Lyrics
I used to like to walk the straight and narrow line
Reflects a past where the speaker followed a moral or conventional path.
I used to think that everything was fine
Believed everything was going well or as expected.
Sometimes I'd like to sit and gaze for days through sleepless dreams
Desire to ponder deeply about the future despite sleeplessness, feeling isolated in this contemplation.
All alone and trapped in time
Repetition emphasizing isolation and feeling stuck in a moment of time.
All alone and trapped in time
-I wonder what tomorrow has in mind for me
Curiosity about what the future holds.
Or am I even in it's mind at all
Doubt about whether the future even acknowledges the speaker.
Perhaps I'll get a chance to look ahead and see
Hope for a chance to foresee the future by finding a crystal ball.
Soon as I find myself a crystal ball
Repetition emphasizes the urgency to find a crystal ball for insight.
Soon as I find myself a crystal ball
-Tell me, tell me where I'm going
Desperation to know the future destination.
I don't know where I've been
Uncertainty about past experiences.
Tell me, tell me, won't you tell me
Repeated plea for knowledge about the future.
And then tell me again
-My heart is breaking, my body's aching
Expresses emotional pain and physical distress.
And I don't know where to go
Feeling lost without a clear direction.
So tell me, tell me, won't you tell me
Insistence on needing to know what lies ahead.
I've just got to know
-Crystal ball
Continued repetition of the plea for information about the future using the metaphor of a crystal ball.
There's so many things I need to know
-Crystal ball
-There's so many things I've got to know
-Crystal ball
-Won't you tell me please before I go
-Crystal ball
-Tell me, tell me where I'm going
-I don't know where I've been
-Tell me, tell me, won't you tell me
-And then tell me again
-My heart is breaking, my body's aching
-And I don't know where to go
-So tell me, tell me, won't you tell me
-I've just got to know
-Crystal ball
-There's so many things I need to know
-Crystal ball
-There's so many things I've got to know
-Crystal ball
-Won't you tell me please before I go
-Crystal ball
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