Red Red Rose
Unveiling Life's Hidden Palette
Lyrics
Don't know why you do the things you do do do
Uncertainty about the motives or reasons behind your actions, repeated for emphasis.
Holding it together with some glue glue glue
Maintaining composure or stability with makeshift solutions, emphasizing fragility (repeated for emphasis).
Your favorite color isn't red it's blue blue blue
Contrasting a declared preference for blue, possibly representing sadness, despite outward appearances.
No one knows, a red red rose
Mystery surrounds a symbol of love or beauty, the "red red rose."
So you never get the things you need need need
Expressing a recurring inability to obtain essential needs, emphasized for impact.
Where it's hurt you cover up
Concealing emotional pain with a metaphorical cover, possibly suggesting a coping mechanism.
With weeds weeds weeds
Suggesting the use of undesirable methods (weeds) to hide emotional wounds.
Open it back up and let it bleed bleed bleed
Encouraging vulnerability and emotional release, despite potential pain.
No one knows, a red red rose
Reiterating the enigma surrounding the "red red rose."
I'm not yours, you're not mine
Emphasizing a lack of ownership or possession in a relationship.
Hope you find love in time
Wishing for the discovery of love within an unspecified timeframe.
Memories come back like falling leaves leaves leaves
Recalling memories that return unexpectedly, likened to falling leaves.
Never get to love by saying please please please
Highlighting the difficulty of obtaining love without expressing a genuine desire.
Praying only gets you on your knees knees knees
Suggesting that mere prayer without action may lead to vulnerability.
No one knows, a red red rose
Reiterating the mysterious nature of the "red red rose."
I'm not yours, you're not mine
Reiterating a lack of ownership or possession in a relationship.
Hope you find love in time
Repeating the wish for the discovery of love within an unspecified timeframe.
Take your time putting on
Advising patience in dressing, possibly metaphorical for taking time in life decisions.
Your clothes clothes clothes
Choosing clothes as a metaphor for outer appearance and presentation.
Look into the mirror and you pose pose pose
Suggesting self-reflection and self-presentation in front of a mirror.
Learn to live with everything you chose chose chose
Advocating acceptance and coping with the consequences of personal choices.
No one knows, a red red rose
Reiterating the mystery surrounding the "red red rose."
A red red rose
Further emphasizing the elusive nature of the "red red rose."
Red red rose
Repeating the enigmatic symbol, possibly for emphasis or reflection.
Red red rose
Concluding with a final mention of the mysterious "red red rose."
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