Secret Family
Unveiling Hidden Lives: Cymbals Eat Guitars' Secret Family Revelations
Lyrics
Up over the queasy glossed acre of scrub pine 'hind your house
Observation of a desolate area with scrub pine behind the house.
Through the glass of the sliding door it passes now without sound
A quiet passage through a sliding glass door without making a sound.
Leave my clothes in a heap on the floor
Leaving clothes in disarray on the floor.
Collapse into bed
Collapse into bed, possibly indicating exhaustion or emotional fatigue.
The world's dead lid sagging green-black and pregnant
Describing a lifeless world with a heavy, dark atmosphere.
Still it's a fatuous wish to be blank and brand-new
An unrealistic desire to start anew, devoid of emotions.
Noticing motion in this sick and sprawling splendor
Noting movement in the unsettling and vast beauty of the surroundings.
Spilling guts
Expression of intense emotional distress or revelation.
Motes were clouds in spokes of shivering sun
Imagery of particles resembling clouds in the spokes of the sun.
The life to come, the life to come
Reference to an anticipated future, possibly with a sense of hope.
You snorted up an orgasm times twenty
Graphic description of a drug-induced experience.
Then one day you can't turn the shower on
A sudden inability to perform a simple task, like turning on the shower.
Look down
An instruction to look down, suggesting self-reflection.
All your birthmarks and scars are gone
Alluding to the disappearance of personal marks and experiences.
Skin pink and virgin
Describing rejuvenated, untouched skin or a metaphorical rebirth.
A burn victim
Comparing the rejuvenated state to a burn victim, possibly hinting at trauma.
What you sloughed off found cold in your bed and mourned
Something discarded is mourned in bed, suggesting regret or loss.
Before ever trying weed
Reflecting on a time before trying marijuana.
Before the blind opioid glow
Reflecting on a time before experiencing the effects of opioids.
He loved his secret family
Revealing the existence of a hidden or secret family.
And what a pain
Expressing the difficulty or burden of hiding one's emotions.
Hiding dilation
Concealing one's emotions, possibly related to dilation of the eyes.
Unnatural brightness
Referring to an unnatural brightness associated with secrecy.
From the corner store clerk
The challenge of hiding emotions from a store clerk.
Who never looked up
A clerk who never looks up, emphasizing the hidden nature of emotions.
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