Everything
Echoes of Departure: Unspoken Longings in Spilt Milk's 'Everything'
Lyrics
Imagine that I'm not here when you tell me you love me
Imagining the absence of the speaker when expressing love.
Now tell me it's easy being apart
Challenging the notion that being apart is easy.
Now tell me your deepest, darkest fears for the camera
Encouraging the sharing of deep fears for public display.
Now say it's been easy right from the start
Asserting that claiming an easy start may not be genuine.
Can you feel it?
Prompting awareness of emotions.
I know that you'll never show the love for me that I would've hoped
Acknowledging a perceived lack of reciprocated love.
Even if I was still here
Accepting the reality that love may never be fully expressed.
So I chose to leave you alone, and if you feel wrong I don't care anymore
Choosing solitude, indifferent to any negative feelings.
I've had too much fun
Indicating a period of enjoyment or pleasure.
If I was a stain on the ground would you care?
Pondering if the speaker's presence matters in a negative context.
'Cause I'd be gone
Acceptance of disappearing and not being a concern.
If I couldn't breathe anymore would you care?
Questioning if the absence of breath would elicit care.
'Cause I'd be gone
Expressing indifference to potential concern in the absence of breath.
If I were to make you cry would you care?
Exploring the impact of causing emotional distress.
'Cause I'd be gone
Reiterating indifference to emotional consequences.
I'd be gone
Emphasizing the speaker's departure.
Be gone
Repetition of the departure theme.
Be gone
Reiteration of the departure theme.
You'll still feel it
Suggesting lingering emotional impact despite departure.
You'll still feel it coming when I hit the ground
Anticipating continued emotional impact on hitting the ground.
You'll still feel it
Repetition of anticipation of emotional impact.
You'll still feel it coming when I hit the ground
-You'll still feel it
Emphasizing the lasting emotional impact of the speaker's departure.
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