Around My Finger
Crooked Love's Dance: Decoding the Poetry of John T. Wurzer
Lyrics
Can you listen to this story as I speak it?
Invitation to engage in a narrative or conversation
Off key and out of breath don't touch the dial
Acknowledging imperfections in performance, urging not to change the channel
And if I spill a secret please don't leak it
Request not to disclose a shared secret
Because I'm bathing in a hot tub of denial
Metaphorical expression of being in denial
Eventually my brain fills up with nonsense
Reference to the mind accumulating nonsensical thoughts
A sacrament of warped defenseless style
Describing a defense mechanism as a distorted and vulnerable style
If you'd wrap your crooked legs around my finger
Suggesting intimacy and entanglement
I'd wrap my crooked heart around your smile
Mutual emotional connection despite imperfections
The wise man and the preacher met this evening
Meeting of wisdom and spirituality in an unconventional setting
In a swamp outside the courtroom for awhile
Illustrating an unexpected encounter in a swamp near a courtroom
As the poet and his mistress started breathing
Depicting a moment between a poet and his lover
In a place where blind ambition went on trial
Symbolizing a trial of blind ambition
There were twenty thousand spiders in the rafter
Describing a scene with numerous spiders in the rafters
As a snake slithered across a bathroom tile
Adding a snake to the imagery in a bathroom
As she wrapped her crooked legs around his finger
Repetition of the theme of entwined limbs and hearts
He wrapped his crooked heart around her smile
Continuation of mutual emotional connection
Tomorrow isn't really such a bad place
Positive perspective on the future
Today whispers
Suggesting that today holds something worth believing in
There's something to believe
Encouraging belief amidst challenges
When you're hiding all your love inside a suitcase
Metaphor for hiding love and memories
And storing all your memories up your sleeve
Storing memories as a protective measure
Our futures like an artist's empty canvass
Comparison of the future to an empty canvas
Our past like bags of garbage in a pile
Characterizing the past as burdensome
If you'd wrap your crooked legs around my finger
Reiteration of the theme of physical connection
I'd wrap my crooked heart around your smile
Continuation of mutual emotional connection
But the question
Posing a fundamental question about the value of connection
Is there something here worth wrapping?
Challenging the worthiness of the connection
Can't be answered by the poet or the thief
Recognition that certain questions have no definitive answer
While the audience stand ignorant and clapping
Observing a passive audience's response to uncertainty
Blind faith squares off with the remnants of belief
Conflict between blind faith and dwindling belief
As the trembling of a wine sick shattered hobo
Depicting a physically and emotionally damaged individual
Puts a black mark on the savior's spotless file
Staining the reputation of a supposed savior
If you'd wrap your crooked legs around my finger
Reiteration of the theme of physical connection
I'd wrap my crooked heart around your smile
Continuation of mutual emotional connection
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