Circle Song
Love's Masquerade: Roger McGuinn's Reflection on Endless Games
Lyrics
Sometimes we're singing and the words won't rhyme
Sometimes, when we sing, the words don't fit together in a rhyme
Cause we don't mean these things we sing
We sing things without truly meaning them
I'll still be waiting for another day
I will continue waiting for another day to express mutual feelings
When you feel it too, but it's a game we play
There's a desire for you to feel the same, but our interaction is like a game
And I've tried to tell you for a long, long time
I've been trying to convey this for a considerable time
That games aren't played where love is made
Love should not involve games, but it seems we're engaged in one
And I grow so weary of this masquerade
Feeling tired of pretending and hiding true feelings
I'd like to hide my head and slip away
Desire to escape and avoid facing the challenges of the relationship
From this never ending game that we play
The relationship feels like an endless and repetitive game
It's a never ending game
Emphasizing that the relationship is an ongoing, never-ending game
Going round and round, round and round and round
Describing the perpetual nature of the game, going in circles
Sometimes I'll see you with a blind man's eyes
Seeing the partner through a blinded perspective
They never borrow or repay
Blind eyes don't expect anything in return, contrasting with the game
And I never speak it in the light of day
Keeping feelings hidden and unspoken during daylight
But don't you feel it too in the game we play
Despite silence, there's a hope that you also sense the game
And it's a never ending game
Reiteration of the relationship as an enduring, never-ending game
Going round and round, round and round
Highlighting the cyclical and repetitive nature of the game
And round round and round (repeated to fade)
Repetition emphasizing the never-ending nature of the game (repeated to fade)
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