Crabwalk
Crabwalk Through Life's Stormy Seas
Lyrics
He reels around the nightclub
Describing someone staggering or moving unsteadily in the nightclub.
like the hubcaps off of a car
Comparing the person's movement to hubcaps from a crashed car.
That just crashed into a sign that said
Imagery of a car crash and a sign pointing to the nightclub.
"This way to the nightclub."
Suggesting a chaotic path leading to the nightclub.
He says you ain't worth a dime
Expressing the person's low value or worth.
to his life support systems
Life support systems imply the person is barely holding on.
They still keep him talking
Despite challenges, the person is still communicating.
on the chance that he'll say something
Hoping for a meaningful utterance from the struggling individual.
Don't you feel the decks rolling
Suggesting a sense of instability or turmoil.
I think that we're on a stormy sea
Metaphorically on a stormy sea, facing difficulties.
I'm having trouble keeping down the light that I've stolen
Struggling to keep hold of something valuable taken or achieved.
He said, "Come on and do the crabwalk with me."
Invitation to join in a symbolic dance, perhaps representing hardship.
He's just trying to breathe some new life into the jukebox
Trying to revitalize something, possibly the music or life itself.
But it doesn't take his crap it just keeps on staring back
The jukebox remains indifferent to the person's efforts.
And the quarters that he pours down its throat
Coins inserted into the jukebox as an attempt to influence it.
Well they're just starting to get his goat
The jukebox's resistance begins to irritate the person.
The song plays, "I gave you everything and I never got anything back."
Lyrics from the jukebox expressing a sense of unreciprocated giving.
Don't you feel the decks rolling
Reiteration of the feeling of instability or turmoil.
I think that we're on a stormy sea
Continuing the metaphor of navigating through stormy waters.
I'm having trouble keeping down the light that I've stolen
Struggling to maintain possession of acquired light, symbolic of positivity.
He said, "Come on and do the crabwalk with me."
Repeating the invitation to engage in a challenging dance.
He went fishing in the ocean
Using fishing as a metaphor for seeking something valuable.
and all he got was a couple of tires
Only obtaining something worthless and emotional.
And they came up dripping with emotion
Suggesting deceitfulness or exaggeration, common in fishermen's stories.
And you know how fisherman are liars
Casting doubt on the truthfulness of the obtained emotions.
The five hundred thousand dollar country guitar sits at home sad and lonely
A valuable possession is left neglected and unhappy.
No one has any pity for the life of the party
No sympathy for the person who was once the center of attention.
Don't you feel the decks rolling
Reiteration of the sense of instability or turmoil.
I think that we're on a stormy sea
Continuing the metaphor of navigating through stormy waters.
He's having trouble keeping down the light that he's stolen
The person struggles to keep hold of acquired positivity or light.
He said, "Come on and do the crabwalk with me."
Repeating the invitation to engage in a challenging dance.
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