Walking To The Mission In The Rain
Mission Blues: Navigating Life's Storms with HeavyDrunk
Lyrics
Catfish flip flopping on the blacktop
The image of a catfish struggling on the road, symbolizing a struggle or difficulty.
Fool this road don't go your way
Expresses a sense of being lost or feeling out of place, like the road isn't leading where one wants to go.
Left or right any way you look
Indecision or uncertainty about which direction to take in life.
People they all the same
Implies a sense of disillusionment or a belief that people are fundamentally similar in their actions or behaviors.
Fool they can't cure your kinda crazy
The belief that others cannot help or understand someone's unique struggles or mental state.
That girl she ain't gonna do for you
Suggests that a specific person (the girl) won't be able to offer the needed support or help.
That's right that's right, just keep on walkin'
An encouragement to persist despite difficulties, to keep moving forward.
c mad man walkin' out the mission blues
Depiction of someone mentally distressed leaving a place (mission) while feeling the blues or sadness.
Shouting Jesus at the bus stop
An image of someone loudly invoking religious figures (Jesus) in a public space.
No redemption for your pain, child
Indicates a lack of relief or salvation from one's suffering.
Conscience fading like a vapor
The fading of moral awareness or guilt, likened to something fleeting like vapor.
Walking to the mission
A purposeful walk towards a mission, suggesting a journey with a specific goal in mind.
Walking to the mission in the rain
Emphasizes the setting of this journey, which is in adverse conditions like rain.
You're reaching back where there ain't no reaching back
An attempt to regain something that cannot be regained, an impossible endeavor.
It's all uphill from here
Symbolic of facing challenges and obstacles in life.
Burning out, nothing left to fear
Feeling drained or exhausted, having overcome all fears.
Shouting Jesus at the bus stop
Repetition of line 11, emphasizing the act of invoking religious figures in a desperate manner.
No redemption for your pain
Reiteration of line 12, emphasizing the lack of salvation or relief from pain.
Hopscotch around the corner
A playful or childlike activity contrasted with the serious act of heading towards a mission.
Walking to the mission
Reiteration of line 14, emphasizing the purposeful journey despite challenges.
Walking to the mission in the rain
Reiterates the challenging conditions (rain) during this journey to the mission.
Shuck and jivin' for a whiskey
Engaging in deceptive or manipulative behavior for a specific desire (whiskey).
Dope sick fever in my brain
Experiencing withdrawal symptoms, possibly from drugs or addiction.
Conscience fading like a vapor
Similar to line 13, a fading sense of guilt or morality, likely due to ongoing struggles.
Walking to the mission
Reiteration of the purposeful journey towards the mission despite personal challenges.
Walking to the mission in the rain
Reiterates the difficult conditions (rain) during the journey towards the mission.
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