The Way We Move
Reflecting on Life's Weight: The Way We Move by See You in the Funnies
Lyrics
Looking over both my shoulders
Reflecting on past experiences and being cautious or vigilant.
Is something that I seem to do
Expressing a habitual action of looking over both shoulders.
Holding on to all your last words
Retaining memories of someone's final words.
I Wonder if you see the truth
Questioning if the person addressed understands the reality.
The way I moved to know you
Describing the actions taken to understand someone.
Was worth the wait to me
Expressing that the effort to know the person was worthwhile.
Lord knows I don't owe you
Acknowledging that the speaker doesn't owe anything to the person.
You can have it all for free
Offering everything without any cost.
Watching friends become corpses
Observing friends deteriorate or fail.
Was something that we seem to share
Sharing the experience of witnessing the decline of others.
You held everything so dearly
Noting that the person held things dearly but without personal connection.
I couldn't force myself to care
Expressing difficulty in caring about the person's attachments.
The way I used to know you
Describing a past way of knowing the person and finding it valuable.
Was worth the wait for me
Reiterating the worth of waiting to understand the person.
God knows I don't own you
Acknowledging that the speaker doesn't possess the person.
But I never meant to set you free
Admitting that the speaker unintentionally released the person.
Lately I've been growing colder
Expressing a recent emotional detachment or aloofness.
I hope Its just a dying phase
Hoping that the emotional detachment is a temporary phase.
I feel the weight on both my shoulders
Sensing a burden or responsibility on both shoulders.
Holding on to someones pain
Clutching onto the pain of someone else.
The way I choose to hold you
Explaining the chosen way of holding the person and finding it valuable.
Is worth the weight for me
Reaffirming the worth of the weight associated with holding the person.
Lord knows I can't control you
Recognizing the inability to control the person.
But I should have never let you lead
Regretting allowing the person to take the lead.
Looking over both my shoulders
Repeating the action of looking over both shoulders.
Is something that I seem to hide
Suggesting a tendency to hide the act of looking back.
I couldn't ever push you under
Acknowledging an inability to push the person away.
I couldn't force myself to try
Expressing an inability to force oneself to try to distance from the person.
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