Townsville
Echoes of Love and Regret in Townsville
Lyrics
You won't talk to me no more
You have ceased communication with me
You've had enough of my bitching for one day
You're tired of my complaints for today
But know there's always my back door
There's always a way for you to come back into my life
To sneak on out
Suggesting a discreet exit
Won't you come 'round?
Inviting you to return
Then I show up to your front door
I appear at your front door
You never answer; that won't keep me away
You don't respond, but I persist
And I'm happy just to wait
Content with waiting for you
Don't you remember walks with me 'cross town?
Recalling shared walks across town
And all those times we got drunk at your place?
Remembering drunken times at your place
And all those clubs we're kicked out of?
Reflecting on getting kicked out of clubs together
You know it's not my fault you hated being alone
Asserting it's not my fault you disliked solitude
And I tried to say I'm sorry but I lied
Admitting insincere apologies
Right through my teeth
Lying through my teeth
'Cus it's hard to take the blame for being away
Struggling to accept blame for being absent
And landslide!
Using "landslide" metaphorically, indicating a decisive moment
I'd let you win but know I'm right
Asserting my correctness despite willingness to let you win
For all the shifting and shaking
Referring to instability and chaos in the relationship
You can't take a break from me
Emphasizing an inability to take a break from me
Don't you remember walks with me 'cross town?
Repeating the nostalgia of walks across town
And all those times we got drunk at your place?
Nostalgic recollection of shared drunken moments
And all those clubs we're kicked out of?
Recalling getting expelled from clubs together
You know it's not my fault...
Reiterating it's not my fault
Don't you recall those
Prompting a memory of walks across town
Walks with me 'cross town?
Continued reminiscence of drunken times at your place
And all those times we got drunk at your place?
Revisiting the theme of abandoning friends
And all those friends we walked out on?
Stressing it's not my fault
You know it's not my fault...
Highlighting the intoxicated state of my friends
All my friends are drunk
Describing the emotional and chemical state of my friends
Running high on love and drugs tonight
Expressing difficulty in making decisions
In my mind I can't make up tonight
Wishing for your presence tonight
But I wish you would turn up tonight
Referring to the setting sun on Sunday
And the Sunday sun has sunk
Attempting to control anger with alcohol
Holding down my rage with rum tonight
Intensifying emotions with rum
And it's running through my blood tonight
Acknowledge the influence of substances on emotions
But that full moon means it's gonna be alright (Alright!)
Optimistic note about the future, signaled by the full moon
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