The Prisoner's Song
Longing for Love: The Prisoner's Heartfelt Tale
Lyrics
Oh I wish I had someone to love me
Expressing a desire for romantic companionship and love.
Someone to call me her own
Yearning for someone special to claim as one's own.
Oh I wish I had someone to live with
Expressing a longing for a companion to share life with.
For I'm tired of living alone
Conveying a weariness of living in solitude.
Oh please meet me tonight in the moonlight
Invitation to meet under the moonlight, suggesting a clandestine or intimate setting.
Please meet me tonight all alone
Reiterating the request to meet alone in the moonlight.
For I have a sad story to tell you
Indicating a forthcoming sad and untold story.
It's a story that's never been told
Emphasizing the uniqueness of the story, suggesting it hasn't been shared before.
I'll be carried to the new jail tomorrow
Anticipating relocation to a new jail, leaving a loved one behind.
Leaving my poor darling alone
Highlighting the impending loneliness of the speaker's significant other.
With the cold prison bars all around me
Describing the confinement in a prison surrounded by cold bars.
And my head on a pillow of stone
Imagery of discomfort, laying one's head on a stone pillow.
Now I have a grand ship on the ocean
Introducing a contrasting image of wealth and prosperity with a grand ship adorned in silver and gold.
All mounted with silver and gold
Emphasizing the material wealth possessed by the speaker.
And before my poor darling would suffer
Expressing a strong aversion to the idea of the speaker's loved one suffering.
Oh that ship would be anchored and sold
Using hyperbole, suggesting the extreme step of selling the valuable ship to prevent suffering.
Now if I had wings like an angel
Expressing a desire for freedom, comparing oneself to an angel with wings.
Over these prison walls I would fly
Conveying a willingness to overcome obstacles, even prison walls, for the sake of love.
And I'd fly to the arms of my poor darling
Desiring to be reunited with the loved one, emphasizing the strength of the bond.
And there I'd be willing to die
Expressing a deep commitment and readiness to sacrifice for the sake of love.
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