One More Heart
Cyanide Dreams: Unraveling Love's Dark Embrace
Lyrics
You're tied up and down
You feel restrained both physically and emotionally.
With rope around your hair and through your spine,
Symbolic imagery of being tied with a rope, suggesting control and constraint in a relationship.
Yes every time
Emphasizing a recurring experience.
I see your shadow burrow in my face, a girl in golden lace
The speaker sees a captivating figure, possibly someone tempting or elusive.
Says "wake up,
A character in golden lace advises waking up, setting a mysterious tone.
It won't be long,
Implying that the current situation won't last.
Just take a ride on cyanide
Suggests a risky or self-destructive journey (cyanide as a metaphor).
And when you close your eyes yes I'll be gone"
Anticipates the departure of the speaker when the listener closes their eyes.
Then she looks at me
The captivating figure turns attention to the speaker.
Every day
Repetition of the captivating figure's gaze, possibly highlighting scrutiny or judgment.
And after all of that
The speaker reflects on the experiences, implying a struggle to articulate feelings.
Well what else can I say?
The speaker acknowledges the difficulty in expressing emotions.
Well if you don't want me then why do you hunt me
Rhetorical question expressing confusion about being pursued.
If you won't miss me then why do you kiss me
Rhetorical question questioning the authenticity of affection.
If this is a stick up then shoot me down cause there's plenty here to go around
If the listener intends harm, the speaker welcomes it due to abundance of emotional pain.
There's one more heart to break apart
Acknowledges the vulnerability of one more heart to be broken.
I'm still wide awake
The speaker is still awake, suggesting restlessness or waiting.
And for goodness sake I'm not waiting up for you
Expresses a sense of independence and unwillingness to wait for the listener.
Yes it's true
Confirmation of the speaker's feelings of not waiting.
I'm running inside but I just want to hide in your bed,
Desire to hide in the listener's bed, seeking comfort.
Then you hold me by the head,
Intimacy is established as the listener holds the speaker by the head.
And say "wake up
Reiteration of the mysterious advice to wake up and take a ride on cyanide.
It won't be long,
Reassurance that the separation won't be prolonged.
Just take a ride on some cyanide
Repetition of the risky journey, emphasizing the inevitable departure.
And when you close your eyes yes I'll be gone"
Similar to line 8, indicating the departure when the listener closes their eyes.
Then you look at me
Recurrence of the captivating figure's gaze, now intensified with an expletive.
Every fucking day
Highlighting the persistent scrutiny faced by the speaker.
And after all of that
The speaker struggles to find additional words to convey the situation.
Well what else can I say?
Similar to line 28, emphasizing the difficulty in expressing emotions.
Well if you don't want me then why do you hunt me
Repetition of the rhetorical question, questioning the listener's motives.
If you won't miss me then why do you kiss me
Repetition of the rhetorical question, questioning the authenticity of affection.
If this is a stick up then shoot me down cause there's plenty here to go around
Reiteration of the willingness to accept harm due to emotional abundance.
There's one more heart to break apart
Reaffirmation of the vulnerability of one more heart.
Break apart, oh break apart
Repetition of the impending emotional breakdown.
Oh break apart, break apart
Continuation of the emotional breakdown, repeating the plea to break apart.
Oh break apart
Further emphasis on the emotional breakdown.
Oh break, oh break, don't break my heart now
A plea not to break the speaker's heart, introducing a note of desperation.
Well if you don't want me then why do you hunt me
Repetition of the rhetorical question, expressing confusion about being pursued.
If you won't miss me then why do you kiss me
Repetition of the rhetorical question, questioning the authenticity of affection.
Well if this is a stick up then shoot me down cause there's plenty here to go around
Reiteration of the willingness to accept harm due to emotional abundance.
There's one more heart to break apart
Reaffirmation of the vulnerability of one more heart.
Break apart, oh break apart
Repetition of the impending emotional breakdown.
Break apart, oh break, break apart
Continuation of the emotional breakdown, repeating the plea to break apart.
There's one more heart to break apart now
Final plea acknowledging the vulnerability of one more heart to be broken.
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