Dream Sequence
Cathedral Hill Memories: Love, Loss, and Late Nights
Lyrics
While back when I felt much younger
Reflecting on a past time when the speaker felt younger.
Found you in Cathedral Hill
Recalling finding someone in Cathedral Hill during that time.
Too nice to hide behind the winter
Describing the person as too nice to be concealed by the winter.
Waiting for it all to spill
Waiting for emotions or secrets to be revealed.
You drove me home, the evening fell
Being driven home as the evening sets in.
Our longing cracked the gates of hell
Expressing intense desire or emotion breaking through difficult times.
The house was empty and you played me guitar
Being in an empty house, with the person playing guitar for the speaker.
And I wrote that I loved you in the ice on the window of your car
Symbolizing love by writing on the icy window of a car.
Down Snelling on a Wednesday night
Recalling a specific Wednesday night on Snelling.
The snow falls under fast food lights
Observing snowfall under the lights of fast-food establishments.
The white one off the main drag's yours
Identifying a particular white house off the main road.
With drafty windows, creaking doors
Describing the house's characteristics, such as drafty windows and creaking doors.
We push through the whole party crowd
Navigating through a party crowd with alcoholic beverages.
With rum and cokes, it's all too loud
Highlighting the loudness of the environment with rum and cokes.
Not sure we thought we'd go this far
Expressing uncertainty about the depth of the relationship.
And I said maybe we should talk soon
Suggesting a need for a serious conversation in the future.
As I sat in the backseat of your car
Observing the person's movements while sitting in the backseat of a car.
I watched you toss and turn in bed
Watching the person toss and turn in bed, feeling disturbed and incomplete.
And felt undone and out of it
Conveying a sense of being emotionally undone and disconnected.
Your bedroom full of some girl's shit
Noting the presence of another woman's belongings in the person's bedroom.
She looks like me, I saw those pics
Recognizing a resemblance between the speaker and the other woman in pictures.
I guess I'll go and be that bitch
Contemplating becoming the "other woman" and accepting that role.
And steal leftovers from your fridge
Planning to take leftovers from the person's fridge after the decision.
And step outside, never got far
Stepping outside but not getting far, perhaps emotionally.
And you had written you were leaving
Discovering a message about leaving written on the icy car window.
In the ice on the window of your car
Confirming the person's intention to leave, as previously expressed on the car window.
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