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Indian Summer
Blood Cultures Lyrics
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Send your messengers
Home to me
Tell your granddaughters
Tell your granddaughters
About me
I've been thinking of you endlessly
I hope you commit to memory
But one day you will know
I'll have to let you go
Many years ago
Many years ago
You knew me
And the way that I
And the way that I
Used to be
I've been talking to you in my dreams
I've been thinking of you endlessly
I hope you commit to memory
But one day you will know
I'll have to let you go
Sleep without your promises
I'm losing confidence
That you're the one that I could trust, 'cause
I'm dreaming into consciousness
Turning into such a mess
'Cause you're the one I could have kept help
The lyrics of Blood Cultures's song Indian Summer are rife with emotion and meaning. At its core, the song seems to be about the pain of letting go of someone you love. The repeated refrain of "send your messengers, tell your granddaughters" gives a sense of longing, as if the singer is reaching out to someone who is far away or unreachable. The lines "many years ago, you knew me, and the way that I used to be" suggest that the singer and the person they are addressing were once close, but that something has changed in the intervening years. The chorus, with its repetition of "I've been talking to you in my dreams, I've been thinking of you endlessly, I hope you commit to memory, but one day you will know, I'll have to let you go," speaks to the tension between holding onto memories and the inevitability of change and loss.
The final verse furthers this theme of loss and uncertainty, with the lines "sleep without your promises, I'm losing confidence, that you're the one that I could trust, 'cause I'm dreaming into consciousness, turning into such a mess, 'cause you're the one I could have kept help." Here, the singer seems to be grappling with doubts about the person they love and their own ability to hold onto that love. The phrase "I'm dreaming into consciousness" feels like a nod to the idea that the singer is waking up to a reality where their love may not be reciprocated or sustainable.
Line by Line Meaning
Send your messengers
Requesting someone to send their emissaries or delegates.
Send your messengers
Reiterating the need for the messengers to be sent.
Home to me
Asking for the messengers to be sent back to the singer.
Tell your granddaughters
A request to communicate with the granddaughters.
Tell your granddaughters
Reiterating the need for the granddaughters to be informed.
About me
Asks to disclose something related to the singer.
I've been talking to you in my dreams
The singer has been having conversations with someone in their dreams.
I've been thinking of you endlessly
The artist has been preoccupied with thoughts of someone without cessation.
I hope you commit to memory
It is desirable that the listener remembers what is being communicated.
But one day you will know
Suggests that the listener will eventually have knowledge of something that the artist is aware of.
I'll have to let you go
The singer must relinquish someone or something that is important to them.
Many years ago
Refers to something that happened in the past, a long time ago.
Many years ago
Reiterating the time frame of the past event.
You knew me
Someone knew the singer in the past.
And the way that I
Referring to something that the singer did or was like in the past.
Used to be
Describing how the artist behaved or what their personality was like in the past.
Sleep without your promises
The artist is losing faith in someone who has not kept their promises.
I'm losing confidence
The singer is feeling less certain or doubtful about something.
That you're the one that I could trust, 'cause
The listener might not be the person who the singer could rely on.
I'm dreaming into consciousness
The artist is entering a state of wakefulness from a dream state.
Turning into such a mess
The artist is having a difficult time coping or dealing with something.
'Cause you're the one I could have kept
The listener was a person that the artist was previously able to hold onto.
Lyrics © Songtrust Ave
Written by: Richard Helicopter
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