Lonely (2017)
Full of dreams
Look baby either love is blind
Or nothing's there, because
I can't see the forest from the tree
The water from the sea
And I was starting to believe
But it's a forest full of dreams
I smoke a forest full of weed
And call it what I see
And when you leave I hope you know
You bring this forest to his leaves
Wayne goes deep with the metaphors on this one, so I needed some extra time to take it all in.
The first couplet is the last part of the previous flow, but it's also the beginning of the whole theme that follows, so it was a bit of an awkward but necessary cut. It sets up the two options for how the relationship might proceed, and allows him to explore a possible positive outcome.
Then we go completely abstract and metaphorical. He uses the image of a forest multiple times, but each time it's meant to stand for something different, and represents a different idea. The forest/tree and water/sea lines might be the most complicated. What I'm getting from them is something like a singular/plural comparison, which in my mind translates to him not being able to see anything in his current girl that differentiates her from all the others. Then, the forest (of women) takes on new meaning as a world of illusions and dreams that he needs to wake up from before they lead him further down the wrong path.
The forest full of weed is fairly self-explanatory as far as imagery goes, but the main message I think is that he gets so high that he goes and tells her what he's thinking. Usually a bad idea. She ends up leaving after he breaks the news to her that she's not special, but the torturous part is that he doesn't actually want her to leave. The last forest metaphor is for himself as a man, and the image of falling leaves is a stand-in for him falling to his knees once he's alone again.
Powerful stuff. A good break from the violence.