Zephyr, Oceanid, Ember, Gaea

The signal is subtle
We pass just close enough to touch
No questions, no answers
We know by now to say enough
With only simple words
With only subtle turns
The things we feel alone for one anotherThere is a secret that we keep
I won’t sleep if you won’t sleep
Because tonight may be the last chance we’ll be given
We are compelled to do what we must do
We are compelled to do what we have been forbidden

So I won’t sleep if you won’t sleep tonight

Our act of defiance
We keep this secret in our blood
No paper or letters
We pass just close enough to touch
We love in secret names
We hide within our veins
The things that keep us bound to one another

There is a secret that we keep
I won’t sleep if you won’t sleep
Because tonight may be the last chance we’ll be given
We are compelled to do what we must do
We are compelled to do what we have been forbidden

Until the last resilient hope
Is frozen deep inside my bones
And this broken fate has claimed me
And my memories for its own
Your name is pounding through my veins
Can’t you hear how it is sung?
And I can taste you in my mouth
Before the words escape my lungs
And I’ll whisper only once…

There is a secret that we keep
I won’t sleep if you won’t sleep
Because tonight may be the last chance we’ll be given
We are compelled to do what we have to
We are compelled to do what we have been forbidden

‘Cause you will be somebody’s girl
And you will keep each other warm
But tonight I am feeling cold

- Dashboard Confessional, Dusk and Summer

I absolutely adore this song. After 182 times of hearing it over and over again (Okay so it may not be the exact number of times I heard it but 182 is such a cute number, at least for me. But I do listen to it before I go to sleep along with my Peter Cetera songs…hahaha!! don’t tell anyone!), I finally understood it. In the beginning, I fancied this song because I thought this line is so cute, “We pass just close enough to touch“. Not really cute, more like along the lines of being romantic…Really now…Gag me! hahaha But like I said, after deciphering the song, I realized that this song is about secret lovers. SECRET LOVERS!!!! It reminds me of this person I know. And no I am not his “secret” other half. And if you happen to read this, you know who you are! And do not give me the “I-do-not-know-what-you-are-talking-about” crap! I can see it in your eyes whenever you look at her! (hmmm…so much for being subtle!)

 And for the cliff hanger part, that reason I wrote above is not entirely the reason why I love the song. I love it for reasons I cannot afford to mention in here. Cyberworld or not.