Already Left
Echoes of Departure
Lyrics
Can't find the words.
Expressing difficulty in finding the right words.
Can't find the words,
Reiterating the challenge of verbal expression.
Then your name appears and disappears
The presence and absence of someone's name in fleeting moments.
On a page of un-spaced thoughts.
Describing thoughts on a page without clear structure or organization.
Un-broken line
Referring to an unbroken line, possibly symbolizing continuity.
In black and white
Describing a situation in black and white, emphasizing contrast.
Punctuated by you anytime
Highlighting interruptions or punctuation introduced by someone significant.
I'm not sure how to ask for.
Expressing uncertainty about how to request or communicate.
Can't find the words.
Repeating the struggle to articulate feelings or thoughts.
Can't find the words,
Continuation of the theme of difficulty in finding appropriate words.
When the first sound that I think to make
Describing challenges in expressing initial thoughts or sounds.
Is just the last one that I heard.
Suggesting a tendency to repeat the last heard sound instead of original expression.
Now the street's usual simmer
Portraying the diminishing significance of familiar street sounds.
Is just a whisper on the breeze. Still for months,
Describing a quieting of usual street noises over time.
I never hear it coming
Not anticipating the return of street sounds until they become overwhelming.
Til the sound is deafening,
Experiencing a sudden and intense return of ambient noise.
Exhaling out and back in.
Using imagery of exhaling and inhaling to depict the cyclical nature of noise.
I never hear it coming
Reiteration of not foreseeing the reappearance of a certain phenomenon.
'Til it's already left.
Realizing the absence only after something has departed.
Already left, Gasping for breath.
Expressing a sense of breathlessness or urgency after a realization.
Now the Winter morning shimmer
Shifting the focus to the fleeting nature of a Winter morning shimmer.
Is just a flicker in the air,
Describing the dwindling presence of a Winter morning shimmer.
Clinging frozen to whatever's there,
Depicting the clinging of frozen elements to the environment.
Evaporating
Using the metaphor of evaporation to convey transience.
Starting back again.
Highlighting the cyclical nature of processes starting anew.
The steam is rising from my mouth,
Describing the visible breath in cold air, possibly symbolizing presence.
I'm just trying to catch a breath, Catch a breath,
Struggling to catch a breath, possibly metaphorical for grasping understanding.
Catch a breath but it's Already left
Emphasizing the elusive nature of what is sought, already out of reach.
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