The Grand Tour
The Grand Tour: Echoes of Love Lost
Lyrics
Step right up, come on in
Invitation to enter and explore
If you'd like to take the grand tour
Encouragement to take a tour of a house
Of a lonely house that once was home sweet home
Describing a house that used to be a happy home
I have nothing here to sell you
Clarifying no intention to sell anything
Just some things that I will tell you
Promise to share information
Some things I know will chill you to the bone
Forewarning that some details will be unsettling
Over there sits the chair
Pointing to a chair with memories
Where she'd bring the paper to me
Recalling a moment of intimacy and affection
And sit down on my knee and whisper oh I love you
Expressing love and affection from the past
But now she's gone forever
Acknowledging the permanent absence of a loved one
And this old house will never be the same
Highlighting the irrevocable change in the house
Without the love that we once knew
Emphasizing the loss of past love
Straight ahead that's the bed
Pointing to the bed symbolizing shared intimacy
Where we lay and love together
Reflecting on the good times in the relationship
And Lord knows we had a good thing going here
Acknowledging the value of the past relationship
See her picture on the table
Noticing a picture that triggers memories
Don't it look like she'd be able
Imagining the presence of the departed loved one
Just to touch me and say good morning dear
Longing for morning greetings and connection
There's her rings, all her things
Pointing to reminders of the departed one
And her clothes are in the closet
Noting personal items left behind
Like she left them when she tore my world apart
Highlighting the devastation caused by a breakup
As you leave you'll see the nursery
Noting the absence of the departed with the child
Oh she left me without mercy
Expressing the pain of being left mercilessly
Taking nothing but our baby and my heart
Describing the emotional loss of a child and heart
Step right up, come on in
Reiteration of the invitation to explore the pain
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