pile of possums
Fireside Reflections: Love Lost, Broken Phones, and Midnight Letters
Lyrics
There’s a pile of possums in the fireplace
There's a collection of possums in the fireplace.
Maybe I’m going blind
The speaker may be losing their eyesight.
They’re playing dead like firewood
The possums are pretending to be dead, resembling firewood.
There’s a fire burning in the Old Fourth Ward
There's a fire burning in the Old Fourth Ward.
Maybe I’m going blind
The speaker may be losing their eyesight (repeated).
It’s the Fourth, they’re fireworks.
On the Fourth, there are fireworks.
Maybe you’re not standing on my front porch waiting for me
Perhaps someone is not waiting on the speaker's front porch.
No front door knocking over the silence of Psalms turning
No one is knocking on the front door, disturbing the silence of Psalms turning.
Maybe I’m hallucinating about the way that I thought it would go
The speaker may be having hallucinations about unfulfilled expectations.
Woah-u-woah
Expression of emotion, possibly frustration or surprise.
There’s no Chinese Takeout on the road home anymore
No Chinese takeout is available on the road home anymore.
Gemma’s got a broken phone, but I hear mine ringing even when she’s gone, and I
Gemma has a broken phone, but the speaker hears their own ringing even when Gemma is absent.
Fell in love on the fortieth of June in the fourteenth hour of a twelve hour Harry Potter Marathon sitting with you
The speaker fell in love on a fictional date during a Harry Potter Marathon.
Maybe you’re not sending me another letter that I better go and open up
There may be an unopened letter from someone.
No conversation, it’s the competition of our text game blowing up
Communication is reduced to a competitive text game.
Into me hallucinating about the way that I thought it would go
The speaker is hallucinating about unfulfilled expectations (repeated).
Woah-u-woah
Expression of emotion, possibly frustration or surprise (repeated).
There’s a breeze blowing in
There's a breeze coming in.
Complementary from Antarctica
The breeze is complimentary and from Antarctica.
There’s a brood of vipers in the backyard
There's a group of vipers in the backyard.
But Patrick’s on a redeye from Ireland
Patrick is returning from Ireland on a redeye flight.
Maybe you’re not coming home no more, no fire burning
Someone may not be returning home, and there's no fire burning.
No complementary compliments from me
No complimentary compliments are given by the speaker.
Cause I’m hallucinating about the way that I thought it would go
The speaker is hallucinating about unfulfilled expectations (repeated).
Woah-u-woah
Expression of emotion, possibly frustration or surprise (repeated).
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