Independence Day
Independence Day: Embracing Change and Leaving the Past Behind
Lyrics
Well Papa go to bed now it's getting late
Encouraging someone, possibly a father, to go to bed as it's late.
Nothing we can say is gonna change anything now
Acceptance that nothing said now can alter the current situation.
I'll be leaving in the morning from Saint Mary's Gate
Expressing departure from a place called Saint Mary's Gate in the morning.
We wouldn't change this thing even if we could somehow
Emphasizing the inevitability of their current circumstance.
'Cause the darkness of this house has got the best of us
Describing a pervasive darkness in the house affecting the speaker.
There's a darkness in this town that's got us too
Highlighting a darkness in the town affecting the community.
But they can't touch me now
Asserting personal immunity from external influences.
And you can't touch me now
Reiterating the speaker's invulnerability to external forces.
They ain't gonna do to me
Declaring resilience against external threats.
What I watched them do to you
Referencing a past event of harm done to someone close.
So say goodbye it's Independence Day
Announcing a farewell, symbolizing a personal declaration of independence.
It's Independence Day
Reinforcing the idea of Independence Day as a significant moment.
All down the line
Extending the sentiment of saying goodbye on Independence Day.
Just say goodbye it's Independence Day
Repeating the call for farewell on Independence Day.
It's Independence Day this time
Emphasizing the significance of this particular Independence Day.
Now I don't know what it always was with us
Reflecting on the past, uncertainty about the relationship.
We chose the words, and yeah, we drew the lines
Acknowledging the role of words and boundaries in their relationship.
There was just no way this house could hold the two of us
Expressing the impossibility of coexistence in the same space.
I guess that we were just too much of the same kind
Recognizing similarities that led to the downfall of the relationship.
Well say goodbye it's Independence Day
Repeating the farewell motif, tying it to Independence Day.
It's Independence Day all boys must run away
Declaring a general need for all boys to leave on Independence Day.
So say goodbye it's Independence Day
Repeating the call for farewell, now for all men on Independence Day.
All men must make their way come Independence Day
Emphasizing the universal need for individuals to find their way on Independence Day.
Now the rooms are all empty down at Frankie's joint
Describing emptiness at Frankie's joint, symbolizing changes in the community.
And the highway she's deserted down to Breaker's Point
Depicting a deserted highway to Breaker's Point, signifying a mass exodus.
There's a lot of people leaving town now
Observing people leaving town, leaving behind their familiar lives.
Leaving their friends, their homes
Highlighting the isolation of those who choose to walk away.
At night they walk that dark and dusty highway all alone
Describing a lonely journey on a dark and dusty highway.
Well Papa go to bed now it's getting late
Repeating the initial lines, indicating a cyclical nature of events.
Nothing we can say can change anything now
Reiterating the inability to change the current situation.
Because there's just different people coming down here now
Noting the arrival of different people with varied perspectives.
And they see things in different ways
Anticipating a shift in the community's values and viewpoints.
And soon everything we've known will just be swept away
Predicting the imminent sweeping away of everything known.
So say goodbye it's Independence Day
Repeating the farewell motif, tying it to Independence Day once again.
Papa now I know the things you wanted that you could not say
Addressing unspoken desires of the father, expressing understanding.
But won't you just say goodbye it's Independence Day
Repeating the call for farewell, emphasizing the inevitability of parting.
I swear I never meant to take those things away
Swearing that the speaker never intended to cause harm or take things away.
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