Just Out of Reach
Love's Struggle: Longing and Redemption in 'Just Out of Reach'
Lyrics
Just out of reach
Expresses a feeling of being unable to attain or achieve something desired or cherished
Time has changed you, I can see
Observing how time has altered or transformed the person being addressed
Try to remember how we used to be
An attempt to recall and reminisce about past shared experiences or moments
Come on back to me
An invitation or plea for the person to return to the speaker
Just out of reach
Reiteration of feeling just beyond attaining something significant
Don't stand back and you will see
Encouragement not to hesitate and instead perceive the situation clearly
Just how easy it can be
Suggesting that resolving the situation is simpler than it seems
But you stand contentedly
Notwithstanding the ease of the situation, the person remains satisfied or complacent
Just out of reach
Reiteration of being almost within reach but not quite obtaining something desired
Time will show that I mean what I say
Assertion that time will validate the sincerity of the speaker's words
You'll see, you'll see
Confidence in the eventual realization by the other person
You'll wonder why you doubted my work
Anticipating the other person's surprise at doubting the speaker's intentions
When our love was meant to be
Belief that the love shared was destined or fated
Come on home, you'll be glad
Invitation to return home with assurance of forgiveness
Back here I won't be mad
Promise not to harbor anger or resentment upon the person's return
Funny you should be the one to make me feel sad
Irony in the fact that the person who left causes the speaker sadness
Just out of reach
Reiteration of the unattainability of something desired
Just out of reach
Reiteration of the feeling of being just out of reach
Time will show that I mean what I say
Reassertion that time will validate the speaker's sincerity
You'll see, you'll see
Confidence in the eventual realization by the other person (repeated)
You'll wonder why you doubted my work
Anticipation of the other person's surprise at doubting the speaker's intentions (repeated)
When our love was meant to be
Belief that the love shared was destined or fated (repeated)
Come on home, you'll be glad
Encouragement to return home with assurance of forgiveness (repeated)
Back here I won't be mad
Promise not to harbor anger or resentment upon the person's return (repeated)
Funny you should be the one to make me feel sad
Irony in the fact that the person who left causes the speaker sadness (repeated)
Just out of reach
Reiteration of the feeling of being just out of reach (repeated)
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