Stranger
Love's Dance of Shadows: A Stranger's Tale
Lyrics
I never know quite what to say
I struggle to find the right words
When it's just you and me and a beautiful day
When it's just us on a beautiful day
Doesn't it look like a dream?
The setting appears picturesque, like a dream
Just a boy and a girl all alone on the side of the street
It's just a boy and a girl alone on the street
City storefronts in the sun
Urban shops under the sunlight
And so many sentences stuck on my tongue
I struggle to verbalize many thoughts
I don't wanna walk back to your door
I hesitate to return to your place
Glance at a stranger, say "I'll see you later" just like I've done a million times before
Avoiding familiarity, saying goodbye like before
You better not hold me too long
Warns against prolonged physical closeness
I better not kiss you like you know I want to
Resisting the desire to kiss
You better not ask me to stay, walk away
Refusing to stay despite the temptation
Or a stranger might think that we're lovers
Fear of being perceived as a couple by strangers
How am I coming across?
Concern about the impression given to others
Strolling slow past the bum and the parking garage
Walking slowly past certain locations
I never can tell if you know
Uncertainty if the other person understands
I gave up on trying to give you up a long time ago
Stopped trying to distance emotionally
Dreaming that one of these days
Daydreaming of the other person choosing them
You'll let her go and come running my way
Hoping for the other person's release to be with them
And you'll hold me so tight like you do
Desire to be held tightly like at their place
When I'm at your place and it's getting too late and I say another goodbye to you
Repeated goodbyes despite the desire to stay
You
Reiteration of the person addressed
You better not hold me too long
Reiteration of caution against extended closeness
I better not kiss you like you know I want to
Refraining from acting on mutual desire
You better not ask me to stay, walk away
Declining to stay despite the temptation
Or a stranger might think
Repeats the fear of being perceived as a couple
Oh
Expression of emotions
You better not hold me too long, no
Reiteration of caution against prolonged closeness
You better not kiss me like I know you want to
Caution against expressing desire through a kiss
I better not ask you to stay, walk away
Refusing to ask the other person to stay
Or a stranger might think
Repeats fear of being perceived as a couple by strangers
That we're lovers
Concern about being mistaken for a romantic pair
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