Pickin' It Up
Unveiling Life's Rhythm: Hot Hot Heat's 'Pickin' It Up' Meaning
Lyrics
Everybody is waiting for everybody to get out
Anticipation for everyone to leave.
I'll join 'em talking 'bout the people everybody talk about
Engaging in discussions about commonly discussed individuals.
And all the pretty people party while the petty people pout
Beautiful people enjoy festivities while less significant ones sulk.
Pickin' it up but then I put it back down
Repetitive action of picking something up and putting it back down.
Pickin' it up but then I put it back down
-Pickin' it up but then I put it back down
-We could have given up early when it was dark still, not light
Considering giving up during a challenging period.
Now it's the 48th hour of a two-day night
Extended night, metaphorically expressed as a two-day night.
And all the pretty people party while the petty people fight
Contrast between carefree celebration and petty conflicts.
Pickin' it up but then I put it back down
Repeatedly engaging in a cycle of picking something up and putting it back down.
Pickin' it up but then I put it back down
-Pickin' it up but then I put it back down
-A jack-of-all-trades and a master of none
Describing oneself as versatile but lacking expertise.
Why do I have to be bored with being foolish and young?
Expressing boredom with youth and folly.
The show isn't over, but I'm long since gone
Feeling disconnected from an ongoing event.
I feel like I let them down when I don't want to trade my sunshine for a cloudy night
Preferring personal happiness over societal expectations.
But everybody's pretending the sun won't ever come out
Collective denial of an impending positive change.
I'll join 'em talking 'bout whatever everybody talks about
Participating in conversations on common topics.
And all the pretty people party while the petty people shout
Contrast between joyous celebration and noisy discontent.
Pickin' it up but then I put it back down
Repetition of the cycle of picking something up and putting it back down.
Pickin' it up but then I put it back down
-Pickin' it up but then I put it back down
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