for you
Its for her man and she really do love and care about him.
for you
Its for her man and she really do love and care about him.
o gather sweet crocuses and jonquils
She went to get some flowers maybe for her lover so he feels better.
n this gray, gray sunrise
It wasnt getting no better and every day just looks sadder and sadder.
I’ve parked my horse
Maybe she wants to takes things slow.
My darling, please, don’t be sad
She dont want her lover to be sad or look at things different.
with the man I love
She is not alone she is walking with her boyfriend or husband.
a stroll through the Tenderloin
When she is walking through areas it gives her joy.
persimmons from Chinatown,
That their culture is still around and nothing really changed but somethings did change that they wasn't used too.
Oh, the small delectables of day:
All the little beautiful things of each day.
he talent, the courage, the wherewithal.
She hated the fact that she was doing everything but following her dreams.
we could’ve had everything:
Everything was took from them.
you cry, “Mei Ling, Mei Ling, once
This is her crying because she thinks that the city is beautiful and a good place to be.
A quick fix in your veins; a white rush in my mind
A quick fix might be a drug that can help anything
it suspends where no prophet can touch.
They feel so free that nobody can touch them.
is a three-tiered freeway. Look up
It's another path to the freeway or freedom.
the path through the “Golden Mountains”
She is using Golden Mountains in comparison to the Golden Gate Bridge because they both haves paths.
Hong Kong, San Francisco, San Jose
Trying to guess the birth place.
the Yangtze, the Pearl?
Theses are probably the places the tree came from that people have in mind.
Where is your birthplace
They want to know where this tree haves came from.
Where is the Yellow Emperor who nurtured you?
The tree is started to die and now people want to talk to the Yellow Emperor im guessing that that's the person who discover the tree
on the land of your displacement.
That the tree can cause alot of good things but its just in the wrong place.
One pellicle, another, falls
If dont start getting protected things would start falling apart.
your gentle bark can’t protect you now.
The tree is starting to get affected by the oxygen so its really nothing that can help.
city’s oxygen, small men’s shadow
I think that the tree could be helping the city get rid if all the bad stuff and all the garbage and pollution.
Gingko, vomit-eater of the metropolis,
Ginkgo is maidenhair tree that can treat different things.
in the comfort of night.
She is in comfort of night, night symbolizes peacefulness.
don’t fall as civilizations fall
do what its needed to be done
and we pay the rent. So, please
This shows a conversation of someone who lives there.
like a thin-hipped dowager
They are comparing elderly women to the squats.
You arrange the amenities
Anything to make the building better
squats in the sinking earth
Buildings are sinking into the ground.
refuses to bend in the wind
the bamboo is very strong won't even bend.
Condominium, stiff bamboo,
They are building something or its already built with using bamboo which holds very strong.
And I got that good girl faith and a tight little skirt
She just want to come off as a good person.
You've got that long hair slick back, white t-shirt
Describing the features.
'Cause we never go out of style, we never go out of style
She is saying like they relationship will never get old.
And when we go crashing down, we come back every time
Even when something happens they always find they way back together.
And I got that red lip, classic thing that you like
He likes how red lip stick looks on her so she put it on
You got that James Dean daydream look in your eye
Maybe he look like he is fin to go do something bad.
Watch it go round and round each time
He is going to have her head spinning meaning having her crazy.
Know exactly where it leads but I
Maybe they was was dating and she knows its going to happen again because that's all he showed her.
And I should just tell you to leave 'cause I
Something had happened and she don't know how to feel.
(Heard from you)
They was talking
It's been a while since I have even heard from you
Its somebody she been knew but just now hearing from them. Who could it be?
Fade into view, oh,
Kind of start day dreaming .
Long drive, could end in burning flames or paradise
They are going somewhere far either it can have a bad or good ending.
Midnight, you come and pick me up, no headlights
Maybe he is trying to sneak her out cause why midnight and why was the headlights off?
Even if it's just pretend
Even if they dont see each other in person she will be fine if he pretend to see her
Say you'll see me again
She wants him to promise that he will never forget about each other
Follow you around
She wants him to still remember all the memories they had even when they are done with each other
I bet these memories
The memories that they had together
Someday when you leave me
When he gets tired and done with her he will leave.
