J-Boy
Phoenix Lyrics

Something in the middle of the side of the store Got your attention you would ask for more
Something caught your eye in the store and you were intrigued enough to want to explore it further.

I was excited to be part of your world To belong, to be lost To be mostly the two of us
I felt elated when I shared your world where we felt comfortable with each other and were happy being just the two of us.

Something I was stealing for no reason at all They hang me higher than a disco ball But you talked them into letting me go It's no Picasso, Michelangelo
I stole something without any reason and was punished heavily for it, but you managed to convince them to let me go. It was not something significant or extraordinary, just a trivial item.

Something bout the jewels you wear Shiny shiny bangles on your wrists And at the masquerade ball You feel trapped in a vault, in an empty aquarium
Your precious jewelry seems to complement you well, but at the masquerade ball, you feel imprisoned amidst an empty surrounding like a vault or a waterless aquarium.

If suddenly you're out of the woods Then inside of an alley you're out of words Well I thought it was radium at first
If you think you have overcome a difficult situation, then you are completely speechless and clueless when faced with another unexpected problem. Initially, I thought it was something that could act as a source of light.

Just because of you These things I have to go through Is it so bad? Is it so true? Is it still you?
Everything I face is due to you. Is it unfortunate that I have to endure it all? Is it really because of you, or am I mistaken?

Some things they don't matter till they matter to you They stole that money from a homeless girl The truth is we're all to blame There are lies and moral consequences
At times, things that were insignificant before become valued only when they directly affect you. Someone robbed a homeless girl of her money, and we all carry a share of responsibility for it. Lies and immoral actions have implications and outcomes.

We started at the end of the line To end up giving up to a couple, who care? When you talked me into letting you go No more coral on the atoll
We began at the end of the queue or bottom and ended up losing to someone else. When you asked me to release you, my world crumpled like the coral reefs that need conservation.

Something about how hard you learned Kamikaze in a hopeless world Do you remember the last time you laughed And I laughed and you left and I left?
You probably had a tough learning experience, like a suicidal mission in a hopeless world. Do you recall the last moment when we laughed together, then both of us parted ways?

Send me on the lonely other side of the world With a couple of guys and no alphabet Put two and two together, we'll make it last forever
Send me away to the far, deserted, and remote corner of the globe with a few strangers, and with no language in common. But, let's figure it out and form a lasting bond.

It's more than that we're chained And there's no one else to blame for us two
Our bond is stronger than just an affiliation or attraction. We are committed to each other and cannot accuse anyone else for the difficulties we face.