We Look on in Echoes
Echoes of Loss: A Poetic Journey Through Heartbreak
Lyrics
When you called, and your voice felt like cracks in the road, i corrode
Feeling emotionally shattered when receiving a call, as the voice on the other end brings painful memories.
And i fell. through the window and into a hole. dial tone
Falling into emotional distress, symbolized by going through a metaphorical window into a hole, with the mention of a dial tone indicating a sense of emptiness.
Your voice
Reflecting on the impact of the caller's voice.
Death knell
Comparing the caller's voice to a death knell, suggesting a feeling of doom or loss.
Rings through (jesus christ it hurts like)
Expressing the intense pain felt when the voice speaks.
Call back
Requesting a callback, possibly seeking reassurance or connection.
Spirit
Reference to the spiritual or emotional aspect of the communication.
Pick up
Asking for a response or acknowledgment.
Words you left (words you left)
Noting the impact of words left behind.
Come home
Requesting the person to come home, seeking closeness.
Holom
Mentioning "Holom" as a possible reference to a place or state.
Haunt me
Expressing the haunting effect of the person's absence.
Jesus christ it hurts like hell
Reiterating the intense pain experienced, emphasizing its similarity to hell.
Come home
Repeating the desire for the person to come home.
Holom
Repeating the mention of "Holom" and the haunting effect.
Haunt me
Reiterating the impact of the person's absence on the speaker.
Spitting up the ocean air (spitting up the ocean air)
Describing the overwhelming emotional turmoil akin to spitting up the vastness of the ocean air.
I left a message for your ghost
Leaving a message for the person's ghost, acknowledging that they may never hear it.
That i know (i know) you'll never hear
Acknowledging the futility of the message, as the person may never perceive it.
I'm left here pleading with a machine
Expressing the speaker's desperation, pleading for even a brief moment of the person's voice.
For one more second of your voice in my ears
Questioning the reality of the person's absence and the impact it has on the speaker.
And if i let myself believe this
Expressing a reluctance to be alone and a desire for connection.
Are you ever really gone at all? (gone!)
Questioning the permanence of the person's absence.
And i don't wanna be alone anymore
Expressing a fear of loneliness and a desire for companionship.
Cause when i am i wanna motherfucking blow
Expressing a heightened emotional state, potentially anger or frustration, when alone.
I hear you, i see you
Sensing the presence of the person, possibly in memories or spiritual connection.
Dead birds holding closer, with hope in their eyes
Describing a symbolic image of dead birds holding on, representing hope in difficult circumstances.
I feel you, i need you
Expressing the emotional need for the person's presence.
Did you think of me then, a brief flash is all i ask
Asking if the person thought of the speaker, seeking acknowledgment even in a fleeting memory.
You've already gone away
Acknowledging the person's departure.
I have to believe you felt nothing, i try everyday to do the same
Expressing a struggle to accept that the person felt nothing, attempting to cope with the pain.
Following the birds out to the sea
Following a metaphorical journey, possibly representing acceptance or understanding.
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