Answering Machine
Longing for Connection: Yearning in Modern Technology
Lyrics
A Song reminds what it is to breathe
A song that reminds the singer of the essential nature of breathing.
Drifting on your words into the street
Feeling carried away or entranced by the words spoken, possibly in conversation.
Your touch electric in the cold - I know, I know
Describing a sensation of feeling electrified by the touch of someone in a cold environment.
Bowing heads to tiny screen of light
Depicting a posture of people looking down at their phones, engrossed in the glow of the screen.
I feel you draining from me
Expressing a sense of emotional drain or detachment in the relationship.
All this screen time's got the space between us
Highlighting the impact of excessive screen time on the emotional connection between individuals.
Feeling overgrown I know, I know
Feeling overwhelmed and acknowledging a sense of overgrowth in the emotional space.
And I know it's obsolete
Acknowledging that something is outdated or no longer relevant.
But I wish you had an answering machine
Expressing a desire for a traditional answering machine as a means of communication.
You could go on hoe and find me
Suggesting a wish for the person to come home and locate the singer through the answering machine.
Play me and rewind me, over and over again
Desiring to be replayed and remembered repeatedly through the answering machine.
If i could be right or wrong, might call your on the phone
Contemplating the uncertainty of being right or wrong, and considering reaching out via phone call.
Send you a mixtape, or I might let me heart break
Mentioning the possibility of sending a mixtape or experiencing heartbreak.
If i could be right or wrong, might let you hang around
Reflecting on the choice of whether to let someone stay in one's life.
My kitchen is for dancing
Connecting the idea of the kitchen with dancing, possibly as a metaphor for joy or shared moments.
And I know it's obsolete
Reiterating that a desire or preference is outdated or no longer applicable.
But I wish you had an answering machine
Expressing a continued wish for the presence of an answering machine.
You could go on home and find me
Repeating the desire for the person to come home and locate the singer through the answering machine.
Play me and rewind me, over and over again
Reiterating the desire to be played and rewound through the answering machine.
And I know it's out of time,
Acknowledging that something is not in sync with the current time or situation.
But I wish that I had yours, and you had mine
Expressing a mutual wish for exchanging answering machines between the singer and the person.
You could go on home and find me
Repeating the idea of coming home and finding the singer through the answering machine.
Play me and rewind me, over and over again
Reiterating the desire to be played and rewound through the answering machine repeatedly.
Measure my days in anticipation of when I'd see you again
Measuring time in anticipation of seeing the person again, expressing a deep longing.
What I wouldn't give for, another hour to live for
Expressing a strong desire for more time to live and experience moments with the person.
The possibility of you
Reflecting on the potential of a relationship with the person.
And I know it's obsolete
Reiterating that a desire or preference is outdated or no longer applicable.
But I wish you had an answering machine
Expressing a continued wish for the presence of an answering machine.
You could go on home and find me
Repeating the desire for the person to come home and locate the singer through the answering machine.
Play me and rewind me, over and over again
Reiterating the desire to be played and rewound through the answering machine.
And I know it's out of time
Acknowledging that something is not in sync with the current time or situation.
But I wish that I had yours, and you had mine
Expressing a mutual wish for exchanging answering machines between the singer and the person.
You could go on home and find me
Repeating the idea of coming home and finding the singer through the answering machine.
Play me and rewind me, over and over again
Reiterating the desire to be played and rewound through the answering machine repeatedly.
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