Lyrics
Listen while you read!
Setting the tone for a focused reading of the lyrics.
Pull the car over
Command to stop the car.
Throw out your clothes
Suggestive of a drastic action, discarding possessions.
The smell is disgusting
Expressing a negative reaction to a smell, possibly metaphorical.
Where does it go?
Rhetorical question pondering the destination of discarded items.
Tear down the houses
Repetition of tearing down nonexistent houses, possibly symbolic of deconstruction.
The ones that aren't there
-Tear down the houses
-Pull the car over
Reiteration of the command to stop the car.
Rise you up, tell me your story
Encouragement to share a fabricated story for judgment, blurring lines between truth and fiction.
Make it all up, I'll be the judge
-Rise you up, tell me your story
-Make it all up, I'll be the judge
-Come for a visit
Invitation to visit or stay without causing annoyance or complaint.
Come for a stay
-I won't annoy you
-I won't complain
-You can be crazy
Permission or acceptance of eccentric behavior.
Tear up all my things
Suggesting a willingness to tolerate the destruction of personal belongings.
Cut up the kitchens
Extending acceptance to even the cutting of kitchens, possibly metaphorical.
Wear all my rings
Allowing the wearing of personal rings, possibly indicating trust.
Tell me your story
Encouraging the fabrication of a story for judgment, reaffirming the role of the listener as a judge.
Make it all up
-I'll be the judge
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