My Dead Cat
Echoes of Loss: Floral Cemetery's Haunting Tale
Lyrics
I went to a party
Attending a party
The kids were selling drugs
Observing drug activities among the attendees
I gave them all my money
Giving away money at the party
And I got a little... alcohol
Receiving alcohol in return
On my favorite sweater
Getting alcohol on a cherished sweater
And on the shoes you let her give me
Getting alcohol on shoes from someone named "her"
I went to a party
Returning from the party
I came back and my cat was sick
Discovering the cat is unwell
I went to the graveyard
Visiting a graveyard
I met my mom and I met my sister
Encountering mom and sister at the graveyard
Put it in a shoebox
Placing something in a shoebox
And I don't know why I really miss her
Expressing confusion about missing someone
Held her late at night
Holding someone close at night
And I told her all the fairytales
Sharing fairytales told by the mom
That my mom shoved down my throat
Recalling forced narratives from childhood
Leaving the sickening taste of ginger ale
Feeling a lingering discomfort (ginger ale metaphor)
Night after night
Expressing the passing of time and routine
Day after day
Repetition of time passing
I'll stand up here and say
Committing to say what others want
What you want me to say
Will comply with expectations
I'll throw my hand in
Ready to participate or engage
I'll watch my language
Mindful of language use
When I get home I still have
Returning home without the cat
No cat to live with
Expressing the absence of the cat
I went to my dad's house,
Visiting the father's house
Taught me things about attachment
Learning about attachment from the father
Said that I was too young
Father asserting the narrator's youth as an issue
What a problem it is these things always happen
Reflecting on recurring problems
Step on my throat
Symbolic expression of suppression or control
Say I'm a joke
Facing ridicule or dismissal
Say I'm too young to feel bones that you broke
Being deemed too young to comprehend pain
My blue eyes have bags now
Physical manifestation of distress (bags under eyes)
Pink cheeks are sad now
Connecting physical appearance to emotional state
Things would be better if I had my cat now
Expressing the belief that having the cat would improve things
Ooo oh, ooo oh
Repeating vocalizations conveying emotional distress
Ooo oh, ooo oh
(Repetition of distress vocalizations)
Ooo oh,
-Ooo oh, ooo oh
-Oo oh
-Ooo oh
-Ooo oh oh oh
-Yeah
Concluding with an affirmation of distress
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