Evergreen Avenue
Evergreen Avenue's Poignant Tale: Self-Reflection Amidst Life's Trials
Lyrics
One thing I can rely on is my distorted image
Expressing reliance on a distorted self-perception.
Wiped the slate clean don't feel any better
Despite starting anew, there's no improvement in emotional state.
Directed right to the trenches
Heading directly into difficult situations or challenges.
Isn't that right?
Questioning and seeking confirmation.
I wavered into the deep end
Entering a challenging or risky situation.
What you asked I'd never find
Unable to find what was requested or expected.
Never noticed how slow cars go
Observing the slowness of passing cars.
Squeaky shoes run across the road
Noticing the sound of shoes running on the road.
All I hear is what is in it for me
Perceiving a self-centered focus in external voices.
Why do I care I'll be buried in evergreen
Indifferent about personal well-being, anticipating burial in evergreen.
In a cloudy afternoon. On the avenue
Setting the scene on a cloudy afternoon, on the avenue.
Rusted swings and fallen cliffs
Describing a setting with deteriorating elements like rusted swings and fallen cliffs.
Not much you could've did
Reflecting on limited options or actions that could have been taken.
I was made to stand here
Feeling destined or compelled to stand in a particular position.
I was made to lie here... plummet off
Being compelled to lie down and metaphorically "plummet off."
Plummet off
Repeatedly emphasizing the act of plummeting off, suggesting a significant fall or decline.
Plummet off
-Plummet off
-Want to save myself but I'm slipping underwater
Expressing a struggle to save oneself from slipping into difficulties.
How does it feel to know you broke your daughter
Asking about the emotional impact of realizing one has hurt their own daughter.
Conditioned me to be a lamb addicted to slaughter
Describing a conditioning to be submissive or docile, addicted to self-destruction.
Toxins are greedy I don't even bother
Ignoring harmful influences or substances that are insatiable.
To turn it off
Expressing a desire to turn off or escape from negative influences.
In a cloudy afternoon. On the avenue
Repeating the scene and emotions, reinforcing the intensity of the experience of plummeting off.
Rusted swings and fallen cliffs
-Not much you could've did
-I was made to stand here
-I was made to lie here... plummet off
-Plummet off
-Plummet off
-Plummet off
Final repetition of the theme of plummeting off, concluding the narrative.
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