Lyrics
Wake up.
Expressing a call to attention or awareness, possibly urging someone to wake up figuratively.
You've got one thing on your mind.
Highlighting a singular focus or preoccupation in the person's thoughts.
And it's been there for quite some time.
Suggesting that this preoccupation has persisted for a considerable duration.
It's so clear what you want to do.
Conveying clarity in the person's desires or intentions.
How long has it been since I lost you?
Pondering the duration since the speaker lost the addressed person.
Cause I've been out all night again.
Admitting to spending the night outside, possibly in a troubled state.
Treating my wounds with some gin.
Describing a coping mechanism involving alcohol (gin) to deal with emotional wounds.
If you're gonna call the law.
Anticipating a potential intervention by law enforcement.
To cuff my hands and fight me off.
Expressing a readiness to resist arrest or intervention.
Then go on.
Encouraging the addressed person to proceed with the intended action, possibly leaving.
hey love
Addressing the person as "love" and preparing them for crucial information.
There's just one thing that you should know.
Indicating the importance of information before a potential departure.
Before you call, and I must go.
Acknowledging an impending departure and the need for the speaker to leave.
When I came home late last night.
Recalling a late return home, potentially causing distress.
And I had you in my sights.
Suggesting an emotional connection or desire when having the person in sight.
Cause I've been out all night again.
Repeating the pattern of spending nights outside, creating emotional distance.
Locking out, you touched my skin
Emphasizing the impact of physical closeness, symbolized by touching skin.
Knowin that you'll make your call.
Acknowledging an anticipated call by the person who is affected.
I can't blame you at all..
Expressing understanding and acceptance of the person's decision to make the call.
So then go on.
Reiterating the encouragement for the person to proceed with their actions.
hey love.
Repeating the address as "love" and posing a rhetorical question.
What did you expect for me to do?
Challenging expectations and questioning the addressed person's assumptions.
Sit there and cry in that room?
Rejecting the idea of passive suffering and tears in isolation.
Count flower petal 'I love you's?
Mocking the conventional romantic gestures like counting "I love you's" with a gun in hand.
With a gun in hand and thoughts of you.
Portraying a disturbing image of contemplating violence with thoughts of the person.
With a gun in hand and thoughts of you.
Repeating the unsettling image of holding a gun while thinking about the person.
With a gun in hand.
Reiterating the presence of a firearm and the associated thoughts, underscoring a troubled state.
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