Clementine
Chasing Ghosts: Longing for Clementine
Lyrics
Long winded messages from afar
Expressing frustration with lengthy messages received from a distance.
don't make me feel any better about where we are
Acknowledging that the messages don't provide comfort about the current situation.
And I just needed some sympathy
Desiring empathy or understanding from someone.
And you just needed me
Highlighting the reciprocal need in the relationship.
I'm so far away.
Feeling emotionally distant or disconnected.
Why am I making the same mistake
Questioning repeated mistakes in pursuing a relationship.
Of chasing after you is this really what you wanted
Reflecting on the pursuit of someone and questioning its true fulfillment.
(Don't stay in hands of those fleeting is this all just lacking meaning)
Suggesting uncertainty and questioning the meaningfulness of the pursuit.
My sweet Clementine how you used to be mine
Nostalgically recalling a past connection with someone named Clementine.
Now I'm just dearly departed
Expressing a sense of loss and separation from Clementine.
She said I don't need anything from you
Quoting someone stating independence and not needing anything.
And now I know I'm a ghost and her a haunted room with no vacancy.
Feeling like a ghost in the presence of the person who claimed independence.
Already filled with complacency
Describing the environment as already filled with satisfaction and lack of desire.
I'm so far away.
Reiterating a sense of emotional distance or isolation.
Why am I making the same mistake
Questioning the repetition of chasing after someone and its purpose.
Of chasing after you is this really what you wanted
Reflecting on whether the pursuit aligns with the desired outcome.
My sweet Clementine how you used to be mine
Nostalgically addressing Clementine and the past connection.
Now I'm just dearly departed
Expressing the current state of being separated or departed from Clementine.
I'm sorry that the grass isn't greener on the other side and
Apologizing for the disappointment of unmet expectations.
you sit and you wish that you were still mine
Expressing a wish for a past relationship to continue.
But I'll refrain stay as still as an English guard cause you'll always peer into another yard
Using a metaphor of staying still like an English guard while observing from a distance.
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