Left Hand Cigarette
Vanishing Connections: Echoes of Departed Bonds
Lyrics
Sidewalk run-in
Sidewalk encounter with someone familiar
With someone I know, I know
Recognizing the person, confirming familiarity
Saw you coming
Noticed your approach
It took me hi-lo, hi-lo
It surprised me intermittently (hi-lo)
In like the wind, out like a candle
Quickly entering and exiting, like the wind extinguishing a candle
Up in a cloud, just for example
Being in a dreamlike state, as an example
La-la-la-la-la licked your lips
Singing "la-la-la-la-la," teasing with sensuality
And you pulled out the papers and you gave em a twist
Rolling a joint and offering it with a twist
Twist!
Expressing excitement or surprise at the twist
I'm not sayin I was craving a hit
Not explicitly desiring a hit, but intrigued
But you were giving me fits
Feeling agitated or disturbed by the situation
Where did you go
Questioning the disappearance of the person
Where are you now
Asking about the person's current whereabouts
I let you go
Accepting the person's departure
I don't know how
Feeling uncertain about how the departure happened
Are you a one hit wonder
Speculating whether the person is just briefly known
from Ohio-io
Perhaps comparing the person to a one-time sensation from Ohio
Or another young mother
Wondering if the person is like one's own young mother
Like my own, my own
Metaphorically comparing oneself to a candle and the person to the wind, suggesting the person's fleeting presence
You were the wind, I was a candle
Person vanished like dust, leaving an empty space like a mantelpiece
You disappeared, dust on the mantle
Repeated sensual gestures, perhaps reminiscing
La-la-la-la-la licked your lips
Rolling and offering a joint again with a twist
And you pulled out the papers and you gave em a twist
Expressing excitement or surprise at the twist (repeated)
Twist!
Reiteration of the twist in the joint
I'm not sayin I was craving a hit
Similar to line 10, not explicitly desiring a hit but intrigued
But you were giving me fits
Reiteration of feeling agitated or disturbed by the situation (repeated)
Where did you go
Reiterating the question about the person's disappearance
Where are you now
Reiterating the question about the person's current whereabouts
I let you go
Reiteration of accepting the person's departure
I don't know how
Reiteration of feeling uncertain about how the departure happened
Well I well I guess that's it
Concluding that the encounter might be over, emphasizing its magical or unexplainable nature
On some abracadabra truly magical shit
Expressing astonishment or awe at the mysterious nature of the encounter
Not sayin it was already lit
Clarifying that it wasn't initially intense or passionate
But I was already lit
Indicating that the speaker was already emotionally charged or affected
Already lit, bitch!
Assertive exclamation, reinforcing emotional intensity
Where did you go
Reiterating the question about the person's disappearance
Where are you now
Reiterating the question about the person's current whereabouts
I let you go
Reiteration of accepting the person's departure
I don't know how
Reiteration of feeling uncertain about how the departure happened
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