Back and Fourth
Echoes of Patience and Love: Rosemother's Back and Fourth
Lyrics
You threw your weed right out the window
You discarded your marijuana by throwing it out of the window.
A cycle that started years ago
Describing a repetitive cycle that began years ago.
It refines and bends and starts all over again
The cycle refines and bends, starting anew repeatedly.
That's why I've learned to be patient and kind not quick to condemn
Emphasizing the importance of patience and kindness, avoiding quick condemnation.
Is it only me who breaks the silence?
Questioning whether the speaker is the only one breaking the silence.
I stay indoors while the party riots
The speaker remains indoors while chaos ensues outside at a party.
I've learned that I'm my best alliance
Recognizing oneself as the best ally.
A voice that echos in, in my hair, in my lungs and in my skin
Describing the pervasive nature of the speaker's voice in various aspects of their being.
It goes, it goes, it goes
Repetition emphasizing a continuous motion or process.
Back and fourth and round and round
Describing a movement or oscillation between two states.
It goes back and fourth round and round
Reiteration of the back-and-forth, round-and-round motion.
Back and fourth and round and round
Continuing to emphasize the cyclical nature of the described process.
It goes back and fourth round and round
Repeating the description of the repetitive movement.
On an icy Sunday morning
Setting the scene on an icy Sunday morning.
Your voice shatters my mundane thinking
A voice breaks the speaker's ordinary thinking on this particular morning.
Kicked off shoes ran through the mud
Recalling an incident of running through mud without shoes.
That's why I've learned to be loving and kind not quick to dispose of
Stressing the importance of being loving and kind, avoiding quick disposals.
Dancing 'round through the garden
Describing dancing around in a garden.
The plants are icy dripped with stardom
Depicting plants covered in iciness and touched by stardom.
My luck it never rests
Expressing a sense of continuous luck without rest.
Hear the shouts that echo in, in my hair, in my lungs and in my skin
Highlighting shouts that echo in various parts of the speaker's being.
It goes, it goes, it goes
Repetition emphasizing a continuous motion or process.
Back and fourth and round and round
Reiterating the back-and-forth, round-and-round motion.
It goes back and fourth round and round
Continuing to emphasize the cyclical nature of the described process.
Back and fourth and round and round
Repeating the description of the repetitive movement.
It goes back and fourth round and round
Repetition emphasizing a continuous motion or process.
Back and fourth and round and round
Reiterating the back-and-forth, round-and-round motion.
It goes back and fourth round and round
Continuing to emphasize the cyclical nature of the described process.
Round and round
Emphasizing the continuous, circular nature with "Round and round."
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