July of '15
July of '15: A Melodic Tapestry of Longing and Memories
Lyrics
With Frank playing loud in your car
Listening to Frank Sinatra loudly in the car
The trunk full as our morning coffee
Carrying a trunk full of belongings like we carry morning coffee
Sunken eyes swell then depart
Eyes tired and swollen, expressing weariness
Too hazy to want you to stop me
Feeling too unclear or dazed to want someone to intervene or stop the speaker
I found your old membership card
Discovering an old membership card while going through old possessions
Buried beneath old belongings
Finding the membership card buried among other old items
You always pressed your pen in too hard
Noting a tendency to press the pen too hard while drawing
July of '15 watched you draw me
Recalling a specific moment in July 2015 when the other person drew the speaker
The air's not the same when your voice is spoken through it
Expressing a change in the atmosphere when the other person's voice is absent
And my song's not as good unless your lips are moving to it
Highlighting the impact of the other person's presence on the speaker's music
And when he doesn't say nothing it's cause you're everything to him
Emphasizing the significance of the other person in someone else's silence
Drinking and talking the past
Combining drinking and reminiscing about the past
Brightened the glare in your eye
Noting the positive effect of reminiscing on the person's eyes
Even though I'm happy where I'm at
Acknowledging contentment in the current situation but feeling a coldness in NYC
It's just so much colder here in NYC
Highlighting the emotional contrast between the warmth of memories and the coldness of the present location
The hardwood floors keep me warm
Noting that the warmth of hardwood floors is not comparable to being with the other person
But it's nothing like being with you
Expressing the uniqueness of being with the other person compared to the current environment
The heart in your voice vs. the storm
Comparing the emotional impact of the other person's voice to a storm
Through the window you enter my room
Describing the other person entering the speaker's room metaphorically through the window
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