8 Days A Week
Navigating Monotony: Gatto Black's Musical Odyssey
Lyrics
I wake up I'm doing nothing
I wake up without any specific purpose or activity.
I'm always busy doing nothing
My schedule is consistently filled with unproductive tasks or idleness.
I should start going to therapy again but
Consideration of returning to therapy, but the speaker decides against it.
Instead I'm doing nothing
Choosing to continue the pattern of doing nothing.
Black coffee
Mention of black coffee as a routine element of the speaker's life.
Eight days a week
Expressing a sense of being busy every day without a break ("Eight days a week").
Gin and tonics
Reference to gin and tonics as another regular part of the speaker's routine.
Eight days a week
Reiteration of the continuous busyness implied by "Eight days a week."
Scrambled eggs and mixed emotions
Combining the mundane (scrambled eggs) with complex feelings.
Scrambled eggs and dark dark notions
Linking scrambled eggs with dark and negative thoughts.
Just doing the same thing for months
Repetition of monotonous activities over an extended period.
Just eating the same food for months
Eating the same food consistently for months.
Just drinking every single night
Engaging in drinking every night as a regular habit.
And it's starting to lose it's touch
The routine is losing its appeal or significance.
Can you make it stop cause I've had enough
Expressing a desire for the repetitive cycle to end.
My upper limits are rock bottom
Feeling emotionally and mentally at a low point.
And it makes me pretty cross
Expressing frustration at being at the bottom emotionally.
I'm lying down I'm full of lines
Lying down with thoughts or ideas that are eager to be challenged or crossed.
That are just dying to get crossed
Describing a state of vulnerability with lines waiting to be crossed.
Black coffee
Repetition of black coffee as part of the daily routine.
Eight days a week
Continuation of the theme of constant busyness ("Eight days a week").
Bad TV
Introducing bad TV as another element in the routine.
Eight days a week
Reiterating the sense of being busy around the clock ("Eight days a week").
Conference calls and mixed emotions
Connecting conference calls with mixed emotions, perhaps indicating a complex relationship with work.
Conference calls can you see my screen?
Possibly expressing frustration with virtual communication ("Can you see my screen?").
Just stuck in the same place for months
Stuck in a stagnant or unchanging situation for an extended period.
Just eating the same food for months
Repetition of eating the same food consistently for months.
Just drinking every single night
Continuing the habit of drinking every night.
And it's starting to lose it's touch
Reiteration of the routine losing its significance or excitement.
It isn't sexy or dangerous
Contrasting the situation with notions of sexiness or danger, emphasizing its mediocrity.
It's just mediocrity
Describing the current state as ordinary and unimpressive.
I didn't die up on Everest
Contrasting a mundane situation with the challenge and danger of Everest.
I died from all of the bedrest
Suggesting that the speaker's demise is a result of prolonged inactivity or lethargy.
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