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These lyrics are an adaptation from a play written by Shakespeare. The play is quite long and at times hard to read. So, I gave up and read the cliff notes. I tried to capture the spirit of the tragedy. It is not word for word. And I made a lot of changes. It was that wonderful name he gave to the main character that intrigued me, Othello. What a great name. Also, in writing these lyrics, I thought about how humans recall things. We remember events by experiencing them with our senses. Have you ever smelled something and immediately remembered an event that smelled like that? Roses smell like my high school prom. Vanilla smells like Christmas. Sounds also can send us back in time. Loud bangs put me in a warzone. Lawnmowers remind me of summer. You get the picture. Enjoy.

A wistful song sung about a first love, someone with whom the singer will probably never lock eyes again but will always remember.

Saddened by the impending end of a relationship, the singer longs to go back to the days of "first impressions" when there was no much to lose and everything to gain.

A wistful post-breakup song in which a man expresses regret for going through his former relationship like a movie, projecting ideals on his partner rather than accepting her exactly as she was.

When people confide in you, you see and hear all sorts of things. Some good some bad. You can try to help, but if the people themselves aren't willing to accept your help and change, you are just left with a person using you to cope. A free therapist with no boundaries. They suck the life out of you, with the cost of your kindness.