Ideas Are Like Stars
Loneliness and Celestial Musings: Ideas Are Like Stars
Lyrics
Today Joseph is sitting alone
Joseph is currently isolated or introspective.
With occasional nods to the waitress
Joseph acknowledges the waitress intermittently.
She tops off his cup while she's snapping her gum
The waitress refills Joseph's cup while chewing gum.
Making her rounds on the lunch shift
The waitress is busy making her rounds during the lunch shift.
Counting out coins, he leaves them arranged
Joseph organizes coins in patterns before leaving.
In neat lines and circles and arcs
The coins are arranged neatly in lines, circles, and arcs.
She just stares at the tip that spells out her name
The waitress contemplates the tip shaped like her name.
And ideas are like stars
The central theme: ideas are compared to stars.
And yesterday pedaling down 4th Avenue
Describes a past experience of cycling down 4th Avenue.
Between the stalls and the bookshops
Mentions stalls and bookshops along 4th Avenue.
The sepia tones of a lost afternoon
The afternoon is described using sepia tones.
Cradled a curio storefront
Joseph encounters a curio storefront.
And inside the air was thick with the past
The air inside is filled with the past.
As the dust settled onto his heart
Dust settling on Joseph's heart as a metaphor for nostalgia.
And here for a moment is every place in the world
In that moment, every place in the world is present.
And ideas are like stars
Reiteration of the central theme that ideas are like stars.
They fall from the sky, they run round your head
Ideas descend from the sky and occupy one's thoughts.
They litter your sleep as they beckon
Ideas persist in dreams and attract attention.
They'd teach you to fly without wires or thread
Ideas have the potential to enable flight without constraints.
They promise if only you'd let them
Ideas promise liberation if embraced.
For the language of longing never had words
Longing lacks adequate expression, leading to silence.
So how did you speak from your heart?
Despite the absence of words, a box claims to comprehend.
Yet here is a box that swears it has heard
The box metaphorically hears the unspoken language of the heart.
That ideas are like stars
Reiteration of the central theme about ideas being like stars.
Tonight Joseph stood out in the yard
Joseph stands outside, listening to Debussy playing.
As Debussy played from the kitchen
Celestial imagery accompanies the music in the kitchen.
Celestial companions till mornings first lark
Joseph is joined by celestial companions till morning.
Shone overhead and he listened
The lark signifies the beginning of a new day.
And who was that shadow there by the gate?
A shadow by the gate introduces an element of mystery.
Who was that there standing guard?
The figure by the gate is revealed to be loneliness.
It was only loneliness and loneliness waits
Loneliness is personified and patiently waits.
And ideas are like stars
Reiteration of the central theme regarding ideas and stars.
Ideas are like stars
Final repetition of the analogy between ideas and stars.
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