December
December Echoes: Navigating Love's Undoing
Lyrics
Do you remember what you told me last December
Reflecting on a conversation from the past December
And how it all came true, but the tables had turned
Acknowledging that what was said came true, but circumstances changed
Guess I should have known that you were just projecting
Realizing that the other person was projecting their feelings
I'm an emotional dyslexic, I can't read the signs and I don't know when to turn
Describing oneself as emotionally confused and unable to read signs
If I got one thing that you could call a pastime
Having a pastime of contemplating the past and its potential fixes
It's dreaming of the things a time machine could fix
Daydreaming about the possibilities a time machine could offer
After a 20-year affair with the undo button
Referencing a history of trying to undo mistakes
I got no idea what the hell I'm supposed to do next
Expressing confusion about the next steps in life
Well, the rubble's down and the ash is all set
Describing a situation where destruction has occurred
You'll be lying in your poster bed
Imagining someone lying in regret
When the TV's off and the phones have been shelved
Depicting a moment of solitude without distractions
Are you proud of how you handled yourself?
Questioning the pride in handling oneself in difficult situations
One day I'll end the war I've waged on myself
Expressing a desire to end internal conflicts
Sign a treaty, faces grim to show we know the cost
Suggesting the need for reconciliation and understanding the consequences
But the sticking point in all negotiation
Highlighting the challenge in negotiations, especially with lost friends
No one gets me like the friend I lost
Emphasizing the unique understanding shared with a lost friend
I ran into your cousin on Great Highway
Encountering a relative who shares information about the other person's life
She said you started dating again
Learning about the other person's return to dating
Bet you'd do that thing on dates where you get too nervous to eat
Imagining nervous behaviors during dates
As I become the guy you're not supposed to talk about
Becoming someone others avoid discussing
Well, the rubble's down and the ash is all set
Repeating the description of a destructive situation
You'll be lying in your poster bed
Reiterating the image of lying in regret
When the TV's off and the phones have been shelved
Recalling a moment of solitude without distractions
Are you proud of how you handled yourself?
Questioning pride in handling oneself
I'm not proud of how I handled myself
Admitting regret in one's own actions
Are you proud of how you handled yourself?
Repeating the questioning of pride and self-handling
I'm not proud of how I handled myself
Reiterating the admission of regret
And I wish that I could see you
Expressing a wish to see the other person
I wish that I could see you
Repeating the desire to see the other person
I wish that I could see you
Continuing the expression of the wish to see the other person
I wish that I could see you
Reiterating the longing to see the other person
I wish that I could see you
Continuing the expression of the wish to see the other person
I wish that I could see you
Repeating the desire to see the other person
Today I am praying for both of us to die in a fire
Expressing a dark and intense desire for a tragic end
In my dreams you're the sky and I'm the ocean
Describing a dream where the other person is the sky and the speaker is the ocean
Maybe San Francisco I
Mentioning San Francisco, possibly as a setting or a symbolic reference
I will give you all the love I got left
Promising to give all remaining love to the other person
I wish that I could see you
Repeating the desire to see the other person
I wish that I could see you
Repeating the wish to see the other person
Again
Expressing a desire to reunite
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