Coldest Day of the Year
Embracing Shadows: A Tale of Desperation and Choices
Lyrics
In a pretty sane reaction to a stone-cold month of Mondays
In a sensible response to a very challenging month of Mondays
In a parking lot adjacent to the off-ramp for the freeway
In a parking lot next to the exit for the freeway
The moon was dancing in the clouds
The moon was moving gracefully among the clouds
The wind was playing on the trees
The wind was creating music with the trees
With a tube stuck through the window
A tube inserted through the window
It's as easy as one, two, three
An action described as straightforward or effortless
With a tube stuck through the window
Repetition of line 5, emphasizing the act
He stuck by his decision to asphyxiate his fears
He remained committed to ending his fears by suffocation
On the coldest day of the year
On the most frigid day of the year
The mind keeps drifting backwards toward the formative years
The mind reflects on the earlier, influential years
(With nausea, not nostalgia). Bells are ringing in the years
Experiencing discomfort, not nostalgia; memories resurface
The temptation to homogenize
The urge to make everything uniform
the compulsion to submerge
The urge to submerge or hide
Beneath a quantity of beer
Under the influence of a considerable amount of beer
Depression and detention and a rock to let off tension
Feelings of sadness and confinement, using a rock to release tension
Carbon monoxide. Carbon monoxide
Reference to carbon monoxide, possibly as a means of escape
Pulse like a receding tide
A metaphorical description of a weakening pulse
Can't you feel it slip away?
Sensing something slipping away
The earth which fed you now consumes you
The very ground that supported you now consumes you
"No one remembers what day it was
Quoting a collective lack of memory about a specific day
But everyone knows the trouble he'd seen...
Emphasizing shared knowledge of the troubles experienced
Surface details all checked out
All external appearances seemed fine
But there was no way to know for sure or not...
Uncertainty about the truth
Split second decision...
An immediate and decisive choice
Could've made it go the other way..."
The potential for a different outcome with a split-second decision
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