The Ballad of Tom Cody
Night's Pursuit: Love Lost in the City Lights
Lyrics
The engine rumble
The noise produced by the engine of a vehicle
The city lights
The illuminated urban landscape
I cruise the mean streets
Driving through dangerous or tough areas of the city
Riding through the night
Traveling during the nighttime
She’s out there somewhere
Indicates a person (the girl) is somewhere out there
Out in the cold
She is in a cold or emotionally distant place
The girl that I loved
Refers to a girl the speaker loved in the past
But couldn’t hold
Expresses an inability to maintain a relationship with her
She was
Reiteration of her importance in the speaker's life
She was
Reiterating her significance
All I had before
She used to be everything to the speaker
Not anymore
She no longer holds the same importance
She was
Reflecting on her past significance
She was
Reiterating her former importance
She was
Emphasizing her past significance
Enter the gangland
Entering an area dominated by gangs
Under the wire
Passing through unnoticed or undetected
Across the rooftops
Moving atop buildings
Straight into the fire
Heading straight into danger or conflict
I search the darkness
Actively seeking in the darkness
When I hear her cries
Hearing her distress calls
From a bedroom window
Locating her from a specific window
I’ve come to fight
The speaker is ready to confront or fight for her
She was
Reiteration of her importance
She was
Reiterating her significance
All I had before
She used to be everything to the speaker
Not anymore
She no longer holds the same importance
She was
Reflecting on her past significance
She was
Reiterating her former importance
She was
Emphasizing her past significance
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