Here's Lookin' at You
Silver Screen Seduction: Every Time I Die's Intoxicating Tale
Lyrics
Staring at a ghost across a table set for two,
Reflecting on a spectral presence at a table set for two.
This is the last call before the credits roll.
Describing the final moments before the end of a story or event.
The charm of silver screen depression saturated in alcohol.
Depicting the allure of cinematic sadness combined with alcohol.
It's so seductive.
Expressing the irresistibility of this combination.
Filtered through tobacco haze.
Viewed through the smoke of tobacco.
It's so fucking intoxicating,
Highlighting the captivating nature of dysfunction portrayed in films.
The way they glimmer through the grain and make dysfunction such a fashion.
Emphasizing the attractiveness of imperfections seen in old movies.
Jimmy Stewart suicidal sex appeal.
Comparing a character's appeal to that of Jimmy Stewart with a dark twist.
The alcoholic is the last true hopeless romantic.
Suggesting that an alcoholic embodies true, albeit hopeless, romance.
Stumbling and smelling of stale gasoline,
Depicting a disheveled person with a smell of gasoline.
Making James Dean speeches to an empty room.
Describing the act of delivering passionate speeches to an empty space.
Audrey left some lipstick on her cigarette in the ashtray
Noting a trace of Audrey (Hepburn) on a cigarette, linking to glamour.
With a note scrawled on a napkin saying "this is glamour".
Associating a napkin note with the concept of glamour.
This is where Hollywood cues the delusion
Commenting on Hollywood's tendency to distort reality.
That everything looked this blue through Sinatra's eyes.
Referring to the perception shaped by Frank Sinatra's eyes.
What America needs is another worthwhile overdose.
Advocating for another impactful overdose in society.
Celestial bodies constructed on set,
Imagining celestial bodies (stars) created on movie sets.
Destined to explode in the headlines.
Predicting explosive fame for these constructed stars.
Another dry martini and a methamphetamine.
Mentioning a cocktail and a drug, portraying a self-destructive lifestyle.
Godspeed Norma Jean, I hope you saved us one last sleeping pill play it again
Wishing farewell to Norma Jean (Marilyn Monroe) with a reference to pills.
For me.
Personalizing the plea for a repeat of a tragic scenario.
The tragedy of a track marked beauty queen.
Reflecting on the tragedy of a marked beauty queen's life.
The starlet in the magazine.
Commenting on the portrayal of starlets in magazines.
She looks all right to me.
Expressing approval of the depicted starlet's appearance.
She looks so good to me.
Reaffirming the positive perception of the starlet's appearance.
But there's something in the way she moves, like I want to.
Noting something intriguing in the starlet's movements.
Make me want you.
Expressing a desire evoked by the starlet's presence.
Tonight I feel like fame, dreary and estranged.
Feeling a sense of fame, characterized by weariness and estrangement.
I'd scratch through glass not to be without you.
Expressing a strong desire to be with someone, even if it involves pain.
(Without you) there's a whole lotta shakin' going on.
Referencing the classic song "Whole Lotta Shakin' Going On" with a twist.
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