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Candice Morganauer's gone to join
Candice Morganauer has passed away
The quick and the dead clever
Referring to those who are both quick-witted and alive and those who are dead
Tonight we're seeing her final film
The current moment is the screening of her final film, her notable achievement
Her crowning endeavour
Describing her last and most significant work
She washed herself for years
She received admiration for many years
In mouth-watering praise
Continuous praise, possibly metaphorical or literal cleansing
But we all know she never grew up
Despite the admiration, she didn't mature but rather regressed
She just shrank sideways
Her growth was not in height but in shrinking sideways, suggesting a lack of personal development
Yesterday was fine, I've forgotten it Somehow
Reflecting on a fine day in the past that is now forgotten
Last week wouldn't even show up on Radar now
Recent events are insignificant and have faded from memory
Last week wouldn't even show up on Radar now
Reiteration of the diminishing importance of last week
Winnie the Obscure
Reference to a character named Winnie the Obscure
He's weighing his own heart
Winnie is contemplating his own emotions
He's been sleeping like Calvin Coolidge
Comparison to Calvin Coolidge's aloofness, trying to remain detached
To keep himself apart
Struggling to keep himself separate from others
And now he's crying
Expressing emotions, possibly grief, for the death of Drella
Old Drella is dead, and I, I didn't feel a Thing
The speaker didn't feel any emotional impact from Drella's death
And Jude the Pooh with a landslide smile Replies
Jude the Pooh responds with a positive attitude toward Drella's passing
"All the more power to him"
Encouraging and celebrating Drella's departure
Under the roofs and the gutters up above
Even the small and ordinary things are affected by intense human emotions
Even the sparrows are burning up with Human love
The intensity of human love is burning even in sparrows
Even the sparrows are burning up with Human love
Reiteration of the profound impact of human love on sparrows
Night of light
A night filled with light is fading over a specific location
It's failing over Gringley-On-The-Hill
Reference to a location called Gringley-On-The-Hill
Powders are on the plantation wind
Particles or substances are carried by the wind over a plantation
Over Dallowgill
Reference to another location called Dallowgill
We reach the doors to the doubtful city
Approaching the gates of a city filled with uncertainty
They close as if in pain
The doors close with a sense of discomfort or distress
Out on Howard Devoto Boulevard
Reference to Howard Devoto Boulevard, triggering a memory
I remember you and me
Recalling a moment of intimacy in the past
And we're kissing in the rain
A specific memory of kissing in the rain
And it's all so gone
Expressing a sense of loss and irrevocable change
And this could never last
Recognition that the past is unattainable and transient
I'll stay with you
Commitment to remain with someone despite the challenges
I'll stay with you
Reiterating the commitment to stay with someone against the weight of history
Against the past
It's gone
The past is gone, emphasizing its irreversibility
It could never last
Acknowledgment that the past could not endure
I'll stay with you
Reaffirmation of the commitment to stay with someone despite the transient nature of the past
I'll stay with you
Reiterating the commitment to stand against the influence of the past
Against the past
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