Second Love
Eternal Longing: Pain of Salvation's Second Love Unveiled
Lyrics
Day after day
Continuously, day by day
Nothing's changed you're far away
Despite no change, you're distant
But I need you to know that I can't sleep anymore
Expressing inability to sleep due to thoughts of you
By the nights
During the nighttime
Night after night
Consistently, night by night
The stars are shining so bright
Referencing the bright stars in the sky
Though our pain is larger than the universe tonight
Despite the vastness of pain, it feels immense tonight
I want you to know I can't sleep anymore
Reiteration of sleeplessness due to longing for connection
By the nights
During the nighttime
By the nights
(Repeated line)
Day after day I want you to say
Desire for affirmation and acknowledgment each day
That you're mine
Desire for the other person to confirm belonging
You are mine
Reaffirmation of possession or connection
Year after year
Continuously, year after year
Tear after tear
Sequentially, shedding tears
I feel like my heart will break in two
Feeling like the heart is on the verge of breaking
You came like a wind I couldn't defend
Comparison of your arrival to an unstoppable force
You cut my heart so deeply
Impactful emotional pain, leaving lasting wounds
The scars won't mend
Emphasizing the unhealable nature of emotional scars
I'll never believe in love anymore
Loss of belief in love due to the intense experience
After this
(Repeated line)
After this
-Can never change or rearrange
Permanent state unable to alter or reorganize
What we lost
Reference to what has been left behind
What we lost
(Repeated line)
Time after time
Repetitive occurrence, time after time
I am wasting my time
Continuously wasting time
Living in a past where I was strong
Living in a past characterized by strength
But now I am gone
Emphasizing the loss of self or identity
I leave no shadow when I'm alone
Absence of impact or presence when alone
I'll stay forever in my dreams where you are near
Desire to remain within dreams for proximity
Want you to know I can't sleep anymore
Reiteration of sleeplessness due to longing for connection
By the nights
During the nighttime
By the nights
(Repeated line)
Day after day I want you to say
Desire for affirmation and acknowledgment each day
That you're mine
Desire for the other person to confirm belonging
You're mine
Reaffirmation of possession or connection
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