Your City Doesn't Love You
Love Lost in Urban Echoes: Safari Room's Melodic Reflection
Lyrics
Seven years ago,
Reflecting on a departure from a place seven years ago.
I packed up and moved away.
Moving away and not planning to return, except for holidays.
Never to return except for holidays
Expressing a sense of permanence in leaving the city.
I thought I’d find a home
Hoping to find a new home in a different location.
Again, maybe fall in love
Seeking the possibility of falling in love again.
But the pond is no easy place to fall in love…
Acknowledging challenges in finding love, comparing it to a difficult place like a pond.
So I sing, your city doesn’t love you.
Expressing through singing that the city doesn't reciprocate love.
Give it your all.
Encouraging to give one's best effort and commitment.
Everything you’ve got.
Advocating for putting forth maximum effort in everything.
Sometimes your very best is good enough.
Acknowledging that sometimes giving one's best is sufficient.
I tried so hard to please her
Struggling to please the city or meet its expectations.
I did what I thought he’d want.
Conforming to perceived expectations but facing significant challenges.
Played the game and all but lost the farm.
Participating in a metaphorical game but experiencing substantial losses.
So I sing, your city doesn’t love you, so why stay?
Reiterating that the city does not reciprocate love and questioning the reason to stay.
The city doesn’t love you…
Emphasizing again that the city does not love the individual.
Your city doesn’t love you, so I’ll build one for two.
Committing to building a new city for two people, suggesting a personal connection.
The city doesn’t love you, but I do.
Acknowledging that the city may not love, but the singer does.
But I do. Yes, I do.
Reaffirming personal love and commitment.
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