| Trading Yesterday – Love Song Requiem Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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Bit by bit, this is my interpretation of the song: "Emily will find a better place to fall asleep She belongs to fairy tales that I could never be The future haunts with memories that I could never have And hope Is just a stranger wondering how it’s got so bad" The first line is self self-explanatory. The second, I think he's saying that Emily has a rosy pink view of things, that he just might be too jaded to fall in line with. Her beautiful view of love and romance is something he can't ever see himself being able to give her (line three). In line four he's talking about that hope we all start out with, but lifes turns takes away from us, and we're left wondering where it all went so wrong. "I die each time you look away My heart, my life will never be the same This love will take my everything One breath, one touch will be the end of me" He knows that Emily will fond someone to offer her what he has been unable too. His heart, his life will ever be the same because he'll know in losing her he's losing the best thing he could ever have. WHen she leaves him, she'll take away his last hope at love. "You could be the final straw that brings me back to earth Ever-waiting airports full of the love that you deserve Wishing I could find a way to wash away the past Knowing that my heart will break, but at least the pain will last" He's hoping that she can tear him away from his fears so he can give her what he knows so many others are willing to and can offer. He wishes he could get past whatever it is that's tied him in his fear, and though her leaving will break his heart, at least he'll just be left in the pain he's already used to. (chorus again) "Emily will find a better place to fall asleep Maybe she will save me in the oceans of her dream And maybe someday love Maybe someday love" Again, he knows she'll find someone better for her, but he's hoping that her rosy view of things can somehow envelope him, draw him in enough that someday, just maybe, he'll be able to be the man he so wants and deserves. |
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