I Grant You
Echoes of Youth: Reflections on Life's Almost Sorrows
Lyrics
When we were young and you pretended
Reflecting on the past when both individuals were young, and one pretended something.
You were almost bothered as me
Expressing that the other person claimed to be almost bothered as the speaker.
Does it make you sad?
Pondering if the mentioned situation makes the other person feel sadness.
Almost sorry as me?
Wondering if the other person is almost as sorry as the speaker about the past.
When we were young and you pretended
Recalling a time in the past when both pretended that the world belonged to them.
That the world was ours - how we see
Reflecting on the shared perception of the world and how it was seen.
Does it make you sad?
Questioning if the previous shared perspective makes the other person sad.
And make you sorry?
Asking if the shared past perspective brings sorrow to the other person.
Almost sorry as me
Asking if the other person is almost sorry for the past, similar to the speaker.
I grant you
Introducing the phrase "I grant you," indicating a willingness to acknowledge or concede.
Time can make a fool of all of us
Stating that time has the power to deceive or mislead all individuals.
These words once mine - hang on, hang on
Referencing words that were once possessed by the speaker, emphasizing their significance.
And yet they don't belong
Highlighting a sense of detachment or disassociation from the mentioned words.
Mmm. They don't belong
Reiterating the idea that the mentioned words do not belong to the speaker.
Now we get old and you've defended
Observing the process of aging and the other person defending the world's preferred state.
All the world as it likes to be
Describing the world as it prefers to be seen, emphasizing the other person's defense.
Does it make you sad?
Questioning if the defended world brings sadness to the other person.
Does it make you sorry?
Inquiring if the defended world makes the other person feel sorry.
Almost sorry for me
Asking if the other person is almost sorry for the speaker.
Can you get lost inside a feeling?
Pondering the possibility of getting lost in a particular emotion.
Does you almost feel for me?
Asking if the other person almost feels for the speaker in the mentioned emotion.
Does it make you sad?
Questioning if the emotion makes the other person sad.
And make you sorry?
Asking if the emotion makes the other person sorry.
Almost sorry for me?
Wondering if the other person is almost sorry for the speaker in the mentioned emotion.
I grant you
Repeating the phrase "I grant you," possibly emphasizing the act of granting understanding or acknowledgment.
Shine and scare the fool inside of us
Stating that shine and fear can expose the foolish aspects within individuals.
These words once mine drag on, drag on
Referring to words that were once possessed by the speaker, emphasizing their persistence.
And yet they do belong
Contradicting the earlier detachment, suggesting that the mentioned words do belong.
Mmm. They do belong
Reiterating the idea that the mentioned words now belong to the speaker.
When we were young - and you were grounded
Recalling a time when the other person was grounded, possibly restrained or limited.
Didn't you ever want to go free
Asking if the other person ever desired freedom during the grounded period.
Soes it make you sad?
Questioning if the mentioned situation makes the other person sad.
And make you sorry?
Asking if the situation makes the other person sorry.
You're not a fool like me
Acknowledging that the other person is not a fool like the speaker in this context.
When we were young - and we were running
Recalling a time when both were young and engaged in running.
Didn't you ever want to run free?
Asking if the other person ever desired the freedom to run during that time.
Didn't it make you sad?
Questioning if the desire to run made the other person sad.
And make you sorry?
Asking if the desire to run made the other person sorry.
To wander whio you are
Reflecting on the potential sadness and sorrow associated with wandering and discovering one's identity.
I grant you are
Repeating the phrase "I grant you," possibly emphasizing understanding or acceptance of the mentioned wandering.
I grant you
Repeating the phrase "I grant you," possibly for
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