Church
Soulful Reverie: Embracing Love and Loss in Tom Marden's 'Church'
Lyrics
Many times I've tried to reach you
Expressing repeated attempts to communicate or connect.
I used to look up in the sky above us
Recalling a time when looking at the sky was significant or meaningful.
I was scared of times and places
Conveying fear associated with certain moments and locations.
And I may Love and it'll go
Suggesting the impermanence of love and its potential to fade away.
As if you were my toy
Comparing someone to a toy, possibly highlighting manipulation or control.
Giving all and taking right back
Describing a pattern of giving and taking back in a relationship.
But it's when gone that you want it the most
Emphasizing the desire for something once it's no longer available.
Lunar sky above the car
Setting the scene with a lunar sky and tension in a car's binnacle (dashboard).
And tension in the binnacle
Continuing the atmospheric description of the setting.
Hold my hand and call it home
Suggesting a connection and comfort in holding hands, referring to it as home.
We'll get old and die as one
Expressing a desire to age and face mortality together.
In my church I believe
Affirming belief in a personal "church" and expressing belief in someone specific (You).
In my church I believe
-In my church I believe
-In my church I believe in
-You
-Found this melody in the dark
Discovering a melody in darkness, symbolizing finding beauty or meaning in difficult times.
Casting all the ghosts around me
Addressing and dispelling lingering spirits or negative influences.
I don't have my witch beside me
Expressing the absence of a significant person, possibly a witch representing a partner.
I want love
Expressing a desire for love but without the need for friendships.
But I don't want no friends
Highlighting a preference for solitude or a limited social circle.
And you'll be in my thoughts
Acknowledging that thoughts are occupied by memories of shared intimate moments.
Memories of nights spent in our bed
Recalling nights spent together in a shared bed.
In my church I believe
Reiterating belief in a personal "church" and expressing belief in someone specific (You).
In my church I believe
-In my church I believe
-In my church I believe in
-You
Affirming belief in "You" as a central and essential element of the personal "church."
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