Lyrics
Got me hanging on my crooked of my teeth
Feeling anxious or nervous, depicted by the metaphor of hanging on the crookedness of one's teeth.
Cigarette burns when I turn in the sheets
Experiencing emotional pain, likened to the sensation of cigarette burns while turning in bed sheets.
Conversations about you to myself
Engaging in internal conversations about someone, possibly due to a longing or unspoken feelings.
Try to find it hard, harder to smile
Struggling to find happiness and express joy, making it difficult to smile.
No one ever knows how
Repetition emphasizes the secrecy or hidden nature of the emotional struggle.
No one ever knows how
-No one ever knows how
-No one ever knows how
-Ooo I bet you're feeling lonely, lonely
Expressing a sense of loneliness and separation, imagining the other person's experience while waiting for a connection that may not happen.
As you're dancing all alone
-Waiting by the phone
-Ooo I bet you're looking lovely, lovely
-As I'm waiting all alone
-But you're not coming home
-So light it up and watch it go
Describing a solitary experience, with the metaphor of lighting up suggesting a form of release or escape.
Standing there, just a one-man show
-All your friends to call your home
-So what's it like yeah, so what's it
-No one ever knows how
Reiteration underscores the theme of isolation and the inability to understand or share one's feelings.
No one ever knows how
-No one ever knows how
-No one ever knows how
-Ooo I bet you're feeling lonely, lonely
Continuing the narrative of longing and separation, with a repeated pattern of waiting and imagining the other's state.
As you're dancing all alone
-Waiting by the phone
-Ooo I bet you're looking lovely, lovely
-As I'm waiting all alone
-But you're not coming home
-Cause I'm falling now
Expressing a sense of falling, confusion, and the desire to forget or escape from the current emotional state.
Wish that I could catch this cloud
-It's got me turned upside down
-Think that I should be happy now
-Cause I'm standing on the outside looking in
-Don't recognize this person I've been
-If I could just lie and forget
-Wishing I wishing I could just get it
-Ooo I bet you're feeling lonely, lonely
Reiteration of the theme of loneliness, with a recognition that despite the imagined scenarios, the person is not returning home.
As you're dancing all alone
-Waiting by the phone
-Ooo I bet you're looking lovely, lovely
-As I'm waiting all alone
-But you're not coming home
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