Alone Tonight
Longing Echoes: Embracing Memories in the Silence
Lyrics
There's that sweatshirt
Refers to a sweatshirt
In my closet
Located in the speaker's closet
With a stain half way down the left sleeve
Describes a stain on the left sleeve
You loved to wear it even though it went down to your knees
Expresses love for the sweatshirt, despite its length
And there's a stove top
Refers to a stove top
In this kitchen
Located in the kitchen
With some pots and pans that are all empty
Pots and pans are empty
You loved to teach me to cook but only in your bare feet
Describes a memory of cooking together barefoot
All these memories
Emphasizes the impact of memories
Driving me crazy
Memories are causing emotional turmoil
I don't wanna let them go
Reluctance to let go of memories
I don't wanna be
Expresses a desire not to be alone tonight
Alone tonight
Repeats the desire not to be alone tonight
It's just me and these
Emphasizes the speaker's solitude
Walls tonight
Being alone with walls as company
So where ever you are
Addressing an absent person
When you hear this song
Message to the absent person
Know that I'm missing you and wishing you were home
Expresses missing and wishing for the person to return
I don't wanna be alone tonight
Repeats the desire not to be alone
No
Reiteration of not wanting to be alone
There's a light on
Refers to a light in the backyard
In the backyard
Place of shared dances in the dark
Where we used to dance in the dark
Describes the atmosphere under full moons and stars
Underneath full moons and planes and millions of stars
Recalls specific shared moments
And there's half of this bed
Half of the bed is unoccupied
And a pillow for your head
A pillow is reserved for the absent person
That will always be yours
Symbolizes a constant place for the absent person
And this mind full of memories
Reference to the speaker's memories
That I can't let go
Emphasizes difficulty in letting go of memories
I don't wanna be
Repeats the desire not to be alone tonight
Alone tonight
Reiteration of not wanting to be alone
It's just me and these
Emphasizes solitude with walls
Walls tonight
Being alone with walls as company
So where ever you are
Addressing an absent person
When you hear this song
Message to the absent person
Know that I'm missing you and wishing you were home
Expresses missing and wishing for the person to return
I don't wanna be alone tonight
Repeats the desire not to be alone
No
Reiteration of not wanting to be alone
Oh oh oh oh
Repeating "oh" for emphasis
Not tonight, no no no
Emphasizes the rejection of being alone tonight
Oh oh oh oh
Repeating "oh" for emphasis
I don't wanna be
Repeats the desire not to be alone tonight
Alone tonight
Reiteration of not wanting to be alone
It's just me and these
Emphasizes solitude with walls
Walls tonight
Being alone with walls as company
So where ever you are
Addressing an absent person
When you hear this song
Message to the absent person
Know that I'm missing you and wishing you were home
Expresses missing and wishing for the person to return
I don't wanna be alone tonight
Repeats the desire not to be alone
No
Reiteration of not wanting to be
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