Apocryphal
Echoes of Lost Promises: Nostalgia and Heartbreak
Lyrics
Should I be practicing my sleep
Contemplating the need to improve one's sleep habits
For the words you couldn't keep
Referring to unfulfilled promises or commitments
You're just tired of all the things I said we'd do but never did
Expressing disappointment in not accomplishing shared goals
I guess I thought I was a man but I'm just a kid
Realizing a lack of maturity despite thinking otherwise
But going through it in my head again
Reflecting on past events and conversations
You said what you needed to say
Acknowledging the speaker's expression of feelings
Before the summer came
Referring to a conversation before a significant event
But the rain it washed away all the hope that remained
Describing the impact of a negative experience
Wake up slightly panicked with my face flush
Waking up anxious and with a flushed face
You are the thing I can not think of
Acknowledging the persistent presence of a person in thoughts
I'm the mistake that you have made up
Accepting responsibility for being a perceived mistake
You are the ghost of a person that once held me close
Referring to someone who used to be emotionally close but now feels distant
I'm the shell of a man who once lost what meant most
Expressing a sense of emptiness and loss
Should I be practicing my sleep
Reiterating the need to focus on improving sleep
For the words you couldn't keep
Echoing the theme of unkept promises
You're just tired of all the things I said we'd do but never did
Reiterating disappointment in unfulfilled plans
I couldn't eat for days
Experiencing emotional distress affecting appetite
I thought I'd stay awake
Choosing to stay awake, possibly in emotional distress
And let my body decay in a bed that we shared
Describing a shared space where emotional pain lingers
Just throw it away like you never cared
Suggesting the disregard of shared memories or emotions
Like you never cared
Emphasizing a perceived lack of caring from the other person
I, I tried a lot, a lot of different fucking ways
Expressing multiple attempts to give love and receive acceptance
To give my heart to you for you to stay
Acknowledging inadequacy despite efforts to give love
Still I'm not enough
Feeling insufficient or unworthy
I'll probably always be the thing that took three years from you
Being a source of time lost for the other person
A waste of time
Feeling like a wasted investment of time
Cold and acting brash I seem to settle on the facts
Describing a detached and brash emotional state
The fires out the lights are off
Symbolizing the end of a passionate connection
Slowly moving on and always thinking of the
Slowly moving on while constantly thinking about the past
Fact we'll never lock our lips together again
Accepting the permanent loss of physical closeness
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