Lyrics
How many lovers will it take for me to get home
Expressing frustration about the number of failed relationships before finding a sense of belonging.
I tried to look it up
Attempted to seek understanding but couldn't find answers.
But I found no answers on my phone
Unsuccessful search for answers using technology (phone).
Home's not a place
Suggesting that home is not a physical place but rather a feeling and a familiar face.
It's a feeling and a face
Elaborating on the abstract nature of home, emphasizing emotion and familiarity.
Once you get a taste
Once experiencing that feeling, one will not want to leave.
You won't wanna run away
Encouraging staying and not running away from the emotional connection.
So stay out
An explicit directive to stay out, implying a desire for solitude.
Go back from where you came
Suggesting a return to the previous state or origin.
Don't need you now
Expressing independence and not needing someone at the moment.
I'm getting rid of waste
Discarding unnecessary elements or relationships in life.
So stay out
Reiteration of the desire for someone to stay out and return to where they came from.
Go back from where you came
Continued emphasis on not needing the person in question.
Don't need you now
Stating independence and choosing one's path.
Cause I'm going my own way
Asserting autonomy and determination to go one's own way.
It was a warm feeling
Reflecting on a past warm and positive feeling.
No fireplace needed
Emphasizing that the warmth didn't require external elements like a fireplace.
But the seasons changed
Change in circumstances, possibly a breakup, leading to the warmth disappearing.
And you were gone the next day
Expressing the sudden departure of a significant other.
And now I got an empty room
Describing a room now empty, filled only with memories collecting dust.
with pictures of us collecting dust
Reference to pictures of the past relationship gathering dust.
and i can't bring myself to take em down
Struggling to let go of the past by removing pictures from the room.
So stay out
Reiterating the desire for someone to stay out, emphasizing the need for space.
Go back from where you came
Continued insistence on the person leaving and returning to their origin.
Don't need you now
Reasserting independence and not needing the person in the current phase.
I'm getting rid of waste
Getting rid of unnecessary elements or baggage in life.
So stay out
Repetition of the directive for someone to stay out.
Go back from where you came
Reiteration of the desire for the person to go back to where they came from.
Don't need you now
Emphasizing independence and not needing the person at this point.
Cause I'm going my own way
Affirming the commitment to pursuing one's own path.
This whole damn thing could've been avoided
Expressing regret about the situation, implying that it could have been avoided.
We could've just rented an apartment
Suggesting an alternative scenario where renting an apartment could have prevented the current situation.
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