Prufrock
Echoes of Desire: Black Bordello's Enigmatic Prufrock
Lyrics
Well we should wait in the valley of descending time.
Expressing the idea of waiting in a period of declining time.
You should go at my command
Commanding someone to go on a task.
And tell your mother, so she knows you're not coming home,
Instructing to inform one's mother about not returning home.
Though you know you'll be round again!
A paradoxical statement suggesting the inevitability of returning.
Mine is bigger than yours -
Claiming superiority or advantage over someone.
I've got everybody fighting over my love.
Boasting about having many admirers and competitors for love.
Buys you dinner tonight,
Highlighting the ability to provide luxuries, despite potential issues.
Even though his money crumbles into the mud.
Despite financial troubles, maintaining influence and desirability.
Who's the winner?
Posing a question about who ultimately benefits or wins.
I don't want it,
Repeatedly expressing a lack of desire for something.
I don't want it,
-I don't want it, no no.
-Heads get dimmer,
Suggesting a decline or deterioration in mental clarity.
Didn't want it,
Contrasting previous desires and outcomes, highlighting a disconnect.
Now I've got it,
-That's not it at all...
-What shall she wear to prepare for descending time?
Pondering what someone should wear in preparation for a challenging time.
What shall she sing to him
Considering appropriate attire, with a hint of degradation by others.
As the Footman holds her coat?
-Pretty white dress,
-Soiled by the hands of the shirtsleeve men.
-She speaks with none of them yet knows them all.
Observing and understanding people without engaging with them.
Hers is bigger than mine,
Comparing the size or significance of personal belongings.
Can I buy another just to save my love?
Contemplating purchasing affection or loyalty.
Lipstick cigarette butts
Describing remnants of a relationship scattered and degraded.
Scattered in the forest, crumbled into the mud.
-Who's is bigger?
Pondering the importance or size of something.
Didn't want it,
Reiterating a lack of desire for a certain outcome.
Now I got it,
-I don't want it, no no.
-Heads get dimmer,
-I don't want it,
-Didn't get it,
-That's not it at all...
-His cologne smells like the pine.
Describing sensory experiences and a potential violent turn.
Strange fruit handed in time.
-Murmurs into the mud,
-Mouth opens - in comes the blood.
-Eyes so wide,
Expressing contradictory feelings of wisdom and unwanted knowledge.
I never wanted what I know
-But I'm so wise,
-I put my face on and come and go.
-Then shall I rip out your face
Pondering a drastic action and its consequences.
And show it to you?
-Then shall I know?
-"That's a wrap, folks! You can go."
-Mine is bigger than yours,
Repeating the theme of not wanting something despite others' interest.
I've got everybody fighting over my love,
-Buys you dinner tonight,
-I don't want it!
-I don't want it!
-I don't want it!
-(With your)
Introducing a transition or connection to the following lines.
Eyes so wide,
Repeating earlier lines with a slightly altered context.
I never wanted what I know
-But I'm so wise,
-I put my face on and come and go.
-Then shall I rip out your face
-And show it to you?
-Then shall I know?
-"That's a wrap, folks! You can go."
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