Cold Shoulder
Soulful Reflections: The Chris Ruben Band's Cold Shoulder Meaning
Lyrics
Things are hard and they’re not getting better
Expressing difficulty and a lack of improvement in the current situation.
Well thats easy for me to say
Acknowledging that stating the difficulty is easy for the speaker.
Maybe if i was a little bit wiser
Reflecting on the possibility of a solution if the speaker were wiser.
But that don't mean a thing to me baby
Dismissing the relevance of wisdom to the speaker's emotions.
I'll tell you something
Introducing a revelation or important information.
That you might not care to know
Acknowledging that the listener may not be interested in the forthcoming information.
There's life inside my body
Stating the presence of life within the speaker's physical self.
There's life inside of my soul
Emphasizing the existence of life within the speaker's soul or essence.
Say it now
Prompting the listener to express something.
You wont
Anticipating the listener's reluctance to speak or reveal their thoughts.
Get right up and walk out of here
Challenging the listener not to leave abruptly.
This time I've found
Indicating a discovery or realization that is significant.
Its you
Identifying the subject of the speaker's emotions as "you."
I could say it right now but you don't want me to
Expressing the speaker's awareness that the listener may not want to hear the speaker's feelings.
Lately i feel a little bit older
Noting a feeling of aging or maturity recently.
But thats easy for me to say
Reiterating that expressing the feeling is easy for the speaker.
And if I'm giving you the cold shoulder
Acknowledging a possible cold and distant attitude from the speaker.
That don't mean a thing to me baby
Reiterating the speaker's indifference to the cold attitude regarding emotions.
I'll tell you something
Repeating the introduction of important information.
That you might not care to know
Reaffirming the existence of life within the speaker's body and soul.
There's life inside my body
Encouraging the listener to express something.
There's life inside of my soul
Reiterating the vitality within the speaker's being.
Say it now
Repeated prompting for the listener to express themselves.
You wont
Anticipating the listener's reluctance to open up.
Get right up and walk out of here
Challenging the listener not to leave abruptly, again.
This time I've found
Restating the significance of the current emotional discovery.
Its you
Reiterating the identified subject of the speaker's emotions as "you."
I could say it right now but you don't want me to
Acknowledging the listener's potential resistance to hearing the speaker's feelings.
Say it now
Repeating the prompt for the listener to express something.
You wont
Anticipating the listener's hesitance to communicate.
Get right up and walk out of here
Reiterating the challenge for the listener not to leave abruptly.
This time I've found
Emphasizing the ongoing relevance of the emotional discovery.
Its you that needs to go away
Explicitly stating that "you" need to go away, possibly indicating a desire for distance or separation.
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