Meet Me in the Morning
Yearning for Reunion: Poetic Reflections on Love's Absence
Lyrics
Meet me in the morning
Invitation to meet in the morning
56th and Wabasha
Specific location - 56th and Wabasha
Meet me in the morning
Reiteration of the invitation to meet in the morning
56th and Wabasha
Repetition of the specific location - 56th and Wabasha
Honey, we could be in Kansas
Suggesting a possibility of going to Kansas
By time the snow begins to thaw
Implies waiting for the snow to melt, signifying change or progression of time
They say the darkest hous
Metaphorically referencing a difficult or challenging time
Is right before the dawn
Expressing that the most difficult time often precedes improvement or resolution
They say the darkest hour
Reiteration of the notion that the hardest part comes before things get better
Is right before the dawn
Reaffirming the idea that challenges precede positive change
But you wouldn't know it by me
Personal reflection indicating an ongoing struggle despite the belief that things should improve
Every day's been darkness since you been gone
Highlighting a persistent sense of darkness or hardship since the person being addressed left
Little rooster crowin'
Metaphorically referencing a rooster crowing, possibly symbolizing a warning or indication
There must be something on his mind
Speculation that the rooster's crowing indicates it has something on its mind
Little rooster crowin'
Reiteration of the rooster crowing, suggesting significance or urgency
There must be something on his mind
Reiteration of the speculation about the rooster having something important on its mind
Well, I feel just like that rooster
Comparing oneself to the rooster, feeling mistreated or unkindly treated
Honey, ya treat me so unkind
Expressing the emotional impact of feeling mistreated or unkindly treated
Well, I struggled through barbed wire
Metaphorically describing facing obstacles and hardships
Felt the hail fall from above
Experiencing adversity, symbolized by hail falling
Well, I struggled through barbed wire
Reiteration of struggling through hardships
Felt the hail fall from above
Reiteration of experiencing adversity
Well, you know I even outran the hound dogs
Metaphorically outrunning challenges or problems
Honey, you know I've earned your love
Asserting that love has been earned despite facing difficulties
Look at the sun
Metaphorically comparing the sinking sun to a ship sinking, signifying an ending
Sinkin' like a ship
Reiteration of the sinking sun metaphor, suggesting an ending or decline
Look at the sun
Emphasizing the sinking sun as a representation of a conclusion or decline
Sinkin' like a ship
Reiteration of the sinking sun as a metaphor for something ending or declining
Ain't that just like my heart, babe
Comparing the sinking of the sun to the feeling in the heart when kissed
When you kissed my lips?
Linking the sinking of the sun to the emotional impact of a kiss
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