Future Past Present Tense
Journey Through Love's Puzzle: The Color Study's Future Past Present Tense
Lyrics
Are you looking for this
Questioning if the listener is searching for something.
Or maybe looking for someone that you're going to miss
Suggesting the possibility of seeking someone missed.
Late at night in the summer
Setting the scene at night during the summer.
Cross eyed kids caught in the lens of someone's camera
Describing children captured in a photograph's lens.
How many times have we met
Raising the question of how many times they have encountered each other.
How many lines are running parallel and never connect
Reflecting on missed connections and parallel lives.
You spend your life with a stranger
Living with a stranger, possibly referring to a distant partner.
In another they've driven their car into the water
Describing another's drastic actions, driving a car into the water.
Believe me, believe in something better than this
Encouraging belief in something better than the current situation.
Or should we try to put it all back together again
Contemplating the idea of rebuilding what has been broken.
You're leaving
Acknowledging a departure.
What's leaving but another way to be missed
Defining leaving as another form of being missed.
Or should we try to put the pieces back together again
Considering the effort to mend and reassemble the pieces.
Someone give me a hit
Expressing a desire for something impactful, possibly a distraction.
I need something that will get me out of this quick
Seeking a quick escape from the current state of mind.
I turned my head just to see you
Turning to see someone, possibly for reassurance.
A quick kiss in the hallway by the bedroom
Recalling a brief kiss in a familiar place.
Everything that we lost
Reflecting on losses, including belongings left behind.
The clothes we keep out of the suitcase we pack in the dark
Highlighting the selective packing of a suitcase in the dark.
I cannot get rid of feeling
Expressing a persistent feeling that the beginning will meet the end.
That the beginning will one day meet up with the ending
Encouraging belief in a better future.
Believe me, believe in something better than this
Pondering the possibility of rebuilding and restoration.
Or should we try to put it all back together again
Repeating the theme of trying to put things back together.
You're leaving
Reiterating the departure and its impact on memory.
What's leaving but another way to forget
Defining leaving as another way to forget.
Or should we try to put the pieces back together again
Considering the effort to reconstruct the broken elements.
And the cities we lived in
Reflecting on the transient nature of the cities they once lived in.
May turn out just to be places that used to exist
Suggesting that these cities may become mere memories.
Before any of this
Considering a time before the current challenges and experiences.
Before your idiot kiss
Referencing a kiss, possibly indicating a pivotal moment.
Your future past and present tense
Referring to different temporal dimensions: future, past, and present tense.
Believe me, believe in something better than this
Advocating belief in a more positive alternative.
Or should we try to put it all back together again
Repeating the theme of attempting to rebuild and restore.
You're leaving
Reiterating the departure and its emotional impact.
What's leaving but another way to forgive
Defining leaving as another way to forgive.
Or should we try to put the pieces back together again
Considering the possibility of reconstructing the fractured elements.
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