You Never Came Home
Eternal Silence: A Tale of Love, Regret, and Cold Stone
Lyrics
Alone Anna wanders, ponders and thinks
Alone Anna reflects on her thoughts and wonders about the complexities of love and sin.
How love and sin can be dangerous things
Acknowledging the potential danger in both love and sin.
And how silver linings are what lightning brings
Recognizing that positive outcomes can emerge from difficult situations, akin to the silver lining in a storm.
As she stares through the window and sings
Anna, presumably, gazes out of the window while singing, indicating a reflective or melancholic state.
You left that night, you were going to tell her
The person addressed left on a night, intending to share something important with another person.
How dead leaves to dust was us leaving together
Comparing the departure to the transformation of dead leaves to dust, suggesting a sense of finality.
Yet still I'm here waiting for a sign or a letter
The narrator is still waiting for a communication, either a sign or a letter, indicating a sense of anticipation or longing.
In this house of cold wood and stone
The setting is described as a cold and unwelcoming place made of wood and stone.
Since you never came home
The repetition emphasizes the central theme: the person never returned home.
Oh you left that night, you were going to tell her
Reiteration of the departure and the intention to confess a mistake or wrongdoing.
How wrong you had been, in the fall you were better
The person left in the fall, perhaps a metaphor for a difficult or challenging time, and there is hope for improvement.
Yet still I'm here waiting for a sign or a letter
Similar to line 8, the narrator is still waiting for a response or acknowledgment.
In this house of cold wood and stone
Reiteration of the cold and unwelcoming atmosphere in the house.
Since you never came home
Restatement of the central theme: the person never returned home.
On the night that I still can't forget
Referring to a memorable night that the narrator can't forget, indicating its significance.
You said that you can't change what you don't regret
Expressing the idea that change is difficult without acknowledging and learning from past mistakes.
You told me you loved me and I felt that you meant it
Recounting a moment of sincere love and assurance from the departed person.
And I waited here all night long
Indicating a prolonged period of waiting throughout the night for the person to return.
But you never came home
Emphasizing the central theme: the person never came home.
Since you never came home
Reiteration of the lasting impact of the person's absence.
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