Junebug
Junebug Memories: A Poignant Tale of Love and Loss
Lyrics
Junebug, I remember everything
Reflecting on memories of a person named Junebug.
The blue carpeted floors, the tall wooden doors
Recalling specific details of shared spaces with blue carpeted floors and tall wooden doors.
I held you in my arms
Expressing a moment of physical closeness by holding Junebug in the speaker's arms.
Junebug, I'd burn down a picture of a house
Willingness to let go of material possessions associated with a shared past.
Say it was ours, when we didn't need it anymore
Creating a symbolic gesture by burning a picture of a house, signifying the end of a shared need for it.
And that was when I loved you best
Highlighting a specific time when the speaker felt their love for Junebug was at its peak.
We were kids then
Reminiscing about a time when both were young.
We shouldn't think about the rest
Suggesting a focus on the present and not worrying about the future.
You'd put the moon in a basket on your bike front by the coast
Describing a romantic and imaginative gesture of putting the moon in a basket on a bike by the coast.
The way your fixed it up, in pale grief you were a ghost
Noting Junebug's ability to fix things with a sense of melancholy, comparing them to a ghost.
You liked to play with darkness, all the universe could give
Acknowledging Junebug's attraction to darkness and the vastness of the universe.
I was the home you once tried to escape, the dark in which you lived
Revealing the speaker as a home from which Junebug tried to escape and the darkness in which they lived.
Soon they'd find you laying there on several different homes
Describing a scene where Junebug is found in various places, possibly in distress.
They'd find you laying on their porches, did you need to use the phone?
Suggesting a possible need for assistance as Junebug is found on porches, questioning if they needed to use the phone.
And lure you into their rooms
Indicating a pattern of being lured into different rooms.
That was the last I heard of June
Implying a disconnection and lack of information about Junebug's fate.
And that was the love I could not allow
Expressing a decision to let go of a love that couldn't endure.
You were beautiful then, you're just a coke jaw now
Contrasting Junebug's past beauty with a present state described as a "coke jaw."
I remember everything
Reiterating the speaker's vivid recollection of everything related to Junebug.
I remember everything
-I remember everything
-Oh
Expressing emotion with an "Oh."
You were beautiful then, I'm still in too deep
Reiterating Junebug's past beauty and acknowledging the speaker's continued emotional involvement.
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