Unknown Number
Unveiling the Silent Echo: Zach Marsden's Poetic Reflections
Lyrics
Hey
Greeting, initiating communication
I know it's been a while how was your day
Expressing awareness of time passed and inquiring about the other person's day
Grey
Describing a neutral or dull emotional state
But it's not like you'd respond to me anyway
Not expecting a response due to past behavior
Don't go forgetting me
Pleading not to be forgotten
I still live in your phone
Symbolizing a lingering presence in the person's digital life
I gave the best in me
Claiming to have given the best of oneself
But you still wanted more
Expressing dissatisfaction or unfulfilled expectations
Decide I'm not enough
Accepting perceived inadequacy
Before I have to go
Preparing to leave or end the connection
Can't bear the thought of knowing
Fearing the realization of being too slow in the relationship
I was just too slow
Reflecting on personal shortcomings in the relationship
Hey
Repeating the attempt to communicate
Here's another love letter to save
Presenting a symbolic gesture of love in the form of a letter
Say
Asking if the person remembers the shared experience of love
You remember what it's like to steal my name
Recalling a past intimate connection
Don't go forgetting me
Reiterating the plea not to be forgotten
I still live in your phone
Emphasizing the persistent presence in the person's digital space
It's not very like me
Acknowledging a departure from usual behavior (2 a.m. communication)
It's two a.m. I know
Noting the late hour and potential urgency
(Get up)
Encouraging the person to respond
Decide I'm not enough
Repeating the acceptance of inadequacy before departure
Before I have to go
Preparing for the imminent end of the connection
Can't bear the thought of knowing
Expressing the fear of realizing one's own slowness in the relationship
I was just too slow
Reiterating a sense of personal failure in the relationship
I've cracked my screen
Metaphorically describing a broken screen as a symbol of the relationship
But underneath is where we'll meet
Highlighting the potential for connection despite surface issues
You don't have my number
Expressing uncertainty about being remembered
Do you remember me
Prompting the person to recall the relationship
Well months have gone
Noting the passage of time without clarity on the relationship's deterioration
I still can't tell what led us to become
Expressing confusion about the factors that led to the relationship's decline
So undone
Describing the relationship as undone or broken
Remember how we'd stay up until the sun
Recalling shared moments of staying up late together
Would chase our eyes
Evoking nostalgia for past dreams and aspirations
And fantasize about the life we'll choose to live
Imagining a life together that now seems unattainable
But now we're strangers
Acknowledging the current state of being strangers
Who never seemed to find a way to fit
Expressing the inability to find a way to fit or reconnect
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