Lyrics
Leave me here and lock the door
Expressing a desire to be left alone and isolated by locking the door.
latch the windows, lose the key
Suggesting a desire for seclusion by securing the windows and intentionally losing the key.
But you'll be back some day
Anticipating a return, indicating a sense of inevitability or cyclicality in relationships.
What else then is TRUE LOVE for
Questioning the purpose of true love and suggesting it involves enduring challenges.
if not to starve and wait for spring
Defining true love as the ability to endure hardships and wait for better times, symbolized by spring.
So I'll just sit and wait
Accepting the situation and expressing willingness to patiently wait.
Oh, swing the door wide open
Inviting openness and honesty by urging the other person to swing the door wide open.
show me your jaded eyes
Requesting to reveal the true, weary emotions through the eyes.
I will turn them red
Asserting the speaker's intention to intensify those emotions, making them "red" or more vivid.
drunk with vivid flame
Describing a state of being intoxicated with intense emotions, possibly passion or turmoil.
You will see again,
Assuring that clarity and understanding will follow the emotional intensity.
and you will learn your real name and speak it
Emphasizing the importance of discovering and vocalizing one's true identity.
when your whole world turns to fire
Suggesting that self-discovery and truth-speaking occur when the world is in a state of chaos or transformation.
Leave me with no air to breathe
Expressing a willingness to endure suffocation or hardship for the sake of the relationship.
leave me here to die alone
Accepting the possibility of facing death alone as a consequence of the situation.
But I won't suffocate
Asserting resilience, stating that the speaker won't suffocate and will find what they need.
I'll have everything I need
Claiming self-sufficiency and completeness even in the absence of the other person.
when you forget and come back home
Anticipating the other person's return but acknowledging that the speaker will be fine on their own.
so I'll just sit and wait
Reiterating the willingness to wait patiently for the other person to come back.
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