Lyrics
Excuse me, sir, I think I'm lost, I must have got my wires crossed
Expressing confusion and disorientation, possibly in a new or unfamiliar environment.
I came the way I always do but the things here all seem somehow new
Despite the usual route, everything seems different and strange.
I was sent to get some files but I haven't been back here in a while
The person was sent for a task but hasn't been in that place for a while.
My desk is just down the hall but I don't remember this at all, no!
Having difficulty recognizing the surroundings, indicating memory lapse or change.
None of your business, man
Defensive response, refusing to disclose personal information or current situation.
Please tell me where I am
Request for assistance in determining the current location.
None of your business, man!
Reiteration of unwillingness to share personal information or situation.
Perhaps I'll go look somewhere else, and thank you very much as well
Deciding to search for information elsewhere and expressing gratitude.
Oh, now my coat's caught on a tack, tonight I'll have to sew it back
Encountering a minor inconvenience (coat caught on a tack) that needs fixing.
A coffee, yes, I won't decline, now look I've spilled some on my tie!
Making light of a coffee spill on the tie, indicating a sense of humor.
Just let me go and tidy up, I won't be long, let me catch up, oh!
Requesting time to tidy up and assuring a quick return.
None of your business, man
Reiteration of the unwillingness to share personal information.
Misplaced, far-flung I am
Expressing a feeling of being lost or misplaced.
None of your business, man
Restating the refusal to disclose personal information.
We all have a choice in this life you see, so tell me, boy, what's it going to be?
Pondering life choices and asking someone to decide their path.
Sit down and work and fill your heart with warm dreams of prosperity
Encouraging a work-focused life with dreams of prosperity.
Or waste it all to float into that endless mire's frivolity
Contrasting the choice of a frivolous, wasteful life with potential consequences.
With urchins, fools, and vagabonds aboard the train to Babylon
Imagery of a train to Babylon, symbolizing a destructive and indulgent path.
To fritter time and misbehave, and flush your life right down the drain?
Questioning the choice to waste life and ruin it through misbehavior.
Out from the stall right next to me came a man who looked diseased
Encountering an unwell person, possibly a metaphor for negative influences.
So ripe he smelled, of smoke he teemed, he wheezed at me to "dose my dreams"
Suggesting the influence to indulge in harmful behaviors to escape reality.
Into the stink he disappeared, I hurried out, and feeling fear
Reacting with fear and discomfort, trying to escape the negative influence.
I stumbled back into the hall and smelled the colours of the walls
Sensory experience of the surroundings, highlighting a surreal or distorted perception.
I had curled up in a ball when came a most egregious howl
Expressing a vulnerable and defensive state, possibly due to the negative encounter.
"David, have you lost your mind? Get back to your desk and may I
A supervisor reminding the person of their work duties and responsibilities.
Remind you lest you did forget, we come to work here, not to get
Emphasizing the primary purpose of being at work and not deviating from it.
So out of suits! I feel inspired, clean out your desk punk, you're fired!"
Abrupt termination from work due to perceived deviation from professional conduct.
Fire spurted from my eyes and set the tower floor alight
Metaphorical imagery of anger and rebellion, setting the workplace on fire.
The workers danced like happy clowns, I got on the lift going down
Workers celebrating the act, possibly symbolizing a rebellion against conformity.
I made a friend inside a bin with golden hair who laughed and said
Encountering an unconventional friend in a bin, suggesting unexpected alliances.
"Oh, once I had a dream you see, but things aren't always as they seem, so"
Reflecting on the unpredictability of dreams and the discrepancy between dreams and reality.
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