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Metaphor in Parentheses Lyrics
Darkness spreads it's lonely wings
On the high horizons of our hopes and dreams
As long shadows grow, now they're fading
In the twilight of our hopeful waiting
The tide is rising, the tide is rising
Oh, girl, you're needed tonight
Behind your eyes, there's a light
Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful girl
Beautiful girl
Do what you will, I'm not leaving tonight
Under the weight of a clear endless sky
It seems like we waste all our time making time
I could spend all of mine inside your eyes
Do what you will, I'm believing tonight
I've left behind all the whens and the whys
Seems like I waste all my time making time
I could have spent all of mine inside these lines
Oh, girl, you're needed tonight
Behind your eyes, there's a light
Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful girl
Beautiful girl
Oh, girl, you're needed tonight
Behind your eyes, there's a
Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful girl
Beautiful girl
Though I taste my tears
(Taste my tears)
There is victory
Love has conquered fear
(Love has conquered fear)
Truth will carry me
On the high horizons of our hopes and dreams
As long shadows grow, now they're fading
In the twilight of our hopeful waiting
Oh, girl, you're needed tonight
Behind your eyes, there's a light
Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful girl
Beautiful girl
Under the weight of a clear endless sky
It seems like we waste all our time making time
I could spend all of mine inside your eyes
Do what you will, I'm believing tonight
I've left behind all the whens and the whys
Seems like I waste all my time making time
I could have spent all of mine inside these lines
Behind your eyes, there's a light
Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful girl
Beautiful girl
Behind your eyes, there's a
Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful girl
Beautiful girl
(Taste my tears)
There is victory
Love has conquered fear
(Love has conquered fear)
Truth will carry me
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i love this song. a song about a relationship... not sure an exact meaning for it...just a beautiful song, the lyrics are great.
This is a carpe diem song. The speaker is telling the girl that they need to "seize the day" and stop wasting time in their relationship because time is running out (this is shown in the images about the tide coming in and the sun setting.) in the second verse he talks about how they keep wasting there time "seems like i waste all my time making time" and how instead of actively being in the relationship he's just writing about it "seems like i waste all my time making rhymes." I didn't fully understand this song until we studied carpe diem poems in english class. Then all the pieces fit together. Who knew? English is good for something!
Note the similarity between the melody of this song's chorus and the Christmas carol "We Three Kings".
Yeah, I was like what does this sound like?? Then I realized that. Song about a relationship.. I don't get why they named it Metaphor in Parentheses? Because it's somehow related to We Three Kings?
Oh, and I think it's suppose to be- I've left behind all the whens and the why's Seems like I waste all my time making rhymes* I could have spent all of mine inside these lines.
I heard the second one as rhymes.. Idk, you can see what you think.