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What does it mean?
The speaker questions if spring is a sleep or a new beginning for lovers.
In plain terms
Spring feels like a new start for love, not just repeating the past.
What can you take from it?
New beginnings feel like awakening rather than repetition.

Where it applies

  • seasonal change
  • romantic renewal

Putting it to work

  • seeing spring as fresh start

Questions to consider

  • Do you see seasons as resetting your life?

Another view

It romanticizes the idea that love always restarts cleanly.

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