Tandem Bike
Unraveling Love's Relentless Grip
Lyrics
She came into my room at two o'clock in the afternoon
She entered the room mid-afternoon.
And she said that she had a desperate need
She expressed a strong need to discuss their relationship.
To talk about our relationship
Specifically addressing the state of their relationship.
And wasn't it time that we called it quits
Suggesting the idea of breaking up.
But she cried when I said that I kind of agreed
Her emotional reaction contradicted her words.
I didn't know what to say
The narrator felt uncertain about how to respond.
I began to wish I was dead
The situation made the narrator wish for an escape.
Crazy me crazy me
Expressing surprise at the situation.
I thought that she meant what she said
The narrator believed she was serious.
She said she wanted to hear me say that I'd always want to be near her
She wanted verbal reassurance of his commitment.
I asked, "Well why isn't that what you said?"
Questioning the inconsistency of her request.
She turned and cried some more and when she left she slammed the door
Her emotional state intensified before leaving abruptly.
Then I sighed with relief and sat down on my bed
The narrator felt relieved after she left.
My jaw nearly hit the floor
The narrator was shocked.
I couldn't believe my eyes
The narrator was astonished by what happened.
Twenty minutes later when I opened the door
A short time later, she reappeared unexpectedly.
And she was standing right outside
She confronted the narrator outside.
I said, "Hey what the hell are you still doing here?"
The narrator questioned her presence.
And she said, "Well
Her response to the narrator's confusion.
I thought you were gonna come after me"
Expressing exasperation at her behavior.
I rolled my eyes and told her, "You should really be acting older
Commenting on her age versus the narrator's.
You're thirty years old and I'm just twenty-three"
Reframing the situation based on their ages.
CHORUS:
Refrain: Her departure on a tandem bike.
Then she rode away
She left using a bicycle for two people.
On a bicycle built for two
She departed alone despite the bike's design.
All alone
Expressing the narrator's lack of control over her departure.
To make her leave was beyond my power so we hugged for half an hour
They shared a prolonged hug before she left.
And I know for sure because I checked
Checking the watch for validation of time spent.
My cowboy secret space detective super hero radioactive
Describing an imaginary gadget she wore.
Message decoding watch behind her neck
Reinforcing her departure after a long delay.
Two hours later she finally left
Confirming her final departure after a while.
And this time she was really gone
She left definitively this time.
I sat done immediately
The narrator sat and started writing the song.
And I began to write this song
Immediate reaction to the recent events.
I was out on New Year's Eve and as I was getting ready to leave
A different event - New Year's Eve.
I saw her approach from across the bar
Encountering her at a bar during New Year's Eve.
So I pretended I was plastered, she found out and called me a bastard
Feigning intoxication to avoid her.
But she followed me home anyway in her car
She followed the narrator despite the act.
We argued right outside my door
Arguing outside the narrator's residence.
It was unbelievably cold
Commenting on the extreme cold.
My toes were getting kind of numb
The cold affected the narrator's extremities.
So I told her that I had to go
The narrator claimed the need to leave.
Now I live in fear every time I see her coming near
The narrator feels anxiety whenever she approaches.
I try to hide but I can't get away
The narrator struggles to avoid her.
I'm sick of lies and compromises averting eyes and wearing disguises
Expressing frustration with the situation.
She stalks me twenty-four hours a day
She constantly pursues the narrator.
CHORUS
Refrain: Her continuous stalking.
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