Promise Rings
Undying Promises and Summer Kisses: River Whyless' Tale of Love and Loss
Lyrics
Looking back again I feel like a child
Reflecting on the past, feeling a sense of innocence and vulnerability.
See that I'm loving, see that I'm loving
Expressing love and emphasizing the visibility of that love.
A pair in stereo, in single file
Describing a couple moving together, possibly in a synchronized or organized manner.
Lazy, waking, wasting in the halls
Describing a leisurely and unproductive state, possibly in a deteriorating environment.
Been thinking bout you now these days in the morning
Thinking about someone in the morning during recent days.
What with this place all gone to hell and burning
Observing a deteriorating situation or environment, possibly with emotional turmoil.
Promise rings
Referring to promise rings as a symbol of commitment, expressing disappointment and doubt in the sincerity and everlasting nature of the promises made.
Promise rings, baby
-Your promise rings untrue and undying
-All your books
-and pretty things you left
-Your promise rings
-Untrue and undying
-You know I kept the note you slipped in my hand
Recalling a specific moment involving a note, lunch, drugs, and solitude, possibly with nostalgic or significant undertones.
Lunch on a Friday, drugs where the dogwoods stand
-A couple couplets, what the night might hold
-Home alone, your folks had gone to Ocracoke
-Promise rings
Reiterating disappointment and doubt in the promises symbolized by the rings, emphasizing the false and enduring nature of those promises.
Promise rings, baby
-Your promise rings untrue and undying
-All your books
-and pretty things you left
-Your promise rings
-Untrue and undying
-Kissing on me felt so sweet
Describing the sweetness of physical intimacy, reminiscing about summer days and nights on the beach, acknowledging warnings about a relationship that seemed unconventional.
Slows days in the summer, nights out on the beach
-I was the one they warned you about
-and you were a foreign taste in my mouth
-On your soapbox in your Sunday school
Referring to a moment of heartbreak, possibly related to a moral stance or personal belief.
broke my heart, but it ain't nothing new
-Promise rings
Continuing the theme of disappointment and doubt in the promises represented by the rings, mentioning the abandonment of possessions and the enduring falsehood of the promises made.
Promise rings, baby
-Your promise rings untrue and undying
-All your books
-and pretty things you left
-Your promise rings
-Untrue and undying
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