Lyrics
Here I am now, somewhere on the highway
Expressing the narrator's current location on a journey.
I just checked into some low-rent room
The narrator has checked into a cheap room.
I call my service back in San Francisco
Informing someone in San Francisco about the stay.
Tell my landlord, I'll be home by June
Assuring the landlord of returning home by June.
But what about me, boy, back in California
Questioning the situation of the narrator left in California.
What about the blue-eyed girl you call a child
Asking about a blue-eyed girl referred to as a child.
You held me for ransom, like some beautiful bandit
Describing a past relationship as holding the narrator for ransom.
Going down for the third time, drowning in your life
Expressing a feeling of drowning in the complexities of life.
Love rusts when it rains on romance
Love deteriorates when faced with challenges (rain on romance).
Thunder rolls in on a clear blue day
Unexpected troubles disrupt the calmness of a clear day.
We used to shine like the eye of a diamond
Reflecting on a past when the relationship sparkled like a diamond.
But something happened, the weather changed
Something changed in the relationship, symbolized by weather change.
I should have known better, you read just like a road map
Regretting not recognizing warning signs in the relationship.
Staying in one place doesn't interest you at all
Noticing a lack of interest in staying in one place.
Maybe I don't move as fast as I used to
Accepting a slower pace but acknowledging the passage of time.
But youth is something we can't hold on too long
Youth is fleeting and can't be held onto forever.
Love rusts when it rains on romance
Reiterating the theme of love deteriorating in challenging times.
Hailstones heavy on this empty heart
Symbolizing the heaviness of problems on the heart (hailstones).
It crowds the window where I used to watch you
Recalling a specific place where the narrator used to watch the partner.
Down by the shoreline in the dark
Describing a dark and difficult moment by the shoreline.
Love rusts when it rains on romance
Reiterating the theme of love deteriorating, with a reference to weather.
Thunder rolls in on a clear blue day
Unexpected troubles disrupt the calmness of a clear day (repeated).
We used to shine like the eye of a diamond
Reflecting on a past when the relationship sparkled like a diamond (repeated).
But something happened, the weather changed
Something changed in the relationship, symbolized by weather change (repeated).
Something happened and the weather changed
Emphasizing a turning point in the relationship with a weather change.
Something happened, then the weather changed
Repetition of the idea that something happened, leading to a weather change.
Ooh, I tell you we used to shine (how love rusts)
Expressing nostalgia for a time when the relationship shone brightly.
(We used to shine, how love rusts)
Continuing the nostalgia, emphasizing the contrast with the current state.
We used to shine
Reiterating the past brilliance of the relationship.
Ooh, we used to shine, you know
Further emphasizing the past brilliance and expressing a sense of loss.
(We used to shine, how love rusts, we used to shine, how love rusts)
Repeating the theme of lost brilliance and the impact of love rusting.
(We used to shine, how love rusts, we used to shine, how love rusts)
Continuing the repetition, underlining the theme of love rusting and fading.
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