Lyrics
Got your message on the answering machine,
Receiving a message on the answering machine.
You said you'd be late again-
Notification of being late again.
But what does that mean?
Questioning the significance or implications of the lateness.
It means im lonely- after all,
Interpreting the lateness as resulting in loneliness.
So ill be waiting here in case you call.
Waiting in anticipation for a call despite the loneliness.
I guess our telephone ain't gonna ring,
Expectation that the telephone won't ring.
I found a note he wrote,
Discovery of a note suggesting another person's interest in the partner's singing.
It says he heard you sing.
Implication that the partner is spending time with someone else.
So I guess your out with him,
Questioning the value or commitment of the marriage.
Whats a marriage mean to you?
Querying about the partner's dedication to the marriage, symbolized by the diamond ring.
Do you wear you diamond ring when you lay down?
Questioning if the partner wears the diamond ring even while being intimate with someone else.
Oh-oh-oh,
Expressing emotional distress or realization.
You drop your dress,
Visualizing the partner's actions of intimacy with someone else while feeling abandoned at home.
You turn your head,
-You hold him when I sleep at home alone in our bed.
-I didn't sleep last night- waitin' by the window,
Restlessness and sleeplessness waiting for the partner's return.
Now the mornings come with night time glow.
-You told me where you were
Disbelief or suspicion about the partner's whereabouts and honesty.
I said you lie,
-Don't you even wanna try?
-I take that ring back cause you dont wanna be my wife.
Deciding to reclaim the engagement ring due to the partner's reluctance to commit.
Oh oh-oh-oh,
Repeated depiction of the partner's intimate actions with another person while feeling abandoned.
You drop your dress,
-You turn your head,
-You hold him when I sleep at home alone in our bed.
-You drop your dress,
-You turn your head,
-You hold him when I sleep at home alone in our bed.
-Do you know girl,
Recognizing the futility of seeking legal intervention (justice of the peace) in the situation, still willing to reconcile despite the partner's infidelity.
Bout the justice of the peace,
-Is gotta bring one of us to our knees.
-So I'll go down you can come back home even though,
-I know your gonna keep runnin' round.
-You drop your dress,
Reiteration of the partner's intimate actions causing emotional distress while alone at home.
You turn your head,
-You hold him when I sleep at home alone in our bed.
-You drop your dress,
-You turn your head,
-You hold him when I sleep at home alone in our bed.
-You drop your dress,
Repetition emphasizing the partner's actions of intimacy with someone else while the singer remains alone.
You turn your head,
-You hold him when I sleep at home alone in our bed.
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