No Time Soon
Gnarls Barkley Lyrics
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That we must go our separate ways.
Scared for you to be out of my sight,
Because you never know, you might.
And I carry this
It's heavy.
And I miss you
Already
You were perfect babe.
My time will come
Yours too.
I'll gladly go before you.
I hope you live forever,
Or maybe we can go together.
It would be perfect baby.
And I carry this,
It's heavy.
And I miss you
Already
The lyrics of Gnarls Barkley's song No Time Soon express a feeling of fear and uncertainty about the future of a relationship. The first two lines suggest that the singer feels that a breakup may be imminent and that they must go their separate ways. The next two lines reveal a fear of being apart from their partner as they never know what might happen. The sadness of the situation is conveyed in the lines "And I carry this, it's heavy. And I miss you already."
Despite the fear and uncertainty, the singer expresses love for their partner and a desire to spend forever with them. In the lines "You were perfect babe. My time will come. Yours too. I'll gladly go before you. I hope you live forever, or maybe we can go together. It would be perfect baby," the singer expresses the idea that their partner is perfect and that they hope they can spend their lives together. The lines "My time will come. Yours too. I'll gladly go before you" also suggest a willingness to die before their partner in order to avoid the pain of losing them.
Overall, the lyrics of No Time Soon convey a mixture of fear, sadness, and love. The singer is afraid of losing their partner but also deeply in love with them and willing to go to great lengths to keep them.
Line by Line Meaning
This could be one of those days
Today might be the day we say goodbye and go our separate ways.
That we must go our separate ways.
We have to end things because it's time for us to move on independently.
Scared for you to be out of my sight,
I'm afraid of losing you if you're not close to me.
Because you never know, you might.
Anything could happen, and I don't want to take any chances.
And I carry this
I hold onto the burden of our broken relationship.
It's heavy.
It weighs me down and it's hard to keep carrying it.
And I miss you
I feel your absence strongly.
Already
I miss you even though you haven't left yet.
You were perfect babe.
You were the perfect partner, and I'm struggling to let go.
My time will come
Eventually, it will be my turn to leave first.
Yours too.
You'll have to face the same thing at some point.
I'll gladly go before you.
I would rather be the one to leave first, so I don't have to experience losing you.
I hope you live forever,
I wish you could stay with me forever.
Or maybe we can go together.
Maybe we can leave this world together so we don't have to face life without each other.
It would be perfect baby.
That would be the best-case scenario for me.
Lyrics © BMG Rights Management, Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd., Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Written by: BRIAN JOSEPH BURTON, THOMAS CALLAWAY, THOMAS DECARLO CALLAWAY
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