Lyrics
Just look at the world around you
Directs attention to the world
Actually, no, don't look
Contradicts the instruction, suggesting avoidance of looking
Just look at the world around you
Repeats the directive to observe the world
Actually, no, don't look
Repeats the contradictory instruction against looking
But if you only knew how
Implies there's an understanding withheld
I cry foul every hour
Expresses consistent discontent or protest
Of every day
Indicates frequency (every hour of every day)
Well, I hope you've enjoyed your stay
Signals an end or departure with a touch of sarcasm
Here in the city of the dying embers
Describes a city or place in decline
The petite Terror Train that thought that it could
Refers to an insignificant or small train asserting itself
We throw the game and oh how it feels so good
Indicates deliberate loss in a competition and the pleasure derived from it
To be drunk on the field again
Describes the intoxicating feeling of being on a sports field
To be drunk on the field
Reiterates the feeling of intoxication on the field
Again
Repeats the sentiment of being intoxicated on the field
Come out, come out, wherever you are
Invitation to reveal oneself, possibly unrequited
But you don't, the dead don't come out
Asserts the absence of the dead coming back
The dead twist and shout in an invisible world
Depicts the dead expressing themselves in a different realm
The Grand Ole Opry of death is breathless
Compares death to a silent, breathless stage
Breathless
Repetition emphasizes the breathlessness and stillness of death
Breathless
-Breathless
-Breathless
-What do you do with it?
Questions pondering the use or purpose of something, potentially referring to one's actions or life decisions
For whom have you been saving?
-What do you do with it?
-For whom have you been saving?
-Oh yes you've been good to me in your way
Acknowledgment of someone's kindness or actions in their own manner
That's what I'll write about when I write about the raven
Statement of intent to write about the raven, hinting at a future creative work or expression
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