Lyrics
The window is wobbling
The window is unstable or shaking.
Rain no doubt
It is raining, without a doubt.
Four part water
Describing a mixture of four parts water.
One part poison
Describing a mixture with one part poison.
I really could do without
The speaker expresses a desire to be without something.
You can have my Picasso
The speaker is offering their Picasso, possibly metaphorical, to someone.
Please lie down
A request for the listener to lie down.
Your funerary nakedness remains
Even in death, the nakedness of the person remains.
Under your successful dress and gown
Contrasting the outward success with hidden vulnerabilities under a dress and gown.
Look in the smoking mirror
A call to look into a mirror that may reveal a distorted or smoky reflection.
You're a thinking flame
Describing the person as a thinking flame, possibly implying complexity.
Into your silence
Suggesting an action of introducing rain into silence, a potential disruption.
I'll introduce straight rain
Metaphorically bringing rain straight into someone's silence.
From bergamot to tonka
Describing a range of scents from bergamot to tonka on a sea breeze of turpentine.
On a sea breeze of turpentine
Continuation of the sensory description in line 17.
A sulphur rose with hammer-dressed eyes
Depicting a sulfur rose with eyes that seem affected by a hammer.
A little light upstairs
A subtle reference to a small light source upstairs.
At a slumber party poorly lit
Setting a scene of a poorly lit slumber party.
A vaseline moon and would-be gems
Describing a moon with a vaseline-like texture and gems that could have been but aren't.
You sleep on it
Suggesting the listener sleeps on the poorly lit slumber party.
You're blinding me with rescue flares
Expressing a sense of being dazzled or overwhelmed by rescue flares.
You can have my Picasso
Repetition of line 7, emphasizing the offer of a Picasso.
Please lie down
Repetition of line 8, reiterating the request to lie down.
Your funerary nakedness remains
Repetition of line 9, underscoring the enduring vulnerability even in death.
Under your successful dress and gown
Repetition of line 10, emphasizing the contrast between outward success and hidden vulnerabilities.
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