Faded Beauty Queens
Faded Beauty: A Tale of Love, Ambition, and City Lights
Lyrics
How did you do it?
Questioning how something was achieved
'Well,' she said, 'smoke & mirrors...
A response using the idea of illusion and deception ("smoke & mirrors")
Anything for love
Willingness to do anything for the sake of love
Anything for love'
Reiteration of the readiness to do anything for love
Low expectations
Having minimal or subdued hopes for something
Are breathing down my back
Feeling pressured or pursued by those subdued expectations
No grudge unworthy of holding
Not holding onto any resentment that isn't worth keeping
I know that won't be hard, I know that won't be hard
Expressing ease in letting go of unworthy grudges
You can't take the city, oh no
Unable to remove the essence of city life from oneself
Out of a city girl
Referencing a girl who embodies the characteristics of city life
Well I don't know how we ended up here
Uncertainty about the circumstances that led to the current situation
Wide eyed and new money
Feeling innocent and inexperienced but with newfound wealth
With faded beauty queens
Referring to glamorous yet past-their-prime beauty queens
Well I don't know how we ended up here
Reflecting on how things unfolded to reach the present state
Right before I met you
Just before encountering someone, possibly the listener
I had fire in my eyes
Feeling confident or passionate prior to the encounter
Down my the river
Discovering a small town near a river
I found a little town
Describing the newfound location
Down by the river
Where lovers tend to frequent
Where all the lovers go, all the lovers go
Making teenage boys feel
Making young boys feel overly excited or thrilled
Like a Christmas tree
Comparing the feeling to that of a decorated Christmas tree
Ogling eyes, ogling eyes
Describing the intense gaze of onlookers
I know you dread the day, when it's any other way
Anticipating a dislike for a potential change in a situation
You can't take the city, oh no
Reiterating the inability to detach from city life
Out of a city girl
Referencing the inherent nature of a girl from the city
Well I don't know how we ended up here
Recalling the puzzling journey that led to the current state
Wide eyed and new money
Feeling innocent and inexperienced but with newfound wealth (repeated sentiment)
With faded beauty queens
Referring again to glamorous yet past-their-prime beauty queens
Well I don't know how we ended up here
Reflecting once more on the journey to the current situation
Right before I met you
Just before encountering someone, possibly the listener (repeated sentiment)
I had fire in my eyes
Feeling confident or passionate prior to the encounter (repeated sentiment)
You can't take the city, oh no
Reiterating the struggle to detach from city life
Out of a city girl
Referencing the inherent nature of a girl from the city (repeated sentiment)
Well I don't know how we ended up here
Recounting the confusing journey that led to the present state (repeated sentiment)
Wide eyed and new money
Feeling innocent and inexperienced but with newfound wealth (repeated sentiment)
With faded beauty queens
Referring again to glamorous yet past-their-prime beauty queens (repeated sentiment)
Well I don't know how we ended up here
Reflecting once more on the journey to the current situation (repeated sentiment)
Right before I met you
Just before encountering someone, possibly the listener (repeated sentiment)
I had fire in my eyes
Feeling confident or passionate prior to the encounter (repeated sentiment)
In my eyes
Expressing a past state of intense emotion or determination
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