Athlete on Bench
Navigating Life's Narrow Margins: Drug Church's 'Athlete on Bench' Explained
Lyrics
Atomized by being lumped in
Feeling broken down and fragmented due to being grouped or categorized.
Local anesthetic for your facelifts
Using local anesthetic as a metaphor for temporary relief or escape during cosmetic surgery.
Umbrella effect and cloudy affect
Feeling the influence of others (umbrella effect) and experiencing a hazy emotional state (cloudy affect).
Bring in managers to help you manage
Seeking help from managers to cope with life's challenges.
Up late laptop burning your thighs
Engaging in late-night activities on a laptop, possibly symbolizing a restless and unfulfilling pursuit.
searching women you stayed with
Searching for connections with women from the past.
for a week when you were nineteen
Recalling a brief encounter with a woman at the age of nineteen.
Wistful at a such young age
Feeling nostalgic and longing for the past at a young age.
future's not looking bright
Expressing a pessimistic view of the future.
It's odd the things that you survive
Reflecting on surviving unexpected challenges and experiences.
They stack and stack until you're forced to recognize:
Acknowledging accumulated difficulties that force self-awareness.
The endless stress you feel is masturbation
Suggesting that the stress experienced is self-indulgent or self-destructive.
Most times what you catch is just more cages
Highlighting that efforts often lead to more confinements or limitations.
And that villain that you fought he just reflects who you are
The antagonist faced reflects the individual's own character.
Angry ghost or quiet spirit
Describing the internal struggle as either an angry ghost or a quiet spirit.
Starved since leaving mom's tit
Feeling deprived and undernourished since leaving maternal care.
I'm living between shrinking margins
Living in a space with diminishing opportunities or resources.
I'm picking through dumpsters in the alley
Metaphorically digging through life's discarded elements in search of meaning.
The endless stress you feel is masturbation
Reiterating that the stress experienced is a self-indulgent act.
Most times what you catch is just more cages
Emphasizing that efforts often lead to more confinements or limitations.
And that villain that you fought he just reflects who you are
Reaffirming that the antagonist faced is a reflection of one's own character.
Verse pre-chorus chorus and bridge
Listing different sections of a song structure, possibly reflecting the complexity of life.
Writhing within a narrowing niche
Expressing discomfort within a narrowing and restrictive niche or environment.
Bridge chorus coda and end
Referring to various sections of a song, possibly symbolizing life stages.
I'm living between shrinking margins
Living in a space with diminishing opportunities or resources.
I'm living between shrinking margins
Reiterating the experience of living with limited opportunities or resources.
Just a year review line item
Being considered just a small part of a year in review, possibly feeling insignificant.
A forgotten bit of accounting
Describing a forgotten and overlooked aspect of one's life.
An overdraft I'm forced to balance
Comparing an overdraft to the need to balance various aspects of life.
I'm living between shrinking margins
Repeating the theme of living with shrinking margins as a concluding statement.
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