The Tide Rolls Out
Stranded Reflections: Dissolving Realities and Lost Beliefs
Lyrics
I am stranded on this island singing whale songs in my sleep
I feel isolated and sing melancholic whale songs in my sleep.
Praying to any god who's listening that I've got a soul to keep
I pray to any listening deity, hoping that I have a soul to preserve.
I am fraying at my edges, picking hard at every seam
I'm falling apart at my edges, obsessively examining every detail.
You can look for hidden meanings but it's really not that deep
Despite appearances, there are no profound hidden meanings; it's superficial.
I'm not that deep
Emphasizing that there's not much depth to my situation or emotions.
What do you do when all you can do is dissolve
In a helpless situation, facing consequences until the ultimate one becomes the cause.
Drag out every consequence til the last one is the cause
Extended deliberation on consequences, possibly self-reflective.
"We're treading water" they say, but I'm not one to absolve
Rejecting absolution for past mistakes, not willing to forgive.
The sins of all my yesterdays
Referring to the burden of past sins and recording scattered thoughts.
I write down my scattered thoughts
Expressing the act of documenting disorganized thoughts.
I'm a breaker on the shoreline
Metaphorically a disruptive force on the edge, perhaps symbolizing resistance.
I'm the last train leaving town
Symbolic departure from a place or situation, possibly for personal growth.
I'm the concrete dam that's holding back your tides
Acting as a barrier, holding back emotional or metaphorical tides.
I'm the anchor to your everything
Being the stabilizing element in someone's life, an anchor.
Leave me til I drown
Expressing a willingness to be left alone until drowning in problems.
Canonize your afternoons, I'll be sleeping in the streets
Suggesting a disregard for structured time, spending time aimlessly.
Just wasting all my hours, kicking out all my relief
Wasting time and seeking relief from life's pressures.
And I'm still waiting on this island, a lonely shipwrecked thief
Still waiting in a desolate place, feeling like a lonely thief.
I don't own my only answers
Acknowledging a lack of personal answers, lost with one's beliefs.
They went down with my beliefs
Beliefs containing answers are lost, contributing to a sense of loss.
I'm a breaker on the shoreline
Reiteration of being a disruptive force on the edge, maintaining resistance.
I'm the last train leaving town
Reiteration of a symbolic departure, leaving a location or situation.
I'm the concrete dam that's holding back your tides
Reiteration of acting as a barrier, holding back emotional or metaphorical tides.
I'm the anchor to your everything
Reiteration of being the stabilizing element in someone's life, an anchor.
Leave me til I drown
Repetition of the willingness to be left alone until overwhelmed.
Leave me til I drown
Emphasizing the desire to be left alone until drowning in problems.
Leave me til I drown
Reiteration of the willingness to be left alone until overwhelmed.
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