Small Skeletal
Unraveling the Threads of Descent
Lyrics
As they laid
Reflecting on the laying down of bones at the crossroads.
my bones down at the crossroads, I saw my ghost
Witnessing one's own ghost after making a significant decision.
sell my soul to the inferno for petrol to get home.
Selling one's soul to the inferno in exchange for petrol to return home.
Now each day
Expressing the daily deterioration, sinking into a fate similar to the father's.
I sink a bit faster into my father's fate.
Acknowledging a descent into a fate similar to the father's.
Four packs a day. Four decades straight.
Describing a long-standing habit of smoking four packs a day for four decades.
Right to an unmarked grave.
Facing an inevitable end leading to an unmarked grave.
I used to think it would sleep
Reflecting on a past belief that a particular issue or challenge would eventually be resolved or dormant.
I used to think it would sleep
-I used to think it would sleep
-As I laid
Placing a cross at the bones beneath one's feet.
My cross down at the bones beneath my feet
A mysterious encounter with someone described as having the face of a saint and the voice of sympathy.
She came. The face of a saint. The voice of a sympathy.
Revealing the comforting appearance and voice of the encountered person.
She says "The future will be devoid of weaknesses."
Quoting the person's statement about a future without weaknesses.
Free cigarettes for all the kids to make small skeletons.
Connecting the idea of a weakness-free future with providing cigarettes to children, resulting in small skeletons.
I used to think it would sleep
Reiterating the past belief in the eventual resolution or dormancy of a certain issue or challenge.
I used to think it would sleep
-I used to think it would sleep
-I used to think as I aged with time that it would shut it's eyes and just let me be.
Reflecting on the expectation that with age, a particular issue would fade away.
Then I'd seen it's designs to kill and hide deceitfully inside my skin.
Realizing the persistence and malicious intent of the issue, hiding deceitfully within.
I've been hunting it ever since.
Summarizing the continuous effort to confront and overcome the issue.
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