Man in the Dark
Unveiling Life's Secrets: Man in the Dark
Lyrics
Yesterdays a fiction story
Reflecting on the past as if it were a made-up story.
kept my promise to keep in touch
Fulfilling a promise to maintain contact over the years.
even after all these years
Despite the passage of time, communication remained limited.
we never spoke too much
Sparse conversation throughout the years.
Old man tends his garden
An elderly man tends to his garden, finding wisdom in the earth.
where the dirt can be his elder
The soil represents an elder, holding untold secrets.
doesn’t want to know its secret
The man avoids uncovering the earth's mysteries.
so he never thought to ask
He refrains from asking questions about the secrets.
never thought to ask
Reiteration of his lack of curiosity.
Wake the man in the dark
Calling to awaken a man in the dark.
he won’t
Emphasizing that he won't wake up.
wake the fears that are hiding
No need to evoke hidden fears; they won't emerge.
he won’t
Reiteration of the man's resistance to fear.
Wake the man in the dark
Repeating the futility of waking the man in the dark.
He’s comical
Describing the man as comical, perhaps in his avoidance of fear.
creating this world at all
The man is responsible for creating his own world.
Spend a lifetime growing
Spending a lifetime growing, only to end up where one started.
so that you can end up where you started
Questioning the sense in knowing the purpose of the dead.
doesn’t make much sense in knowing
Expressing the ambiguity of life's journey.
the meaning of the dead
Reflecting on the impermanence of flowers and the cycle of life.
Flowers wilt and turn to dirt
Describing the transformation of flowers into dirt.
so new ones takes its place in time
New flowers replace the old, symbolizing renewal.
traces of its roots convert
Noting how traces of the past vanish as if never present.
like it was never there
Highlighting the ephemeral nature of existence.
Come to say you caught my eye
Expressing admiration for someone, acknowledging their presence.
watch your step your losing ground
Warning about potential consequences or losses.
watching up above you think you’ll ever come down
Observing from below, pondering the possibility of returning to reality.
little did we know you’ll never want to be found
Suggesting an unexpected desire to remain undiscovered.
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