Lyrics
Oh, Grandmother
Expressing a connection with the speaker's grandmother.
How I miss you
Conveying a sense of longing and missing the grandmother.
Under the earth
Suggesting the grandmother is buried or deceased.
Wish I was with you
Expressing a desire to be with the grandmother in the afterlife.
To talk to you
Desire to communicate with the deceased grandmother.
To talk to you
Reiterating the longing to talk to the grandmother.
I found somebody
Reference to finding someone to connect with emotionally.
Tried to give myself to
Attempted self-giving to another person.
Many a times
Emphasizing the frequency of attempts to connect with others.
I wanted to talk to you
Expressing the unfulfilled desire to talk to the grandmother.
If I laid on the earth
Pondering the idea of being close to the earth and the grandmother.
Could you hear?
Poetic question about the possibility of the deceased hearing the speaker.
Oh, Grandmother
Reiteration of the speaker's loneliness and connection to the grandmother.
I?m so lonely
Expressing a profound sense of loneliness throughout life.
All my life
Reflecting on the enduring nature of loneliness.
If I laid on the earth
Repeating the contemplation of being close to the earth and the grandmother.
Could you hear?
Repeating the poetic question about the deceased hearing the speaker.
If I lay
Continuation of the contemplation about lying on the earth.
Mary
Reference to another person, "Mary," possibly connected to the theme.
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