Lyrics
Come on
Calls for action or participation
Everyone
Addressing a collective audience
Grab a gun
Urging to arm oneself
Run
Emphasizing a need to move swiftly
Oh yeah
An expression of confidence or affirmation
But try not to be yellow
Encouraging bravery, avoiding cowardice
Surrender to me
Demands submission or compliance
Say you will
Requesting agreement or commitment
Say that you will
Reiterating the request for agreement
Yeah but try not to be yellow
Reemphasizing the need for bravery
Oh yeah but try not to be yellow
Continued emphasis on courage over cowardice
'Cause nobody likes it when you are
Stating social disapproval of cowardice
You came
Referencing someone's arrival and departure
And you went
Highlighting a sudden departure
Went away
Departure within a short span
All in one day
Mentioning the emotional distress of a relative
Now your mama's cryin'
Resulting in a mother's sorrow
I know
Belief in eventual reunion
In the end
Expressing hope for reunion
We'll be together again
Conditioning reunion on luck
Yeah but only if we're lucky
Highlighting uncertainty in reunion
Oh yeah but only if we're lucky
Reiterating uncertainty in reunion
Oh yeah but only if we are
-Every night I wonder why
Pondering reasons for a situation
Why now
Repetition of questioning the situation
Every night I wonder why
Continued pondering of reasons
Why now
Continued questioning of the situation
Every night I wonder why
Reiterating ongoing contemplation
Why now
Repetition of questioning the situation
We sat around together
Recalling a collective gathering
Talked about how much we love you
Expressing love for a missing individual
And how much we'll miss you
Mentioning collective reminiscing
We sit around together
Reiteration of love and missing someone
Talk about how much we love you
Continued expression of affection
And how much we'll miss you
Continued love and missing someone
And now we stick together
Emphasizing unity after a departure
Livin' with the love you've given
Living with the legacy of love received
I know that you would want this
Belief in the deceased's preference for unity
Every night I wonder why
Continued pondering of reasons
Now
Repetition of questioning the situation
Every night I wonder why
Continued pondering of reasons
Now
Continued questioning of the situation
Every night I wonder why
Reiterating ongoing contemplation
Now
Repetition of questioning the situation
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