My Imaginary Friend
Imaginary Bonds: Navigating Childhood with Benjamin
Lyrics
Would you like to meet my little friend?
Invitation to meet the speaker's imaginary friend.
Don't try to shake his hand he's just pretend.
Advising against attempting to interact physically as the friend is not real.
His name is Benjamin, that's his name.
Reiterating the name of the imaginary friend as Benjamin.
My Mamma says, "you're insane,
Quoting the speaker's mother, expressing concern about the speaker's mental state.
Boy you really are the end,
Rebuke from the mother, describing the speaker's behavior as extreme.
You and your imaginary friendâ??.
Highlighting criticism faced by the speaker due to the imaginary friend.
Daddy drives the mobile library.
Introducing the father as a mobile librarian.
He works peripatetically.
Describing the father's job as mobile and not stationary.
He doesn't get much time to play with us
Noting the father's lack of free time due to work.
So we just read and make up stuff.
Explaining the family's pastime of reading and creating stories due to the father's absence.
And it drives him round the bend,
Expressing frustration for the father due to the speaker's attachment to the imaginary friend.
Me and my imaginary friend.
Highlighting the speaker's strong bond with the imaginary friend despite criticism.
One day we're gonna play hide and seek
Planning a game of hide and seek, suggesting the end of the imaginary friend's existence.
And Ben will be up the creek,
Suggesting the friend's predicament in the game.
Never to be seen again.
Implying the friend's disappearance after the game, symbolizing the end of childhood.
He'll disappear the day that childhood ends
Connecting the friend's disappearance to the transition into reality as childhood ends.
And reality descends.
Reflecting on the arrival of reality as childhood fades away.
I'll never forget you my imaginary friend.
Expressing lasting gratitude and remembrance for the imaginary friend despite its end.
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