Back When
Echoes of Unspoken Longing
Lyrics
Just when I think I’ve learned it all
Expressing a sense of understanding or mastery, but then encountering a setback upon seeing the person referenced.
I see your face and down I fall
Upon encountering the person, experiencing a sudden emotional decline or falling for them again.
I can’t explain so let’s pretend
Unable to articulate feelings, suggesting a preference for pretending or avoiding discussion about emotions.
That I’m content being your friend
Trying to convince oneself that being in the friend zone is satisfactory or fulfilling.
If time is the ultimate healer
Doubting that time can heal the emotional pain caused by the person.
I’m afraid that you have no cure
Belief that the person holds no remedy or solution for the emotional wounds inflicted.
Just distractions to keep me near
Suggesting that distractions are used to prevent leaving or avoiding the situation.
And from running out the back door
Wanting to escape or run away from the relationship, but something keeps one from doing so.
I can not forget the things you’d say
Remembering the impactful words previously spoken by the person.
Back when our story was clean
Recalling a time when the relationship was pure or without complications.
Every time the feeling is the same
Consistently experiencing the same emotions whenever the person's name appears on the phone.
When your name shows on my cell screen
Feeling a resurgence of emotions or being affected upon seeing the person's name on the cellphone screen.
Just as I start to catch my breath
Starting to recover emotionally, but being pulled back into distress by the person.
You pull me on for one more death
Metaphorically referring to being dragged into further emotional turmoil or pain by the person.
They say there’s nothing like your first
Highlighting the significance and irreplaceability of the first experience or relationship.
Even more so when you’re their worst
Suggesting a profound impact when the person was at their worst during the initial relationship.
If time is nothing more
Questioning the essence and reality of time, suggesting it might not be what it seems.
Than a figment of our imagination
Considering time as a construct of the mind rather than an absolute truth.
I don’t think it’s strange
Not finding it odd that memories of a future with the person are hard to shake off.
That I can’t seem to shake memories of you yet to come
Struggling to let go of thoughts or memories related to a future involving the person.
I can not forget the things you’d say
Reiterating the impact of the person's words in the past.
Back when our story was clean
Reflecting on a time when the relationship was untarnished.
Every time the feeling is the same
Consistently experiencing the same emotions upon seeing the person's name on the phone.
When your name shows on my cell screen
Rekindling emotions or being affected by seeing the person's name on the cellphone screen.
Waking from dreams I lose my place
Feeling disoriented upon waking from dreams, uncertain about reality or the relationship status.
I was so sure that it was you
Being confident in identifying the person in dreams, only to realize it's not true upon waking.
I want to know if you could feel the same
Desiring to know if the person shares similar feelings, although already suspecting the opposite.
I already know it’s not true
Being aware or having a preconceived notion that the person doesn't reciprocate the same feelings.
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