Last Week My Life Ended
Echoes of Lost Love: No Dead Dogs' Heartfelt Reflection on Life's Unbearable Moments
Lyrics
When I saw those stale cigarettes
Observation of old, unused cigarettes
With a lipstick stain and a briefcase next to them
Noticed lipstick stain on cigarettes with an adjacent briefcase
That briefcase held a story, It held a life, divine, intertwined with my, my life
The briefcase symbolizes a life story intertwined with the narrator's own life
She jumped off a bridge the other day
Reference to someone jumping off a bridge
She took the plunge
Describing the act of taking a life-altering step
Wish I lunged after her, but I was too weak
Expressing a desire to have intervened but feeling too weak to do so
That happened last week
Indicating the recent occurrence of the event
But it doesn't really matter
Stating that the timing may not matter
It doesn't really matter
Reiteration that the timing may not matter
My life shouldn't be spent understanding her death
Questioning the significance of dedicating life to understanding the death
Then again she was my life
Acknowledging the person as a central part of the narrator's life
Then again she was my wife
Revealing the person as the narrator's wife
My life shouldn't be spent contemplating her last breath
Questioning the value of contemplating the final moments
Then again she was my life
Reaffirming the person's significance as a central part of the narrator's life
Then again she was my wife
Reaffirming the person as the narrator's wife
Woah
Expression of emotional distress or realization
Woah
Repetition for emphasis
When I saw those police barricades
Observation of police barricades
With a man in a vest telling her she's not to blame
Noticing a man absolving the person of blame
His title held a meaning, it held a life, divine, intertwined, with my, my life
The man's title is significant and intertwined with the narrator's life
Flashbacked to another day
Recollection of a past event
Fifteen years young
Reflecting on a time when the person was 15 years old
We were in love
Describing a period of love
I never felt weak
Not feeling weak during this past time
When she kissed my cheek
Recalling a moment of affection
But it doesn't really matter
Reiteration that the timing may not matter
It doesn't really matter
-My life shouldn't be spent understanding her death
Questioning the worth of understanding the recent death
Then again she was my life
Reaffirming the person's importance as a central part of the narrator's life
Then again she was my wife
Revealing the person as the narrator's wife once more
My life shouldn't be spent contemplating her last breath
Questioning the value of contemplating the final moments once more
Then again she was my life
Reaffirming the person's importance as a central part of the narrator's life once more
Then again she was my wife
Revealing the person as the narrator's wife once more
Woah
Expression of emotional distress or realization (repeated)
Woah
Repetition for emphasis (repeated)
So when I see those stale cigarettes
Revisiting the sight of old, unused cigarettes
With a lipstick stain and a briefcase case next to them
Reiterating the presence of a lipstick-stained briefcase next to the cigarettes
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