St. Jude of the Floors
St. Jude of the Floors: A Nightly Ode to Sacrifice and Dreams
Lyrics
I'll wake you up in the morning,
I will wake you up in the morning.
When I'm coming home from last night
Describing returning home from the previous night.
I hope it won't be a problem
Expressing hope that waking up won't be an issue.
I'm hoping that's not a problem
Reiterating the hope that waking up is not a problem.
Cause I've been working this job all night
Referencing working throughout the night at a job.
Cleaning floors until sunrise
Describing the labor of cleaning floors until sunrise.
Imagining what life looks like
Imagining what life looks like based on the messes found the next night.
From the messes I find next night
Reflecting on the challenges of the job.
St. Jude martyr of all the floors
Reference to St. Jude as a martyr of all the floors.
Forever, forever and more
Emphasizing the enduring nature of St. Jude's role.
Is there some kind of divine light
Pondering the existence of a divine light associated with cleaning.
That shines in the cleaning pine
Speculating on a divine light connected to cleaning pine.
St Jude martyr of all the floors
Reiteration of St. Jude's martyrdom in the context of cleaning floors.
With a mop and a crown of thorns
Depicting St. Jude with a mop and a crown of thorns.
A sacrifice in the night
Describing the sacrifice made during the night cleaning.
Never seen by those who live in daylight
Highlighting the anonymity of the sacrifice to those in daylight.
St Jude of the floors...
Repetition of St. Jude of the floors as a central theme.
Have you ever been to country?
Asking if the listener has ever been to the country.
I heard the summers there get pretty.
Referring to the reputation of summers in the country.
I overhear them in the city
Overhearing conversations about the country in the city.
But I hardly think past next week
Expressing limited consideration for the future.
There's something in a thing like duty
Highlighting the impact of duty on an individual.
They say it brings about humility
Suggesting that duty brings about humility.
Or it might be in the water
Speculating on the influence of water on duty.
There's probably something in the water
Suggesting a connection between duty and water.
St. Jude martyr of all the floors
Reiteration of St. Jude's role as a martyr of floors.
Forever, forever and more
Emphasizing the perpetual nature of St. Jude's role.
Is there some kind of divine light
Repeating the inquiry about a divine light.
That shines in the cleaning pine
Reiterating the idea of a divine light in cleaning pine.
St Jude martyr of all the floors
Restating St. Jude's role with a mop and a crown of thorns.
With a mop and a crown of thorns
Reiterating the sacrifice made in the night.
A sacrifice in the night
Highlighting the hidden nature of the sacrifice.
Never seen by those who live in daylight
Repetition of St. Jude of the floors as a central theme.
St Jude of the floors...
Continued emphasis on St. Jude as a figure associated with floors.
So wake me up in the evening
Shifting to a request to be woken up in the evening.
When sunlight stretches cross the ceiling
Describing the sunlight stretching across the ceiling.
The only sound is our breathing
Emphasizing the intimacy of shared breathing sounds.
As you lay your head beside me
Describing laying heads together in the evening.
In the twilight I'll be leaving
Anticipating departure in the twilight.
But for now we are still dreaming
Acknowledging the current state of dreaming together.
In the stillness we are dreaming
Reiterating the theme of dreaming in the stillness.
Of a place that needs no cleaning
Expressing a vision of a place that requires no cleaning.
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