Burnin' it down
This will be the visions he see in his dream
Tangled up with you all night
Its no separating them
You'll see me in hindsight
In his dreams he will see her
My last request is
Her last request was for him to remember her standing in a nice dress
And when we've had our very last kiss
She wants their last kiss to be something they both are going to remember .
Nothing lasts forever but this is getting good now
She knows nothing last forever but she is just hopping this one is different.
And his voice is a familiar sound
His voice will be hard to forget
His hands are in my hair, his clothes are in my room
He been staying with each other and maybe right now they are laying down and he is playing in her hair.
I said, "No one has to know what we do"
They business will be there business nobody else's
Wildest dreams, ah-ha
Maybe he will have a wild dream
Even if it's just in your wildest dreams, ah-ha
Even when your dreaming she would popup
Say you'll see me again
He will see her eventually.
Red lips and rosy cheeks
Describing what her face features look like
Staring at the sunset, babe
Maybe they are watching the sunset
Say you'll remember me standing in a nice dress
She want him to remember her as a pretty young lady
My one condition is
She only wants one thing
I can see the end as it begins
She can see the future them even though its still the beginning.
He's so bad but he does it so well
He come off as being bad and its got to the point to where he does it so good
He's so tall and handsome as hell
She is describing what he looks like
Nothing lasts forever, but this is gonna take me down
She knows nothing last forever but its going to break her seeing him leave
I thought heaven can't help me now
She know she cant go and not even a miracle can help
Drive out of the city, away from the crowds"
He dont want to be in the mix nomore
He wants to run away with here.
floating perfectly through the net.
Made a clear smooth shot
and swiveling back to see an orange blur
He turned around to see how he made it
for the game he loved like a country
He really loves game
with a wild, headlong motion
He created a motion and fell hard
inexplicably falling, hitting the floor
He fell and hit the ground since he didnt have balance
but losing his balance in the process,
He maybe turned the wrong way and now he is losing his balance
against the glass for a lay-up,
The ball its the back board after he put up the lay up
by himself now and laying it gently
They left him and he makes the lay up
in a fury, taking the ball into the air
One of the teammates is angry and just shots the ball not caring
while the power-forward explodes past them
They are trying to get a point maybe a layup
and commits to the wrong man
The guard starts playing defense on the wrong person
lunges
The guard is starting to get tired.
a single bounce hitting the hardwood
They havent bounce passed yet
between them without a dribble, without
They are passing the ball around till someone haves an open shot.
letting the play develop in front of him
He wasnt really doing kind of like just in shock.
together as brothers passing the ball
They are working together like a family to try and win
and filling the lanes in tandem, moving
They going the same way the ball is
the way that forwards should, fanning out
They running fast to try and score
both forwards racing down the court
Running down the court to prepare for the ball to come up
like a coach’s drawing on the blackboard,
The coach is drawing different plays to see what works out best.
in slow motion, almost exactly
The plays are going so fast he feel like its slow motion
of a high, gliding dribble and a man
He is trying to get ready for his next move and get ready to score.
in the wrong direction, trying to catch sight
He was just watching in the moment.
who looks stunned and nailed to the floor
It was like he was in shock because the ball went pass him to quick and he didnt have to do react.
scissoring past a flat-footed defender
The defender was not ready
an underhand pass toward the other guard
Giving the ball to the point guard so he can shoot.
to the outlet who is already shoveling
The outlet is trying to get to the ball.
and spinning around to throw a strike
They turned around and getting ready to pass the ball to make a point.
from the air like a cherished possession
They are trying to protect the ball while they have it.
perfectly, gathering the orange leather
describing the basketball
boxes out his man and times his jump
Dont want the other players to get the ball.
and for once our gangly starting center
They started thinking the game more serious?
hangs there, helplessly, but doesn’t drop,
The ball is still spinning but hasn't dropped yet.
A hook shot kisses the rim and
The ball was shot but spinning around the rim.
Don't say I didn't say, I didn't warn ya
All of this was just a warning for him.
Boys only want love if it's torture
Boys will only stay around if you show you care by harming them?
'Cause, darling, I'm a nightmare dressed like a daydream
Even though she presents herself one way she is very evil.
But you'll come back each time you leave
You going to love her so much even though you want to leave you wont be able too.
