Chips Are Down
City Dreams: Dancing Amidst Challenges
Lyrics
I was shot dead on the street
The speaker reflects on a past incident of being fatally shot on the street.
Didn't get to live my dreams
Expresses regret for not being able to fulfill personal dreams due to the untimely death.
Then I saw you standing there
Encounters someone significant while observing the surroundings.
We were dancing on the stand
Shares a moment of dancing with the person encountered.
How I need you so
Expresses a strong emotional need for the person mentioned.
In the city we can fly
Suggests a desire for freedom and transcendence when together in the city.
Girl I need you so
Reiterates the emotional need for the mentioned person.
In the city we can fly
Reiterates the idea of flying and freedom in the city when together.
But the chips they are down
Introduces a change in the situation, indicating challenges or difficulties (chips are down).
The chips they are down now
Reiterates that the challenges or difficulties are present.
If we got another chance
Contemplates the idea of having another opportunity.
Would we take another dance?
Questions whether, given another chance, they would engage in another dance (metaphor for a relationship).
Would we get out of town
Raises the possibility of leaving the current situation or environment.
Will we play it all around?
Considers the options of playing the situation differently.
How I need you so
Reiterates the emotional need for the person, emphasizing it.
In the city we can fly
Reiterates the theme of freedom and flying in the city when together.
Girl I need you so
Emphasizes the emotional need for the mentioned person.
In the city we can fly
Reiterates the idea of freedom and flying together in the city.
But the chips they are down
Restates the presence of challenges or difficulties (chips are down).
The chips they are down now
Reiterates the continued presence of challenges or difficulties.
Chips they are down
Repeated emphasis on the challenges being present (chips are down).
The chips they are down now
-Chips they are down
-The chips they are down now
-Chips they are down
-The chips they are down
-Now! Now! Now! Now!
An urgent call, possibly emphasizing the current critical situation.
Chips they are down now!
Repetition of the idea that the challenges or difficulties are currently present.
Chips they are down now!
-Chips they are down now!
-Chips they are down now!
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