New Millionaires
Unveiling Life's Quandaries: New Millionaires' Poetic Reflections
Lyrics
You can spend a cheque in a morning
You can easily exhaust a check in a short time.
And go hungry the same afternoon.
It's possible to be hungry later the same day.
Sometimes the only quarters between you and a rainstorm
At times, the only protection from a rainstorm is the timing in relation to the moon's phases.
Are the quarters of the moon.
Comparing the shelter or safety to the moon's quarters.
You know for every one way to sit up
There are numerous ways to struggle or face challenges.
There must be five hundred ways to beg.
Contrasting the limited ways to succeed with the multitude of ways to seek help or support.
And how can you ever be a man of standing
Questioning how one can achieve a respected status when burdened by constraints.
With a chain wrapped around your legs.
Describing the hindrance of a chain on personal freedom and progress.
Just like Arbogast on the top two stairs
Reference to Arbogast, likely symbolizing someone stuck in a challenging situation.
You're waiting for a carver to come cutting through your cares.
Waiting for a positive change or resolution to alleviate troubles.
Living on your savings, saving up your prayers
Depicting a financial struggle, relying on savings and prayers for sustenance.
Come on down, the new millionaires.
Invitation to join the new millionaires, possibly suggesting a change in fortune.
The famous say walk in their footsteps
Advising to follow the paths of the famous but not at the expense of their displeasure.
But don't you go tread on their toes.
Warning against disrespecting or harming those who have achieved fame.
And if you wait for luck to open up
Cautioning against relying solely on luck, as it may not always lead to success.
You'll be waiting there to see it close.
Waiting for luck may result in missed opportunities.
Well I think it was a viscount
Recalling a statement, possibly from a noble figure, about enjoying leisure.
Or it might have been a prince
Uncertainty about the speaker or the context of the mentioned viscount or prince.
When he said enjoy your leisure
Expressing skepticism about enjoying leisure without convincing evidence.
He did nothing to convince us
No persuasive action taken by the mentioned figure to support the idea of leisure.
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