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When I am fast asleep
The speaker is asleep.
I dream and see you floating high above me
They dream of seeing someone they care about above them, possibly in a positive, ethereal way.
And I awake at dawn
The speaker wakes up at dawn.
Before the rays of morning paint the front lawn
They wake up before the sunlight illuminates the front lawn.
From on the bedroom floor
The speaker observes from the bedroom floor.
I watch you sailing far above the seashore
They imagine the person they dreamt about sailing far away.
In deep Atlantic skies
The person is envisioned in the skies over the Atlantic Ocean.
You float as I look aft to watch the moon rise
The speaker watches the person while looking behind them as the moon rises.
Above the avenue
The person is sought after above the avenue, perhaps metaphorically.
I search above the clouds, trying to see you
The speaker searches for the person above the clouds.
But you are just a blur
The person appears blurry as if seen from a distance.
In the sky when you parachute over the harbor
The person parachutes over a harbor while appearing indistinct or distant to the speaker.
I can see
The speaker acknowledges seeing the person above while they are surrounded by the ocean.
You above with the ocean around me
The speaker wishes to remain in the sky together with the person.
If I could only stay
The desire to stay airborne in the airway is expressed.
Overhead in the airway
They envision the person navigating endlessly through the sky.
You sail through
The person sails through the endless sky with the evening setting around them.
Endless sky with the evening around you
When the speaker is on the bay, they imagine the person soaring in the airway.
When I'm out on the bay
You're aloft in the airway
The speaker dreams of the person creating stars against the twilight.
When I'm alone at night
The speaker imagines the person being suspended in the air.
I dream you paint the stars against the twilight
They hope the person's silhouette remains constant.
Suspended in the air
The speaker watches the person being held high above on the beach.
I wish your silhouette would always stay there
The speaker wishes they could also fly or float like the person.
When I am on the beach
The person is imagined looking down from the sky while the speaker is in the sea.
I watch you held aloft way out of my reach
The speaker feels indistinct or hard to perceive through the waves while underwater.
But I can not take flight
Or float upon the air the way that you might
-When I am in the sea
-You gazed down from the sky, trying to see me
-But I am just a blur
-Through the waves, as I scuba dive below the harbor
-The airway
The airway is described as a place where both the speaker and the person are present.
You and I in the airway
They both exist in the airway, possibly suggesting a shared emotional or mental space.
Aloft in the airway
The airway is a place where they are both elevated or soaring.
In love in the airway
The airway is a space where love is experienced.
I can see
The speaker again mentions seeing the person above while surrounded by the ocean.
You above with the ocean around me
The wish to remain together in the airway is expressed once more.
If I could only stay
The desire to stay overhead in the airway is emphasized.
Overhead in the airway
The person navigates through the endless sky while the speaker longs to be there.
You sail through
The person is depicted as soaring through the sky.
Endless sky with the evening around you
When the speaker is on the bay, they imagine the person soaring in the airway.
When I'm out on the bay
You're aloft in the airway
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