1979
Nostalgic Journeys: Exploring the Depths of Shakedown 1979
Lyrics
Shakedown 1979
Introduction to a significant event or period in 1979.
Cool kids never have the time
Popular or socially accepted individuals often lack time for certain experiences.
On a live wire right up off the street
Living on the edge, taking risks, being adventurous.
You and I should meet
Suggesting a potential meeting between the speaker and someone else.
June bug skipping like a stone
Reference to a carefree and lively atmosphere, likened to a skipping June bug.
With the headlights pointed at the dawn
Imagery of a moment before sunrise with anticipation or excitement.
We were sure we'd never see an end to it all
A belief that the good times would last forever.
And I don't even care to shake these zipper blues
Expressing a lack of concern about trivial issues.
And we don't know just where our bones will rest
Uncertainty about the final resting place of the speaker and their companion.
To dust I guess forgotten and absorbed
Reflection on mortality and the idea of being forgotten.
Into the earth below
Physical return to the earth, emphasizing impermanence.
Double cross the vacant and the bored
Deception of those without purpose or interest.
They're not sure just what we have in the store
Uncertainty about what the future holds.
Morphine city slippin' dues down to see
City life influenced by the numbing effects of a powerful painkiller (metaphorically).
and we don't even care as restless as we are
Indifference to societal norms and a sense of restlessness.
We feel the pull in the land of a thousand guilts
Feeling the influence of guilt in a place of numerous moral conflicts.
And poured cement, lamented and assured
Concrete structures as symbols of permanence amid lamentation and assurance.
To the lights and towns below
Looking down on the lights and towns below, perhaps with a sense of detachment.
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