When You Call
Love's Departure: Sarah Mansour's Melancholic Reflections in 'When You Call'
Lyrics
I woke up on the wrong side of the train tracks
I woke up feeling disoriented or troubled.
With baby eyes and feathers in my hair
Symbolic description of innocence and vulnerability with baby eyes and feathers.
Always knew he'd leave before the sunrise
Expectation that someone will leave before morning.
He turns around and says I never cared
The person denies caring despite turning back.
A stubborn head and wishful thinkin', Mama
Reference to a stubborn attitude and wishful thinking, warned by the speaker's mother.
Warned me not to feed into my own lies
Advice not to believe in self-deception.
When it gets too real, I don't know how to be myself
Difficulty in being authentic when reality becomes intense.
She don't love you
Assertion that the person doesn't love the speaker.
No no no more
Reiteration that the love is gone.
She don't love you
Reiteration that the person no longer loves.
No no no more
Reiteration that the love has vanished.
I made my bed, I know I've gotta face it
Acknowledgment of facing the consequences of one's actions.
A burning road and matches for the flame
Metaphor of a burning road and matches, indicating a destructive path.
I'm better off alone, don't you forget it
Declaration of being better off alone and not forgetting it.
And even when you call, I let it ring
Even when the person calls, the speaker chooses not to answer.
You don't know what you got until you lose, boy
A realization that one values something only after losing it.
Funny how them cats are all the same
Observation on the similarity of people in relationships.
Lovin' you is a silly little gamble I forget
Loving the person is described as a risky and forgettable venture.
She don't love you
Reiteration of the person's lack of love.
No no no more
Reiteration that there is no more love.
She don't love you
Reiteration of the absence of love.
No no no more
Reiteration that the love has disappeared.
She don't love you
Further affirmation of the person's lack of love.
No no no more
Final reiteration of the absence of love.
I don't regret a thing, no I don't
Expression of no regrets despite the circumstances.
I don't, I don't regret a thing
Repetition of not regretting anything.
No no no more
Continued denial of love from the person.
She don't love you
Reiteration that the person doesn't love the speaker.
No no no more
Reiteration of the person's lack of love.
And even when you call, I let it ring
Even when the person calls, the speaker chooses not to answer.
I don't regret a thing, no I don't
Reiteration of having no regrets.
I don't, I don't regret a thing
Repetition of not regretting anything.
No no no no no no
Emphatic denial of various aspects.
I don't I don't I don't
Repetition of the speaker not regretting.
She don't love you
Reiteration of the person's lack of love.
No no no more
Reiteration that there is no more love.
And even when you call, I let it ring
Even when the person calls, the speaker chooses not to answer.
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