The Return
Echoes of Love and LongingLyrics
Petals for your teardrops
Expressing sympathy or support, offering comfort through symbolic gestures.
Bandage for your wounds
Suggesting the need for healing or solace, providing care for emotional wounds.
Medals for your courage
Acknowledging and honoring bravery or strength in the face of challenges.
Flowers for your room
Decorating the personal space with beauty, possibly in memory or tribute.
Pistols for the liars
Addressing deception and falsehood with a metaphorical response of confrontation.
Prayers for the true
Offering prayers for those who are genuine and truthful.
All these things
Referring to the mentioned items as significant elements in the singer's emotional journey.
I'll carry with me
Expressing a commitment to carry these symbolic elements until reunited with a loved one.
'Til I'm home with you
Reiterating the commitment to carry the symbolic elements until the singer returns home.
Whisky for my yearning
Associating whisky with a deep desire or yearning for something.
Brandy for my tears
Linking brandy to tears, implying a connection between the drink and emotional release.
Drinking takes you so far away
Highlighting the escapism provided by drinking, distancing oneself temporarily from reality.
'Til drinking brings you near
Suggesting that the act of drinking can paradoxically bring one closer to their emotions.
Petrol for the fire
Connecting petrol to the intensity of passion or desire.
Flames turn to blue
Describing the transformation of intense emotions into a more subdued state (flames to blue).
The torch that keeps
Referring to a symbolic torch that maintains a connection or love despite physical distance.
The embers burning
Expressing a commitment to keep the fire of love alive until the singer returns.
'Til I'm home with you
Reiterating the commitment to maintain the flame of love until reunited with the loved one.
So when will you believe
Posing a question about belief and trust in the singer's honesty and fidelity.
That I cannot deceive you
Asserting the singer's sincerity and inability to deceive the listener.
Even when I'm sleeping
Stating that thoughts of the loved one persist even in the singer's subconscious state (dreaming).
I dream of you
Highlighting the constant presence of the loved one in the singer's dreams.
I dream of you twice nightly
Emphasizing the recurring nature of dreams about the loved one, possibly indicating longing.
I dream of you all day
Expressing a continuous preoccupation with thoughts of the loved one throughout the day.
I fall asleep just thinking of you
Describing the act of falling asleep while contemplating thoughts of the loved one.
Dreaming only keeps me awake
Suggesting that dreaming, far from providing rest, keeps the singer awake due to emotional intensity.
There is no treatment
Declaring the absence of a remedy or solution for a particular condition or state.
No antidote
Asserting the impossibility of finding a cure or countermeasure for hope.
There will never ever be
Emphasizing the eternal nature of hope, suggesting it cannot be eradicated.
A cure for hope
Conveying a watchful anticipation of a future reunion, constantly searching for the loved one.
I watch the horizon
Expressing a vigilant and persistent observation of the horizon, anticipating the return.
I scour the view
Continuing the vigilance in scanning the surroundings for any sign of the loved one.
Eternaly returning to that
Describing a fleeting and diminishing image or memory of the loved one.
Fading glimpse of you
Reiterating the constant return to the fading image of the loved one, underscoring the lasting impact.
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