Lyrics
Am I supposed to close my eyes as you walk away from me
Questioning the expectation to turn a blind eye to a departure.
Am I supposed to blind myself so I'll never have to see
Contemplating the idea of avoiding painful truths.
You walking side by side with a different kind of man
Noting the partner walking with someone different.
Who'll redefine your body in ways I know I
Concern about another person altering the partner's identity.
What if I don't want to go now
Expressing reluctance to leave.
Will you come and put these eyes out for me
Suggesting a desire for someone to prevent the departure.
So don't go and blame your mother for what's your father's fault
Rejecting the idea of blaming the mother for the father's mistakes.
Or all of your daughters will turn out just like you
Warning about the impact of parental actions on daughters.
Bent on destruction and burning through their beauty
Describing destructive behavior and premature aging.
And looking beyond their years by the time they're only (twenty
Highlighting consequences by the age of twenty.
And what if I don't want to go now
Reiterating reluctance to depart.
Will you come put these eyes out for me
Asking for intervention to prevent departure.
Oh c'est la vie please don't go and abandon me
Expressing a plea not to be abandoned.
When the bridge burns down and the bad blood tastes like wine on the wind
Imagery of a burned bridge and the bitterness of bad blood.
And they see'est beware of the man in shades
Caution about a mysterious figure represented by "the man in shades."
Beware beware of the man in shades beware
Repeating the warning about the man in shades.
I stutter step my way across desert lakes to try and sweat the ghost of the past and lay my anchor at last at your feet
Describing a journey to overcome the past and seek acceptance.
As they c'est beware of the man in shades
Repeating the caution about the man in shades.
Beware beware of the man in shades beware I am the man in shades
Asserting the speaker as the man in shades.
Yes I am I am the man in shades
Repetition of claiming the identity of the man in shades.
Yes I am I am the man in shades
-Yes I am I am the man in shades
-Yes I am
Confirmation of being the man in shades.
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