Goodbye the City
Escape the Urban Maze: Finding Solace in Goodbye the City by Archie Faulks
Lyrics
Keep your eyes staight ahead
Advising to focus forward and avoid distractions.
Don't dare to look around
Cautioning against looking around, maintaining focus.
Your peripheral vision is holding you down
Suggesting peripheral vision as a hindrance to progress.
Get distracted to easy, by a twenty pound thrill
Being easily distracted by small pleasures.
So when it comes to what's real to me I'm blurring still
Difficulty discerning reality due to distractions.
So I'm gonna lock myself away
Choosing isolation as a means of self-improvement.
And come back when I'm whole again
Planning to return when emotionally healed.
There don't seem no other way, to put down what I'm trying to say
Expressing difficulty in conveying thoughts and feelings.
So goodbye the city and society too
Bidding farewell to the city and societal influences.
Cause all that, that does is make me think of you
Linking city life to thoughts of a specific person.
And bring me fresh water, to wash myself clean
Desiring purity and renewal, metaphorically with water.
And wake me up from this miserable dream
Wanting to escape a distressing dream or situation.
On my own in the starlight, I tie orion's belt
Solitude under the starlight, using Orion's belt metaphorically.
Around the wounds and the blisters and it brings me health
Symbolically healing wounds and hardships.
Sometimes it's good to feel small, reflect yourself in the wold
Finding value in feeling small and connecting with nature.
Nothing you have will compare to all of the hurt
Emphasizing the insignificance of material possessions.
So I'm gonna drift into the the sky
Deciding to detach and observe life from a higher perspective.
And look down at the people there
Observing people from a distance, recognizing hidden truths.
Everybody has a lie, something they will never share
Highlighting the prevalence of personal secrets and lies.
Goodbye the city and society too
Reiterating the decision to leave urban life and societal norms.
Cause all that, that does is make me think of you
Connecting city life to persistent thoughts of someone.
And bring me fresh water, to wash myself clean
Seeking cleansing and renewal through metaphorical water.
And wake me up from this miserable dream
Expressing a desire to wake up from a distressing dream or reality.
Goodbye the city and society too
Repeating the farewell to the city and societal influences.
Cause all that, that does is make me think of you
Echoing the association of city life with thoughts of someone.
And bring me fresh water, to wash myself clean
Reiterating the need for cleansing and renewal.
And wake me up from this miserable dream
Expressing a desire to escape from a distressing dream or situation.
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