Days Without Paracetamol
Whispers of Desolation: Snow Patrol's Melancholic Reflections
Lyrics
When summer falls asleep
Reference to the end of summer, a metaphorical sleep, and the beginning of winter.
And winter plucks your strings
Symbolic imagery of winter affecting and influencing emotions.
The colder that you get
As the cold intensifies, a sense of familiarity or comfort is experienced.
Makes you feel at home
Suggesting that feeling cold somehow brings a sense of belonging or being at home.
Build it up, tear it down, throw it out
An expression of cyclical processes - building up, tearing down, and discarding.
If I come round there now
Posing a question about the welcome or reception upon arrival.
Would you be pleased to see me
Expressing a desire for a positive reaction upon visiting.
I wouldn't make much noise
A commitment to be unobtrusive, not causing disturbance.
Just whimper to myself
Internal suffering or struggling silently.
Build it up, tear it down, throw it out
Repetition of the cyclical nature of building, tearing down, and discarding.
My head hurts more each time
Physical and emotional pain increasing with each episode of drinking.
The drinking strangles me
Alcohol's negative impact on the individual, suffocating and restricting.
Believe in god, like hell
Expression of disbelief in God, using "hell" as a counterpoint.
Believe in hell, by god
Ironically acknowledging belief in hell, reversing the usual order of the phrase.
Fifteen minutes old
Highlighting the fragility and vulnerability associated with early existence.
I'm good for inspiration aren't I, you will find
Asserting one's worth in providing inspiration to others.
Well close the door and I'll go anywhere you take me to
A willingness to follow and explore new paths, metaphorically or literally.
From this bed onto so much more, care for you I will
Commitment to care for someone beyond the current situation.
Can I have a picture of you tonight
Request for a memento, a picture, to hold onto.
Keep it with me always in my mind
Desire to keep the image of the person always in the mind.
Touch me cause I can't move, I can barely breathe
Feeling paralyzed, possibly overwhelmed emotionally.
Speechless, breathless I can't tell you if I'm here or not
Unable to articulate or comprehend the current state of being.
Running both legs tied together arms in the air, care for you I will
Metaphorical description of physical and emotional entanglement.
Can I have a picture of you tonight
Reiteration of the request for a lasting image of the person.
Keep it with me always in my mind
Emphasizing the intention to keep the image in the mind consistently.
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