Made of Stone
Embracing Vulnerability: A Journey of Strength in Susanna Hoffs' 'Made of Stone'
Lyrics
I know you know
Expressing awareness that the other person understands something.
But you don't talk
Not engaging in conversation or discussing the known information.
You let it all go by
Allowing opportunities or moments to pass without taking action or expressing oneself.
You won't kiss so
Avoiding intimacy or vulnerability to prevent emotional pain.
You won't get hurt
Choosing not to expose oneself emotionally to avoid getting emotionally wounded.
Here on the other side.
Feeling detached or distant, observing from a different emotional perspective.
You turn away and won't look
Averting gaze or attention, possibly indicating a desire for solitude.
Like you'd rather be alone
Displaying a preference for being alone rather than engaging with others.
I bet you wish that you were made of stone
Speculating that the person desires emotional insensitivity or detachment.
(Made of stone, made of stone)
Reiterating the desire for a stoic, unfeeling nature (made of stone).
I bet you wish that you were made of stone.
Emphasizing the wish to possess a stony, unemotional demeanor.
I will, you won't
Indicating a willingness contrasted with the other person's reluctance or refusal.
Cause you don't try
Highlighting the lack of effort or attempt by the other person.
I wonder what you see
Pondering what the other person perceives or understands.
Looking out
Observing the world from the other person's perspective.
Your window dreamin'
Engaging in dreams or fantasies about what could potentially happen.
Dreamin' what could be.
Imagining possibilities in a reality that contrasts with the current situation.
It's hard to find a soul here
Expressing difficulty in finding genuine connections amidst superficial appearances.
In this crowd of skin and bones
Reflecting on the challenge of identifying authentic individuals in a crowd.
I bet you wish that you were made of stone
Reiterating the desire for emotional numbness or detachment (made of stone).
(Made of stone, made of stone)
Emphasizing the persistent wish for emotional insensitivity.
I bet you wish that you were made of stone.
Repeating the desire to be unemotional and unaffected by feelings.
I'm something to believe in
Asserting oneself as a source of belief or inspiration for the other person.
Let me take you far away
Offering to take the other person to a distant and positive place.
Never stop your dreamin'
Encouraging continuous pursuit of dreams as they constitute the essence of the world.
Cause dreams are what the world is made of.
Affirming that dreams are a fundamental component of the world we inhabit.
Someday you're gonna wake up
Predicting a future realization that the other person won't be alone.
And you won't be there alone
Anticipating a positive change where the person won't desire emotional numbness.
And you won't wish that you were made of stone
Asserting that the future state won't involve the wish to be emotionally unaffected.
(Made of stone, made of stone)
Reiterating the absence of the desire to be made of stone in the future.
You'll never wish that you were made of
Stressing the permanent lack of desire for emotional numbness.
Never never wish that you were made of
Emphasizing the enduring absence of the wish for emotional detachment.
You'll never wish that you were made of stone.
Confirming the lasting lack of desire to be emotionally unaffected.
Bye bye.
Bidding farewell, possibly signifying closure or a decisive ending.
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