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Nocturnal Reverie: Embracing Love Amid Sleepless Nights
Lyrics
You're having trouble sleeping again
You're having difficulty falling asleep again.
Liturgy rolling around in your brain
Religious rituals or ceremonies are recurring thoughts in your mind.
Midwest medicine don't stop the pain
Medication from the Midwest isn't alleviating your pain.
Bury your eyes in the cotton
You're trying to distract yourself or find comfort.
But I would take those thoughts with me for you to have a night of peace
The singer wishes to bear your burdens so you can find peace at night.
I would stay awake and bleed
Expresses willingness to endure suffering for your well-being.
I would never sleep
Commitment to staying awake and foregoing sleep for your sake.
I hear those songs playing in my car
Memories of songs playing in the car, associated with strong emotions.
Never believed I could fall so hard
Surprised by the intensity of emotions experienced.
Whitney and Taylor were singing 'bout you
Specific singers' songs remind of you.
All of the wrong turns I took before you showed up day drinking at my door
Reflects on past mistakes before encountering the person, found unexpectedly.
All of the walls that you crashed your way through
Metaphorically, barriers broken by the person's arrival.
'Cause I was just sleeping til I woke up with you
Life felt mundane until the person entered, bringing a new perspective.
Forty five on the outskirts of town
Describes a specific location and speed.
Seatbelt just keeping your head off the ground
Seatbelt as a safety measure amid chaos.
Overwhelmed by the sirens and sound welcoming you to the pavement
Feeling overwhelmed by surrounding noise and emergency.
But I would rearrange my spine
Willingness to sacrifice and support.
Take your scars and make them mine
Metaphorically accepting the person's scars and struggles.
Held by only love and twine, perfectly aligned
Love and connection portrayed as perfectly aligned and strong.
I hear those songs playing in my car
Recollection of songs with emotional significance.
Never believed I could fall so hard
Surprised by the depth of emotions experienced.
Whitney and Taylor were singing 'bout you
Specific singers' songs reminding of the person.
All of the wrong turns I took before you showed up day drinking at my door
Reflection on past mistakes and chance encounters before the person's arrival.
All of the walls that you crashed your way through
Metaphor for the person breaking down emotional barriers.
'Cause I was just sleeping til I woke up with you
Life felt incomplete until the person's arrival.
Someone told me love is giving someone power
Love is described as granting someone power over you.
It's too late to take back all the nineties hits that I sang in your shower
Regret for past actions or songs sung in the past.
Yeah, I know, it can't all be divine
Acknowledgment that not everything is perfect or heavenly.
Nothing worth having comes without a crime
Valuable things often come with challenges or wrongdoing.
Percy Priest for a nickel of time, melting back onto the tarmac
Reference to a specific place and fleeting time.
But I would settle up the score
Willingness to reconcile and make amends.
Cross my heart straight through the floor
Commitment to honesty and profound connection, even through conflict.
Like some agnostic holy war, I'd be at your door
Metaphorically portrays a deep, intense commitment.
I will take what's left of me, skeleton and scenery
Willingness to offer everything remaining, symbolically starting anew.
Return a wave back to the sea
Metaphorically returning to where it all began, finding closure.
I will never sleep
Declaration of never finding rest or peace.
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