Smile
Chasing Smiles: Love's Journey through Distance and Dreams
Lyrics
I call you up on the phone
I reach out to you via phone
I call you up, get you on the line
Contacting you and getting you on the line
I call you up on the phone
Continuing to call you on the phone
But I can't see you smile
Expressing the inability to witness your smile
I think of you when I'm gone
Thoughts of you occupy my mind when I'm away
I think of you, honey, all the time
Constantly thinking about you, my dear
I think of you when I'm gone
Reflections on you during my absence
But I can't see you smile
Regret at not being able to see your smile
How the story ends, baby, I don't know
Uncertainty about the conclusion of the narrative
And what's to come, I can't say
Unable to predict the future events
And how the story ends, baby, I don't know
Reiteration of uncertainty about the story's end
Maybe I'll stop travelling some day
Contemplation of reducing travel in the future
I count the days while we're apart
Counting the days of separation
I count the days and I count the miles
Quantifying the days and miles apart
I count the days that we're apart
Measurement of the duration of separation
Until I can see you smile
Awaited anticipation until seeing your smile
I know that you feel just the same
Acknowledging shared feelings of longing
You wish that I wasn't gone so long
Expressing the desire for a shorter absence
I write this down from so far away
Writing from a distant location
Now I'm coming home
Anticipation of returning home
I love you there's no doubt
Affirmation of love without uncertainty
Your picture is hung above my bed
A visual reminder of you above my bed
I look at it as we're travelling around
Observing the picture while traveling
But I wish I were holding you instead
Wishing for physical closeness
Well it's a long and windy road
Acknowledgment of challenges in the relationship
Our love is strong and the future's bright
Belief in the strength of love and a positive future
It's a long and windy road
Recognition of the difficult journey
Until we reach the light
Hope for reaching a brighter future
I know things are going to be all right
Optimism about the eventual resolution
Because you're in my dreams when I sleep at night
Inclusion of the partner in dreams during sleep
You turn around and you look at me
A moment of shared connection in dreams
And I can see you smile
The realization of witnessing a smile
I can see you smile (repeats)
Repetition of the joy in seeing the partner smile
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