Poop Soup
Navigating Life's Cruelty: American Cheese's Poetic Reflection
Lyrics
I don't know if I can hold
The speaker is uncertain about maintaining a connection.
Onto you for very long
Expresses doubt about holding on for an extended period.
I may be not so strong under pressure
Admits personal vulnerability under pressure.
If it pleases the crowd
Suggests a desire to please the audience or society.
I would like to leave somehow
Expresses a wish to depart from the current situation.
I'd like to leave right now and come back later
Desires an immediate departure with intentions to return later.
Time has been too cruel
Reflects on the cruelty of time.
Turns a man into a fool
Time's impact on turning someone into a fool is acknowledged.
Turned his youth into a memory
Describes how time transforms youth into memories.
By the time we're done
Suggests that enjoyment diminishes by the end.
It's already lost its fun
Implies that the fun is lost by the conclusion.
So why don't you just come and let me down?
Invites someone to disappoint or reject the speaker.
It's a shame to see her name
Expresses sadness about a woman's name being forgotten and abused.
Forgotten yet abused
Comments on the loss of something significant in the past.
We lost it in the news long ago
Suggests that the loss occurred a long time ago and was reported in the news.
Who's to say she's to blame?
Questions the blame placed on a woman for similar feelings.
For how she felt the same
Acknowledges her shared emotions but questions their legitimacy.
How she took her fear away and hid it nowhere
Describes how she concealed her fear without leaving a trace.
TIme has been too cruel
Reiterates the cruelty of time.
Kicks your legs from under you
Describes a negative impact, kicking one's legs out from under them.
Leaves you buried in the dirt
Depicts a bleak outcome, being buried in the dirt.
By the time we're done
Repeats the idea that the enjoyment diminishes by the end.
It's already lost its fun
States that the fun is lost by the conclusion.
So why don't you just come and let me down?
Repeats the invitation for someone to let the speaker down.
What's the deal with all these
Questions the prevalence of power fantasies.
Power fantasies
Addresses the theme of fantasies related to control over time.
About how time will just bow down to me
Expresses a desire for time to submit to the speaker.
If I could easily
If the speaker could, they would easily forget troubling thoughts.
Forget about these things
Describes internal erosion caused by certain thoughts.
That erode us from the inside out
Reflects on the destructive nature of internal struggles.
I'd never speak again
Expresses a willingness to stop speaking if able to overcome internal challenges.
Time has been too cruel
Reiterates the cruelty of time.
Turns a man into a fool
Repeats the impact of time, turning someone into a fool.
Turned his youth into a memory
Reiterates how youth becomes a memory over time.
By the time we're done
Restates the idea that enjoyment diminishes by the end.
It's already lost its fun
Reiterates that the fun is lost by the conclusion.
So why don't you just come and let me down?
Repeats the invitation for someone to let the speaker down.
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