Mayakovsky Had a Gun
Parting Words at Two AM: Farewell in the Silver Night
Lyrics
It's two am , you must be sleeping
Expressing awareness of the late hour, assuming the listener is asleep.
The sky is frosted silver
Describing the night sky with a poetic touch, using "frosted silver" to evoke a serene image.
A tribute from the star's tonight
Attributing the beautiful night to a tribute from the stars.
(silence sleeps tonight)
Emphasizing silence, possibly as a metaphor for a quiet, peaceful night.
With regret I write this letter
Starting a letter with regret, hinting at an impending separation.
These parting words are hard to say
Expressing difficulty in saying goodbye through parting words.
Come the morning light
Anticipating the morning light, suggesting a significant event or decision to occur then.
I'll have bled my love for you away
Symbolizing the sacrifice of love, implying that by morning, love will be gone.
I am nothing with out you
Acknowledging personal emptiness without the presence of the listener.
You are everything to me
Declaring the listener as everything to the speaker, emphasizing their importance.
So tonight I die, die, die my darling
Expressing a dramatic decision to figuratively die because of the separation.
Break a finger means she loves me
Introducing a superstition: breaking a finger implies love.
Break another means she loves me not
Continuing the superstition, but uncertainty is introduced with a "she loves me not" possibility.
So kiss me now it's for the last time
Imploring for a final kiss before the impending separation.
(silence sleeps tonight)
Reiterating the importance of silence, possibly reflecting the gravity of the moment.
With regret I write this letter
Repeating the regretful tone, reinforcing the difficulty in expressing farewell.
These parting words are hard to say
Reiterating the impending parting words and their emotional weight.
Come the morning light
Reiterating the anticipation of the morning light and the symbolic loss of love.
I'll have bled my love for you away
Repeating the sense of personal emptiness without the listener.
I am nothing with out you
Reaffirming the listener's significance as everything to the speaker.
You are everything to me
Repeating the dramatic decision to metaphorically die due to the separation.
So tonight I die, die, die my darling
Empty cell; continuation of the dramatic expression without specific content.
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