I get drunk on jealousy
Jealousy will have her feeling some type of way.
"Oh, my God, who is she?"
this is what he will be saying.
Keep you second guessing like
What ever she do will leave you questioning her.
Rose garden filled with thorns
Even though something can look so pretty something bad/hurt will happen.
I can make all the tables turn
If he is still running games she will start doing the same thing.
Screaming, crying, perfect storms
All the screaming and crying she did it was perfect because it turned out to be something good.
Wait, the worst is yet to come, oh, no
She dont want the bad things to come yet.
Be that girl for a month
She'll be whoever you want her to be?
Find out what you want
Whatever he finds out she really dont care.
You're the King, baby, I'm your Queen
She is stamping it.
Stolen kisses, pretty lies
All the kisses and lies still matter.
Cherry lips, crystal skies
Describing what she haves on ?
And I'll write your name
She will write your name to keep you around.
But I've got a blank space, baby
Her blank space is for him she just haven't figured it out yet.
Or with a nasty scar
If you play with her it would only leave you hurting and in scars.
It'll leave you breathless
The love she haves and show to you will have you speechless.
We'll take this way too far
They will be deeply in love.
'Cause we're young and we're reckless
When they were young they did some wild things.
And you love the game
He is basically going to run games.
'Cause you know I love the players
The guys she always go for always end up being players.
They'll tell you I'm insane
If you ask one of her ex's they will say she is crazy.
Got a long list of ex-lovers
She dated a lot of people.
If the high was worth the pain
All the pain she goes through she hope it was worth for.
You can tell me when it's over, mmh
She saying just keep it real.
Or it's gonna go down in flames
Or something bad is going to happen and it will be over.
So it's gonna be forever
She is hoping this last forever.
can make the bad guys good for a weekend
She is saying even though he is a bad guy while he is with her he will be a good guy.
Grab your passport and my hand
She wants to go somewhere with him.
I'm dying to see how this one ends
She dont think the friendship will last that long.
So hey, let's be friends
She wants to be friends with him.
And I know you heard about me
They have to know or been around in the same area for him to hear about her.
Ain't it funny rumors fly
She obviously heard something about him and that rumor is going around.
I can read you like a magazine
Just by the way he presents his self she feel likes she already know what type of men he is.
New money, suit and tie
He presents his self as a nice looking man.
Love's a game, wanna play?" Ay
She is saying love is a game because a lot of people like to play with your heart like as if you are a game.
You look like my next mistake
That if she talk to them she is going to make another mistake.
"Oh, my God, look at that face
She is shook by the face they are making or have.
Saw you there and I thought
She saw somebody and it had her thinking.
Magic, madness, heaven, sin
That its always a good and bad.
I could show you incredible things
She will have you speechless.
Nice to meet you, where you been?
She is greeting someone.
Itʹs full as Opera
She is saying its full as if you where at Opera.
Nor any Placard boast me ‑
That no one really acknowledge her and she don't have the support system she needs.
I mention ‑ easy ‑ Here
Like maybe at times its easy but most of the times its really not.
Nor any know I know the Art
That she knows the act but most don't think that.
The House encore me so
Its like she is imagining she has an audience
Till I was out of sight, in sound
Its like her getaway from everyone else.
Nor rolled on wheels of snow
That she is free and did this for herself.
Nor tossed my shape in Eider Balls,
That she was basically herself she didn't care for others opinion.
One Claw opon the air
That something is holding her back.
Nor hopped for Audiences ‑ like Birds
She didn't care for what others have to say or having an audience.
And though I had no Gown of Gauze ‑No Ringlet, to my Hair
She lets it be known that she didn't have best like everyone else
In Pirouette to blanch a Troupe ‑Or lay a Prima, mad
That if she would've had a teacher she would have been amazing.
Would put itself abroad
That she is willing to do whatever it takes.
That had I Ballet Knowledge
That she has a little bit of knowledge on ballet.
A Glee possesseth me,
She feels free now
But oftentimes, among my mind,
She feels like she can do but still wants the help from someone else.
No Man instructed me ‑
Nobody haves instructed her on how to do it.
I cannot dance opon my Toes ‑
I feel like when she say this she is saying something is holding her back from dancing on her toes