceans
Lyrics
I take a few deep breaths and watch as the storm recedes back to the sea.
I reflect on the calming aftermath of a storm retreating to the sea.
As the morning rolls along and I'm asleep alone, you're sipping your afternoon tea.
While I am asleep, you are enjoying afternoon tea, emphasizing our physical separation.
Oh goodness, graciously.
An expression of surprise or awe, possibly in response to the emotional impact of the situation.
You left me here in lonely reverie,
You left me in a state of deep contemplation and longing.
Out of my arms, out of my reach,
You are physically distant, beyond my embrace or touch.
You took an Aeroplane over the sea,
The use of an airplane symbolizes your departure, flying over the sea, and getting far away from me.
far away from me.
Reiterating the emotional distance resulting from the departure by airplane.
Oh if I could only face the distance like I face the snow,
If only I could confront emotional distance as I do with physical challenges like facing snow.
the way I wear my gloves and bundle up to keep away the cold...
Metaphorically comparing facing emotional distance to wearing gloves and bundling up against the cold.
I've got photographs and maps, memories perhaps,
I possess tangible reminders like photographs and maps, but they cannot bring you back to me.
but none of that will bring you back home.
Expressing the inability of tangible memories to replace the presence of the person.
Oh goodness, graciously.
Reiteration of surprise or awe in response to the emotional impact of the separation.
You left me here in lonely reverie,
Restating the emotional impact of being left in contemplation and solitude.
Out of my arms, out of my reach,
Emphasizing the physical and emotional distance created by the departure.
You took an Aeroplane over the sea,
Reiterating the symbolism of an airplane taking you far away from the speaker.
far away from me.
Underlining the vast distance between the speaker and the departed person.
I wish I could take you back home,
Expressing a desire to bring the person back home, but facing obstacles, possibly geographical or emotional.
If only London would allow...
If only London, a symbolic location, would permit the reunion.
If only London should allow us.
Repeating the wish for London to allow the reunion, highlighting the significance of this place in the context.
Oh goodness, graciously.
Reiteration of surprise or awe in response to the emotional impact of the separation.
You left me here in lonely reverie,
Restating the emotional impact of being left in contemplation and solitude.
Out of my arms, out of my reach,
Emphasizing the physical and emotional distance created by the departure.
You took an Aeroplane over the sea,
Reiterating the symbolism of an airplane taking you far away from the speaker.
far away from me.
Underlining the vast distance between the speaker and the departed person.
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