Lyrics
Open your eyes and stretch your hands
Encouraging someone to be aware and reach out.
This house is clean but it is not my home
Expressing that the environment is neat but lacks a feeling of being a personal or emotional home.
Did I make this bed
Questioning whether one is responsible for the current situation.
The two hands touch on two
Describing a physical touch between two hands.
Sometimes I think of some place colder
Contemplating a colder place, possibly metaphorical, contrasting with the warmth of the current environment.
The sound of traffic and the way it's worn
Reflecting on the worn sound of traffic, possibly symbolizing the passage of time.
When you feel yourself grow up inside of here
Suggesting a sense of personal growth within the current space.
And you love me just like a stranger
Noting a feeling of being loved as a stranger, implying a lack of deep connection.
But you love me just like I am
Acknowledging love despite a sense of unfamiliarity.
Remember we ran through lovely streets
Recalling shared experiences in lovely streets.
We made our rules and then we broke them first
Establishing and breaking rules in a relationship.
It felt like we were running all the time
Describing a constant feeling of running, possibly metaphorical for the pace of life or the relationship.
When I wouldn't give one ugly moment
Expressing a reluctance to give in to negative moments.
I'd wrap it up, I'd keep it in my sock
Symbolically wrapping up and keeping a difficult moment.
I can keep it, yeah, I know what's yours is mine
Claiming ownership of shared experiences.
And you love me just like a stranger
Reiterating the theme of feeling loved as a stranger.
But you love me when
Highlighting the paradox of being loved despite feeling like a stranger.
I stand to the sea (?), lets me love some other day
Referencing standing by the sea, possibly representing contemplation, and the idea of loving on another day.
We get bored of weakness all the time
Noting a tendency to get bored with weaknesses in the relationship.
Now I won't know how much I lost until I've gone away
Reflecting on the realization of loss only after moving away.
Your sun sets when my sun starts to shine
Using the imagery of sunsets and shining to convey the cyclical nature of relationships.
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