Fatal Hesitation
Burgh Chris de Lyrics

The cafes are all deserted, the streets are wet again
It's off season and raining in the holiday town, making it empty and uneventful.

There's nothing quite like an out of season holiday town in the rain
The uncommon combination of offseason and rainy weather makes for a bleak, desolate setting.

When the tourists go and the cold winds blow
The weather is grisly and most tourists have left, leading to an emptier town.

And my girl is on a plane, home
The singer's significant other has left and is flying back home.

I'm never going to love another, the way that I have loved you
The singer claims he will never love someone like he loved his partner ever again.

It's taken me a little time to discover it
It's taken the singer some time to come to this realization.

Now I know it's true, but fatal hesitation
The singer accepts that he truly loved his partner, but regrets hesitating and missing the chance to keep them.

Made me miss the show
The 'show' is a metaphor for his romance with his partner - the singer acknowledges that his hesitation led to missing out on this romance.

Oh Romeo is standing in the rain
The singer compares his own hopeless romantic situation to Romeo from Shakespeare's 'Romeo and Juliet.'

And I know that I have let her slip away
The singer's romantic partner has left him, and he knows it was due to his own hesitance.

(Fatal hesitation aah, fatal hesitation aah)
This lyric simply repeats the phrase 'fatal hesitation' as an exclamation, emphasizing the singer's regret.

I saw you again this morning, walking down the beach
The singer runs into his ex-partner, even though she is 'a thousand miles away.

And though you are a thousand miles away
The singer acknowledges that his ex is far away, but he is still struggling with his feelings for her.

You were only just out of reach
The singer expresses the feeling that his ex is almost attainable, but not quite.

But when I got up close
After approaching his ex, he realizes something is different.

And I saw her face, I knew it couldn't be so, no, no
Upon seeing his ex's face up close, the singer realizes that things have irrevocably changed and they will not be able to get back together.

I'm going to get on my boat and sail away
The singer is ready to move on from his old life, and looks to escape the town in search of a new beginning.

I'm going to read a little Shakespeare
The singer will read a bit of Shakespeare to try and cleanse himself from his romantic feelings.

And get her out of my head
The singer is trying to move on from his ex-partner and forget about her.

It doesn't matter any more
The singer is ready to let his ex-partner go and move on with his life.

I'm going to miss her just a little bit
Despite his best efforts, the singer knows he will miss his ex-partner at least somewhat.