Lyrics
When you were born you never had a thing
Expressing a lack of material wealth or possessions upon birth.
Out in the cold unforgettable
Emphasizing a memorable and challenging beginning, possibly in difficult circumstances.
Hold your silver cross
Referring to a silver cross, a religious symbol, suggesting a connection to faith.
Not to sympathise
Encouraging detachment or stoicism, avoiding sympathy.
Play the music soft
Encouraging engagement with soothing music.
And close your eyes
Suggesting introspection or meditation by closing one's eyes.
You'd be a rich man or you'd be a fool
Presents a choice between wealth and potential foolishness.
Heart full of gold so incredible
Praising a person with a heart full of gold as extraordinary.
Out of time still locked in anger
Describing a sense of being out of sync with time and harboring unresolved anger.
Madman or messiah
Presents the dichotomy between being a madman or a messiah, suggesting internal conflict.
If he gets inside of your head
Warning about the potential influence of the madman or messiah within one's mind.
That house of desire
Referring to a house of desire, cautioning against being misled by personal desires.
Be careful you might get misled
Advising caution to avoid being misled by desires and ambitions.
Shotgun Boulevard
Referring to "Shotgun Boulevard," a metaphorical place with no riches or kings.
No diamonds or kings
Emphasizing the absence of wealth and royalty on Shotgun Boulevard.
Beware the schoolyard
Warning about potential dangers in the schoolyard, a symbolic place of beginnings.
I guess that's the place it begins
Suggesting that challenges and dangers may start in one's early experiences.
I don't know if it's a gift or a curse
Expressing uncertainty about whether a quality is a gift or a curse.
Nobody sees it's impossible
Highlighting the perception of impossibility by others.
Get down on your knees
Suggesting a humble and repentant posture through kneeling.
Wash away the blood
Encouraging cleansing or redemption by washing away metaphorical blood or guilt.
Cheating the disease
Indicating a strategy to overcome difficulties and deceive challenges.
Will do you good
Suggesting that confronting challenges may bring positive results.
You might be crying on the streets alone
Describing a potential state of emotional vulnerability while alone in public spaces.
Walk through the crowd quite invisible
Emphasizing a sense of being unnoticed or overlooked in a crowd.
Shame maybe there'll come a day
Expressing the hope for a day when shame or burdens will no longer oppress.
That won't hold you down
Suggesting that shame or burdens won't have a lasting impact.
The green light is on
Referring to a green light as a symbol of permission or progress.
The unspoken words
Alluding to unspoken words that may have been necessary to express.
That you should have said
Suggesting a longing for a return to express unspoken words and feelings.
Forever return
Using "Forever return" as a metaphor for the desire for perpetual opportunities for expression.
And return
Reiterating the theme of return, possibly indicating a cyclical nature of opportunities.
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