I'll Take Out Your Ashes
Unfulfilled Promises: A Melancholic Reflection on Love and Loss
Lyrics
It's a sad and guilty feeling
Feeling a sense of sadness and guilt.
Since I did not take out your ashes
Regret for not carrying out the act of taking out the ashes.
Whatever I was fearing
Expressing apprehension or anxiety about something that did not happen.
Never came to passing
Reassurance that the feared event never occurred.
It's a sad and prideful feeling
Conveying a melancholic and prideful emotion.
Since I did not drive you to Michigan
Regret for not driving someone to Michigan.
Scrambling eggs and bacon
Engaging in mundane activities like cooking, perhaps reminiscing.
And you're right here in the kitchen
The person being referred to is present in the kitchen despite not being physically there.
I've got plans and dreams and all kinds of schemes
Having future plans, dreams, and schemes, but feeling irreparable now.
And now I'm beyond all repair
Being beyond recovery or repair.
But time just ain't no healer
Expressing that time doesn't heal, especially with the ashes still present.
With your ashes sitting there
The ashes serving as a constant reminder of pain or loss.
I know you have been counting on me
Acknowledging the deceased's reliance on the speaker.
Since your sad cremation day
Referring to the day of cremation as a sad event.
I've combed house of this poetry
Searching the house for poetry that fails to express desired sentiments.
For all that I wished for it to say
Desiring the poetry to convey unspoken feelings and thoughts.
It's a sad and guilty feeling
Reiterating the sense of sadness and guilt.
Since I did not take out your ashes
Repeating the regret for not performing the act of taking out the ashes.
Whatever I was fearing
Reiterating the anxiety about something that never happened.
Never came to passing
Reassurance that the feared event never came to pass.
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