Sweet Memories
Chasing Ghosts: Tanika Charles' Melancholic Reflections on Love
Lyrics
Hey darling
Expressing affection or familiarity, setting the tone for the conversation.
Something's been bugging me lately
Acknowledging a recent sense of unease or concern.
See I been calling
Indicating attempts to communicate or connect.
Not sure if you hear me
Expressing uncertainty about being heard or understood.
See I've been down here for two days thinking
Reflecting on a period of contemplation or distress lasting two days.
Whatever happened to us?
Pondering the deterioration of a relationship and its current state.
I'm steady drinking to those
Using alcohol as a coping mechanism or escape from emotional pain.
Sweet memories are gone
Repetition emphasizing the loss of cherished memories.
Sweet memories are gone
-Sweet memories are gone
-Sweet memories are gone
-Well hello doctor
Greeting or addressing someone as "doctor," possibly metaphorically.
I just want you to fix me See all these tinctures
Expressing a desire for help or resolution through medical intervention.
No they ain't doing a damn thing
Conveying frustration that attempted solutions are ineffective.
No matter what I try to do to change it It ain't working
Describing the difficulty of overcoming a situation that refuses to change.
Can't get my fever to break
Mentioning a persistent emotional struggle, symbolized by an unbroken fever.
'Cause I'm in love with this sweet
Expressing love for something precious or meaningful.
Sweet memories are gone
Reiteration of the theme that sweet memories have disappeared.
Sweet memories are gone
-Sweet memories are gone
-Sweet memories are gone
-I don't understand
Expressing confusion or lack of understanding.
Have done something wrong
Questioning personal wrongdoing or mistakes.
Just pick up that phone baby
Encouraging communication through a phone call.
And give me a call
Expressing a desire for connection and conversation.
Oh but I see you when I close my eyes
Imagining the person in thoughts or dreams when not physically present.
I just want you in my bed at night
Expressing a longing for the person's presence in bed at night.
Well honey bee
Using a term of endearment ("honey bee") to refer to the person.
You're the sweet in my coffee
Describing the person as a sweet and integral part of life ("sweet in my coffee").
I'm up tossing and turning
Expressing restlessness or emotional turmoil without the person.
Without my baby to hold me
Conveying a need for the person's comforting presence.
And even if I found another lover boy
Rejecting the idea of finding a new lover due to persistent feelings for the current one.
I don't want him
Declining the prospect of a new relationship in the foreseeable future.
Not in a million years
Emphasizing the enduring nature of love for the current partner.
Because I'm still in love with my sweet
Reiterating the ongoing love for the person previously described as "sweet."
Sweet memories are gone
Repeating the theme of the disappearance of sweet memories.
Sweet memories are gone
-Sweet memories are gone
-Sweet memories are gone
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