You Then Me
Counting the Echoes of Longing: You Then Me by Rob Zinck & The Collaborators
Lyrics
Three-thirty AM
Describing the time, 3:30 AM.
Awake to make a call and take a shower
Being awake to make a call and take a shower.
We leave within the hour
Preparing to leave within the hour.
Empty the freeway
Driving on an empty freeway.
Carry us along with songs
Traveling with songs, sharing and singing.
We sang and shared as we prepared
Preparing together, experiencing a shared ache.
We ache with need
Feeling a deep emotional need.
We wait and see
Waiting and anticipating.
When we'll learn a brand new name
Anticipating learning a new name.
We push and plead and fight and bleed
Struggling and enduring hardships in the pursuit of something.
All to play the counting game
Playing a metaphorical counting game, perhaps related to life's challenges.
Play the counting game
Repetition of playing the counting game.
Softly at first I hear you, I hear you
Hearing someone softly at first.
Barely at first I see you, I see you
Seeing someone gradually.
We ache with need
Reiteration of a deep emotional need.
We wait and see
Continuing to wait and see.
When we'll learn a brand new name
Expecting to learn a new name.
We push and plead and fight and bleed
Persisting through struggles and challenges.
All to play the counting game
Repetition of playing the counting game.
Play the counting game
Emphasizing the ongoing nature of the counting game.
We ache with need
Reiteration of a deep emotional need.
We wait and see
Continuing to wait and see.
When we'll learn a brand new name
Expecting to learn a new name.
We push and plead and fight and bleed
Persisting through struggles and challenges.
All to play the counting game
Repetition of playing the counting game.
Play the counting game
Emphasizing the ongoing nature of the counting game.
Welcome to the only job
Welcome to a challenging job where one may feel it's better to die than fail.
You'd rather die than lose
Highlighting the intensity of the commitment to the job.
The first thing that he'll see
The first thing seen is the ceiling, possibly a reference to introspection.
Is the ceiling
Introducing the sequence of "Then you then me."
Then you then me
Repetition of the sequence, possibly representing a cycle or pattern.
Then you then me
Repetition of the sequence, reinforcing the cycle or pattern.
You then me
Continuation of the sequence.
Then you then me
Repetition of the sequence, maintaining the cycle.
Then all three
The conclusion of the sequence, involving all three entities mentioned.
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