Meet Me in the Dollar Bin
Dollar Bin Revelations: Unveiling Life's Purpose Through Les Savy Fav
Lyrics
Dead tired. Bone dry. Admired, till I
Feeling exhausted and completely drained of energy, previously admired until reaching a point where I
Can't make with the batteries, bad day at the cannery.
Unable to function with energy, having a challenging day at work (cannery).
They're making a mess of me. Best left tested by history.
Others are causing chaos and disturbance in my life, better to be evaluated by history.
I grab this mic and spike it to the ground, the lightning's bad but at least it's not loud.
Expressing frustration by forcefully dropping the microphone due to bad circumstances, finding a silver lining in the less noisy lightning.
The lighting's bad, the band can't see the crowd so I'm coming down.
Poor visibility for the band due to bad lighting, leading to a decision to come down from the stage.
There is no incident, there's nothing incidental in this song.
Asserting that there are no accidental elements or incidents in the song.
There is no accident, there's nothing accidental in this song.
Reiterating the lack of accidents or incidental aspects in the song.
There's no coincidence, there's nothing coincidental in this song.
Emphasizing the absence of coincidences or coincidental elements in the song.
Dead tired. Bone dry. Admired, till I
Repeating the feeling of extreme fatigue and dryness, previously admired until I
I grab this mic and spike it to the ground, the lightning's bad but at least it's not loud.
Repeating the act of forcefully spiking the microphone due to bad circumstances, finding solace in the quieter lightning.
The lighting's bad- the band can't see the crowd so I'm coming down.
Repeating the issue of poor lighting affecting band visibility, leading to the decision to come down from the stage.
Meet me in the dollar bin, it's a band I once was in,
Inviting someone to meet in a metaphorical "dollar bin," reflecting on a past musical project.
Haven't done much better since.
Acknowledging that things haven't improved much since the past musical endeavor.
This is no coincidence- been rubbing off our finger prints covered up with phony skins
Stating that it's not a coincidence, referring to the removal of fingerprints and adopting fake identities.
This giving in has worn so thin that you can see the beat within.
Expressing that the act of giving in has become so thin that the underlying beat is visible.
Born fat or flat chested, the best of us tested.
Reflecting on different physical attributes (born fat or flat-chested) and emphasizing testing the best among us.
We passed and we passed, we passed out when we could.
Narrating the passage of time, passing out when possible, and expressing that they got old but still became good.
We got old, but we got good and we did all we said we would.
Affirming that they fulfilled all the promises they made.
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