At Your Funeral
Eulogy of Rebellion: Unveiling the Depths in 'At Your Funeral'
Lyrics
This song will become the anthem of your underground
This song is predicted to be embraced by the alternative or underground music scene.
You're two floors down getting high in the back room.
Someone is using drugs two floors below, likely in a hidden or private space.
If I flooded out your house,
Imagining a scenario where the singer causes a flood in someone's house.
Do you think you'd make it out?
Questioning if the person could survive the flood if it were to happen.
Or would you burn up before the water filled your lungs?
Speculating whether the person would burn before drowning in the flood.
And at your funeral,
Implies envisioning the aftermath of the person's death and funeral.
I will sing the requiem
The singer plans to perform a requiem, a musical composition for the deceased, at the person's funeral.
This song will become the anthem of your underground
Repetition of the idea that this song will be associated with the person's underground or alternative lifestyle.
You're two floors down getting high in the back room.
Reiteration of the person getting high in a hidden place.
If I flooded out your house, do you think you'd make it out?
Repeating the flooding scenario and questioning the person's survival.
Or would you burn up before the water fills your lungs?
Repeating the speculation about burning before drowning in the flood.
And at your funeral,
Reiteration of the singer's intention to perform a requiem at the person's funeral.
I will sing the requiem
Repeating the idea of singing a requiem for the deceased person.
I'd offer you my hand
If the person were dying, the singer would offer comfort, but it would be emotionally challenging.
It would hurt too much to watch you die
Expressing the emotional difficulty of watching the person die.
And you can bet when we mourn the death of you that night (of you that night)
Anticipating mourning the person's death and describing a symbolic act involving the singer.
They'll lay me on the dinner table
Imagining the singer as a symbolic sacrifice at the person's funeral.
I will be the pig
Symbolizing the singer as a sacrificial pig on a dinner table.
With the apple in my mouth
Describing a symbolic image of the singer with an apple in the mouth, a common depiction for a roasted pig.
The food that celebrates your end
Linking the food imagery to a celebration of the person's demise.
And at your funeral,
Repeating the intention to sing a requiem at the person's funeral.
I will sing the requiem
Reiteration of the plan to perform a requiem for the deceased person.
I'd offer you my hand
Repeating the difficulty the singer would face in watching the person die.
It would hurt too much to watch you die
Reiteration of the emotional challenge of witnessing the person's death.
And at your funeral I will sing the requiem
Repeating the plan to sing a requiem at the person's funeral.
I'd offer you my hand
Repeating the singer's willingness to offer comfort despite the emotional difficulty.
It would hurt too much to watch you die
Emphasizing the emotional challenge of observing the person's death.
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