East to Me
East to Me: Rediscovering Love and Dreams in Familiar Streets
Lyrics
Hey
Greeting or initiating communication
How ya doin' today?
Asking about the person's well-being
You've been on my mind all this time I have to say
Expressing that the person has been on the speaker's mind
Where'd you go?
Inquiring about the person's whereabouts
What have you seen?
Asking what the person has experienced or observed
Was it everything you hoped it'd be?
Questioning whether the person's experiences met their expectations
Now you're back in that run down town
Describing the person's return to a rundown town
Back to the same old run around
Highlighting a familiar and repetitive situation
Running through the same old streets
Emphasizing the routine of running through familiar streets
And sleeping in the same old sheets
Indicating a return to familiar and unchanged circumstances
Hey!
Repeating the greeting, possibly with increased urgency
It's time to go
Suggesting it's time for a change or departure
So pack your bags, turn on the radio
Encouraging the person to pack their bags and leave
Oh yeah!
Expressing enthusiasm or agreement
Turn your mirror to the sea
Advising the person to look at the sea in their mirror
And bring yourself back East to me
Encouraging the person to return to the speaker in the East
Hey
Repeating the inquiry about the person's location
Where you at today?
Noting that the person's calls are becoming more distant
Your calls get farther and farther away
Expressing understanding of the person's need to leave
I know you have to go
Prompting a question about whether the distance was justified for a successful show
We just want to know
Expressing a desire for the person to return
If the distance was worth the sold out show?
Recalling enjoyable moments on the beach with the person
Take me back to those nights on the beach
Highlighting the person's accessibility during those nights
The nights you were never out of reach
Reflecting on shared dreams and aspirations
Where we dreamed of shooting stars
Recalling a time when the future seemed closer
And our future wasn't very far
Repeating the urgent call for the person to leave
Hey!
Encouraging the person to pack and turn on the radio
It's time to go
Reiterating the advice to look at the sea in the mirror
So pack your bags, turn on the radio
Repeating the call for the person to return East
Oh yeah!
Expressing excitement or agreement
Turn your mirror to the sea
Reiterating the advice to turn to the sea and return
And bring yourself back East to me
Repeating the call for the person to return East
Yeah!
Expressing affirmation or positive emotion
You lit a fire in me
Acknowledging that the person ignited a passion in the speaker
Something I never would have seen
Describing a new perspective or experience brought by the person
No!
Rejecting the possibility of a different outcome
And if we only had more time
Expressing regret for a lack of time to pursue the person
I would have done more to make you mine
Expressing a desire for more time to develop a relationship
Oh yeah!
Repeating the call for the person to leave
It's time to go
Encouraging the person to pack and turn on the radio
So pack your bags, turn on the radio
Reiterating the urgency of the departure
Oh yeah!
Expressing enthusiasm or agreement
Turn your mirror to the sea
Reiterating the advice to look at the sea in the mirror
And bring yourself back East to me
Repeating the call for the person to return East
And bring yourself back East to me
-And bring yourself back East to me
Final plea for the person to return East
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