Logan's Run
Logan's Run: Unraveling the Dark Tapestry of Modern Despair
Lyrics
Be strong and you will be renewed
Encouragement to be resilient and find renewal through strength.
I was raised in a tragedy by slaves
Describes a difficult upbringing in a tragic environment dominated by oppression (slaves).
Where kids are drug addicts or
Highlights the prevalence of drug addiction among young people.
They are bored and lazy still
Portrays a community characterized by boredom and laziness.
I return to my home town and
Returning to the hometown feels somber, akin to attending a funeral.
It's just like going to a funeral
Emphasizes the pervasive sense of death or decline in the hometown.
And all of them are dying in love
Suggests that people in the town are experiencing love in a way that leads to their demise.
With paradise idle conversation makes
Idle conversations about paradise contribute to a false sense of wisdom.
Them wise did you hear the one about
Introduces a joke about Greg, highlighting the fragility of life.
Greg a rare talent he was unsung until
Greg's talent goes unrecognized until a significant setback.
The blow came no one really dies they
Suggests that death is not always literal; people experience metaphorical deaths through setbacks.
Just get fired our legacy to retire
Reflects on the concept of losing jobs as a part of the human legacy.
Young and all of them are drowning the
Describes a young generation drowning in apathy.
Waves of apathy trust fund junkies slamming
Depicts trust fund recipients causing destruction, possibly due to lack of purpose.
The debris it's a dream identify now and then
Reflects on the dreamlike quality of identifying with a specific time, contrasting past and present.
I miss her masochistic hands fulfilling
Mentions missing the hands of someone who was masochistic (enjoying pain).
Empty plans and all of us
Refers to making empty plans and the collective behavior of the group.
Our lying on golden shores of greed
Everyone is lying on shores of greed, possibly reflecting on a superficial and materialistic society.
We're dead by thirty dead by thirty
Reiterates the theme of premature death, emphasizing a deadline of thirty years.
Dead in daydream
Reinforces the idea of being dead in a daydream, possibly referencing a life lived in illusions or unfulfilled dreams.
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