Good Morning Joan
Morning Reflections: Dreams, Friendship, and the Cityscape
Lyrics
Good morning Joan
Acknowledging Joan in the morning
Now pick up your phone
Encouraging Joan to answer the phone
It was bad but just a dream
Confirming a bad dream occurred
And you are remembered
Remembrance of Joan's presence
Put on something pretty
Encouragement to dress attractively
Go back to the city
Return to the city
In the town the sky's just space
Contrast between rural and urban skies
No starlight in your face
Feeling the absence of starlight
Listen to Eve
Advice to listen to someone named Eve
She's got stuff up her sleeve
Implying Eve has secretive knowledge
To her there's no excuse
Eve's belief in using others before being used
You've gotta use before you get used
Reference to self-protection through using others
Or talk to Louise
Suggestion to speak to someone named Louise
She knows all about freezing
Implying Louise's experience with feeling cold emotionally
She got lost in early May
Reference to Louise's emotional loss in spring now felt in winter
And now it's December
Highlighting the passage of time from May to December
I'd call on you if I could
Expressing a desire to reach out if possible
If you were less like me I would
Limitation due to similarity preventing reaching out
Good morning Joan
Repeated acknowledgment of Joan in the morning
Did you wake up alone
Questioning if Joan woke up alone
Did you dream you woke up happy
Wondering if Joan had a happy dream
With a phone book full of names
Imagining a phone book filled with contacts
Just forget about Mary
Advising Joan to forget about someone named Mary
She says everything's scary
Implication of Mary's fearful nature
She got locked inside her skin
Metaphorically trapped within oneself
Get near her, she'll drag you in
Warning about getting involved with Mary
I'd call on you if I could
Desire to help if possible
If you were less like me I would
Limitation due to similarity preventing assistance
Save you from this if I could
Wish to rescue Joan from a situation
If I were less like you, god knows I would
Admitting similarity hindering rescue
(Save you from this)
Reiteration of the desire to save Joan
Spare us all this shit
Expressing a wish to avoid unpleasantness
But you're all just like me so I quit!
Resignation due to perceiving everyone as similar
My name is yours
Request to share identity or bond closely
Can I sleep on your floor
Seeking shelter or comfort
See, my heroes changed their minds
Noting changes in personal role models
And I lost my numbers
Loss of contact information or connections
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