Marionette
Puppet Tears and Rain: Unveiling the Heartbreak in Art Garfunkel's Marionette
Lyrics
Marionette, your dress is all wet
Expressing concern about the condition of the marionette, referring to its wet dress.
Did someone leave you outside in the rain,
Questioning if someone left the marionette outside in the rain, suggesting a sense of neglect.
Or is it the pain
Suggesting the possibility that emotional pain, rather than physical rain, is affecting the marionette.
That makes all the puppet tears
Implies that the marionette sheds tears like a puppet, possibly alluding to a controlled or manipulated emotional response.
Roll down your cheek
Continuing the imagery of puppet tears and questioning if the marionette's roof leaks, blending physical and emotional elements.
Or does the roof leak?
Metaphorically questioning the marionette's vulnerability or fragility.
Marionette, how could you forget?
Expressing disappointment that the marionette forgot a warning about its varnish, indicating a sense of responsibility for its well-being.
I told you your bright shining varnish
Recalling a past warning about the vulnerability of the marionette's varnish.
Would peel
Referring to the predicted peeling of the varnish and its impact on the marionette's appearance.
And how does it feel
Pondering on the emotional experience of the marionette as its varnish peels.
With the bright rouge all faded and
Describing the physical condition of the marionette with faded rouge and a nearly cracked smile.
The smile almost cracked
Reflecting on the changed appearance of the marionette now that it has returned.
Now that you've come back?
Speculating about the marionette's return to the toy shop near Brandenburg Gate.
Back to the toy shop by Brandenburg Gate
Expressing hope that the return is not too late, suggesting a desire to repair or revive the marionette.
I hope not too late
Continuing the hope that the hands are not too stiff to repair the marionette.
'Cause my hands are much stiffer
Comparing the stiffness of the hands now to when they first painted the marionette's eyes, possibly indicating the passage of time.
Than they were when first I
Continuing the comparison of the hands, suggesting a sense of aging or wear.
Painted your eyes.
Referencing the initial creation of the marionette and the painting of its eyes.
Marionette, no you're not finished yet;
Asserting that the marionette is not finished yet, implying a commitment to restoring or repairing it.
I'll mend you and make you like new,
Expressing the intention to mend and rejuvenate the marionette, continuing the theme of care and responsibility.
Paint your eyes blue,
Describing the process of restoring the marionette by painting its eyes blue.
And make you as young as I was myself,
Expressing the desire to make the marionette youthful again, possibly symbolizing a renewal or rebirth.
And there on the shelf...
Referring to the marionette being placed on a shelf after restoration, suggesting a period of rest or display.
You'll sit till the Puppet Man
Anticipating the return of the Puppet Man, hinting at a cyclical or recurring process of creation and care.
Comes round again.
Suggesting that the marionette will wait on the shelf until the Puppet Man comes around again.
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