Speed Lab
Alchemy of Redemption: Unveiling Life's Chemistry in John Vanderslice's 'Speed Lab'
Lyrics
Speed lab, speed lab
Reference to a place or activity called "Speed Lab."
On the edge of an artichoke farm
Location description near an artichoke farm.
We work through harm
Engaging in work despite potential harm.
Tweaked and well paid
Being paid well for the work that involves tweaking.
We forgave
Forgiveness for the effects of chemicals.
What the chemicals did
Acceptance of the impact of chemicals on the body.
To our hands, lungs and face
Specific mention of the impact on hands, lungs, and face.
Clearly makring our fall from grace
Acknowledgment of a noticeable decline or loss of prestige.
Our fall form grace
Repetition of the acknowledgment of falling from grace.
Speed lab, speed lab
Reiteration of the reference to "Speed Lab."
Sun sang through eucalyptus,
Description of the setting with the sun shining through eucalyptus trees.
We sang along
Shared experience of singing along with the sun.
Angela
Mention of a person named Angela.
I met her there,
Personal encounter with Angela in a specific context.
Sweating out the San Francisco run
Experiencing physical exertion during a run in San Francisco.
Every hotel on the five
Staying in various hotels along the highway five.
Was our very own pleasure dive
Describing the hotels as a personal source of pleasure.
Our own pleasure dive
Repetition of the description of the hotels as a pleasure dive.
Speed lab
Reiteration of "Speed Lab."
Giveth and taketh away
Expressing the dual nature of "Speed Lab" in giving and taking away.
The love, tender loving, money, money spending
Listing the elements associated with "Speed Lab": love, tender loving, money, and spending.
Was before the fire, the DEA.
Mentioning events occurring before a fire and the DEA (Drug Enforcement Administration).
Those who survived the fire fled alone
Survivors of the fire leaving alone.
I know that God hates alchemical work
Commenting on the disapproval of alchemical work by God.
I love him lonely, but in the end
Expressing a lonely love for God despite disapproval.
What else to do but begin again
Acceptance of the necessity to begin again after challenges.
To do but begin again
Reiteration of the acknowledgment of the need to start anew.
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