Lyrics
Come around and say you love me
Come around and express your love for me
Hang your heart and lights above me
Place your affection and metaphorical lights above me
Is that too much to ask for
Is it too much to request?
When the night descends upon us
As night falls upon us
Take a shower, dry your hair by the furnace
Engage in routine activities like showering and drying hair while I observe from a distance
I'll watch you from the corner
I'll watch you discreetly from the corner
Telephones and old typewriters
Reference to communication tools - telephones and old typewriters
Words of love along the wires
Expressing love through words transmitted via wires
Lets make it work tonight
Let's make our relationship function effectively tonight
Telegraphs and birds that fly
Reference to communication methods - telegraphs and birds
Through air so still you hear me sigh
Even in the quiet air, the speaker's sigh is audible
Lets make it work tonight
Reiteration of the desire to make the relationship work tonight
Tonight
Repetition emphasizing the urgency of the current night
Tonight
-Then furious you threw the picture
Expressing frustration by throwing away a picture
I cap in hand, an awful mixture
The speaker, in a submissive manner, acknowledges their mistake
That kind of hard love is the worst
Hard love, possibly tough or challenging, is described as the worst
I try to speak
The speaker attempts to communicate
But you don't hear me
The recipient does not listen
When your gone
Even when you're absent, you feel close to me
You still feel near me
Expressing a sense of presence after departure
For awhile
Temporary closeness after you've gone, but only for a short while
For a little while
-I try telephones and old typewriters
Repeating attempts to communicate through telephones and typewriters
Words of love along the wires
Words of love sent through wires, yet without success
But nothing is working tonight
Frustration as nothing seems to work tonight
I try telegraphs and birds that fly
Continued attempts using telegraphs and birds
Through air so still you hear me sigh
The sigh is still unheard despite efforts
But nothing is working tonight
Continued frustration as nothing is working tonight
Tonight
Reiteration of the desire for things to work out tonight
Please let's make it work tonight
Pleading for the relationship to function effectively tonight
Please let's make it work tonight
-Tonight
Reiteration of the urgency for improvement tonight
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