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Latest post Tue, Apr 15 2008 8:07 AM by Englishsz. 2 replies.
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Englishsz  +  500870 Tue, 15 Apr 08 04:05 AM

You packed your last two bags.
A taxi's 'round the bend.
You used to laugh out loud,
But you can't remember when.
You lost your lies.
It's like your moving out of time,
And the whole word
crumbles right beneath you.

How to understand the red text?

You lost you lies  - You had no more excuses?

It's like your moving out of time - a time travel?

the whole world crumbles right beneath you - something happens when you travel through time?
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Avangi  +  500905 Tue, 15 Apr 08 06:22 AM

You never know for sure with poetry.  Not much help, I'm afraid.

The first stanza is in rhymed couplets of three-foot iambic, while the red stanza neither rhymes nor scans.  Maybe that helps represent that the rhythm of your life has suddenly been disrupted.

Should be, "you're moving out of time."  Typo?    word = world?  (okay, I see your correction.)

"Excuses" works for me," but I believe "time travel" is wrong.   I think it's "out of time" in the music/dance sense, particularly in view of the abrupt change from a stanza which is "in time" to one in blank verse.
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Englishsz  +  500938 Tue, 15 Apr 08 08:07 AM

You packed your last two bags.
A taxi's 'round the bend.
You used to laugh out loud,
But you can't remember when.
You lost your lies.
It's like your moving out of time,
And the whole word crumbles right beneath you.

So, I might've made a few mistakes,
But that was back when you would smile,
And we would go everywhere,
But we ain't been there for awhile.
And this I know,
There's a place that we can go-
A place where I can finally let you know.

'Cause I'm the one that loves you lately.
You and me, we got this great thing.
We're the only one's that around,
We're the only one's that around this Babylon.

I hope you find whatever you've been lookin' for.
Just remember where you're from and who you are,
'Cause there's a thousand lights that'll make you feel brand new,
But if you ever lose your way, I'll leave one on for you.

'Cause I'm the one that loves you lately.
You and me, we got this great thing.
So, come back, get here, sit down. Relax.
Everything's to see that you've come a long, long way,
And it's the place that you should be.

'Cause I'm the one that loves you lately.
You and me, we got this great thing.
'Cause I'm the one that loves you lately.
You and me, we got this great thing.
And we're the only one's that around,
We're the only one's that around this Babylon.

--

Full text from www.lyrics.com. <Love you lately> by Daniel Powter.
Englishsz
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