Calling Your Name
Echoes of Time: Unraveling the Meaning Behind Simple Minds' 'Calling Your Name'
Lyrics
Private world
Describing a personal or secluded space
Moving fast
Action or progress happening quickly
I see your face in the distant past
Recalling an image from the distant past
Time passes slowly
Perception that time is moving slowly
Time passes slowly
Repetition emphasizing the slow passage of time
Time passes slowly
Continued emphasis on the slow passage of time
Echoes of an empty room
Imagining sounds in a vacant space
Assassin at the window below
Someone with harmful intent outside a window
The concrete jungle sleeps at night
Urban environment quieting down at night
Story ends
Conclusion or resolution of a narrative
Leave him alone
Advising to let a person be
Calling
Initiating communication or a call
Calling your name
Specifically calling the listener's name
All that you say goes in vain
Statements or promises made are ineffective
I would like to find you
Expressing a desire to locate the listener
On a voyage
Embarking on a journey or exploration
That could find itself true
Hoping for a journey that reveals truth
Centre of a scene
Focusing on a critical situation
Where a man lies dying in the sun
A man facing a dire situation in sunlight
The concrete jungle sleeps at night
Reiteration of the urban environment quieting down
Story ends
Reiteration of the conclusion or resolution
Can't leave him alone
Reiterating the advice not to disturb the person
Calling
Reinitiating communication or a call
Calling your name
Reiterating the specific call to the listener's name
All that you say goes in vain
Reiterating that statements or promises are ineffective
I would like to find you
Reiterating the desire to locate the listener
On a voyage
Reiterating the embarkation on a journey
That could find itself true
Reiterating the hope for a truth-revealing journey
Private world
Repeating the description of a personal or secluded space
Moving fast
Reiterating action or progress happening quickly
I see your face in the distant past
Reiterating the recall of an image from the distant past
Time passes slowly
Reiterating the perception that time is moving slowly
Time passes slowly
Repeating the emphasis on the slow passage of time
Time passes slowly
Repeating the continued emphasis on the slow passage of time
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