On Your Mind
Noah Floersch Lyrics

In comparison to the City of Paris
You, the listener, are being compared to the City of Paris

You lie like the city of lights and
You lie just like the City of Paris is famously associated with lights

You fight like my parents
You argue like my parents do

About who and what and when
You argue about various topics and details

And you barely even shared it
You didn't even share your thoughts and feelings with the artist

Goodnight to the pretty old sky
The singer is saying goodnight to the beautiful old sky

And goodnight to the terrace
The singer is saying goodnight to the terrace where they spent time with the listener

Where we knew what we had been
The terrace held memories of what the artist and the listener had been

And your mind is just like theirs is
The listener's mind is like the parents' mentioned earlier

To die, what a pity to die without
It's sad to die without experiencing everything you left behind

Getting to cherish all the things you left behind
The importance of cherishing the past is being highlighted

And I know you know what fair is
The artist believes the listener understands what is fair

So why do you sit there and cry like you might
The singer is questioning why the listener is crying

Have to bear this, like you'd even have to try?
The singer is pointing out that the listener doesn't have to bear this alone

I know for a fact I'm on your mind, like all the time,
The singer is confident they are on the listener's mind all the time

And when you get back to being fine, then I'm your guy
The artist wants to be the person the listener turns to when they feel better

In the valley there's a river that moves like a snake,
The artist is describing the way a river moves in a valley

How it glides and it slithers away in a
The river moves smoothly and gracefully

Way that makes it seem to only grow bigger
The river seems to grow larger as it moves

There's a boat upon this river that came from the lake and she's
The artist is describing a boat on the river that came from a lake

Headed away for the winter and
The boat is leaving for the winter

Freezing and I'd be most pleased to go with her
The artist wants to go with the boat and its passengers

But it seems like I am stuck on you and you are stuck
The singer feels they are stuck on the listener and the listener is stuck on them

On me. I don't know what to do 'cause you did this to me
The artist doesn't know what to do because their feelings for the listener were caused by the listener

Oh, in comparison to the city of paris
The song repeats the first line to emphasize the comparison to the City of Paris