You Shadow
Unveiling Shadows: Sharon Van Etten's Poetic Reflections
Lyrics
Follow me until you don't know where you are
Invitation to follow until disorientation
Follow me until you don't know where you are
Reiteration of the invitation to follow blindly
Closing your eyes when you're reaching with hands
Closing eyes while reaching, possibly a metaphor for vulnerability
Falling down flat when you don't understand who I am
Falling when comprehension fails, a sense of confusion or misunderstanding
You ain't nothing, you never won
Emphasizing insignificance and lack of achievements
You ain't nothing, you've never done nothing, no
Reiteration of the feeling of inadequacy
You don't do nothing I don't do
Highlighting similarity in actions
You shadow
Reference to a shadow, possibly symbolizing imitation or influence
Listening t'ill you know what to say
Encouraging attentive listening until words are known
Listening t'ill you know what to say
Repeating the importance of attentive listening
Use loving words and be gentle and kind
Advocating the use of loving and gentle words
Open your mind and it's easy to find where I am
Suggesting that understanding is found through an open mind
You ain't nothing, you never won
Emphasizing insignificance and lack of achievements (repeated)
You ain't nothing, you've never done nothing, no
Reiteration of the feeling of inadequacy (repeated)
You don't do nothing I don't do
Highlighting similarity in actions (repeated)
You shadow
Reference to a shadow, possibly symbolizing imitation or influence (repeated)
You ain't nothing, you never won
Emphasizing insignificance and lack of achievements (repeated)
You ain't nothing, you've never done nothing, no
Reiteration of the feeling of inadequacy (repeated)
You don't do nothing I don't do
Highlighting similarity in actions (repeated)
You shadow
Reference to a shadow, possibly symbolizing imitation or influence (repeated)
You say you changed your mind
Claiming a change of mind
Yeah I let you
Allowing the change to happen
You say, come and see
Inviting to witness and questioning the need for stability
Why keep me settled
Asking why one should be kept settled
You ain't nothing, you never won
Emphasizing insignificance and lack of achievements (repeated)
You ain't nothing, you've never done nothing, no
Reiteration of the feeling of inadequacy (repeated)
You don't do nothing I don't do
Highlighting similarity in actions (repeated)
You shadow
Reference to a shadow, possibly symbolizing imitation or influence (repeated)
You ain't nothing, you never won
Emphasizing insignificance and lack of achievements (repeated)
You ain't nothing, you've never done nothing, no
Reiteration of the feeling of inadequacy (repeated)
You don't do nothing I don't do
Highlighting similarity in actions (repeated)
You shadow
Reference to a shadow, possibly symbolizing imitation or influence (repeated)
You don't do nothing I don't do
Emphasizing the mirroring of actions
You shadow
Reiteration of the presence of a shadow
You don't do nothing I don't do
Highlighting the mimicry in actions
You shadow
Reiteration of the presence of a shadow
You don't do nothing I don't do
Emphasizing the mimicry in actions (repeated)
You shadow
Reiteration of the presence of a shadow (repeated)
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