The State of Gold, Pt. 2
Embracing Chaos: Finding Home Amid TurmoilLyrics
When red and blue lights pulse beneath the cypress trees
Describing a scene where police lights (red and blue) illuminate beneath the cypress trees, suggesting a sense of tension or trouble.
When cops come knocking on your window with a torch
Referencing an encounter with the police, knocking on a window with a torch, implying a confrontation or scrutiny.
We will be cool when deep green eyes run thick with trouble
Expressing the idea of maintaining composure when faced with difficulties, symbolized by deep green eyes reflecting trouble.
We will be cool when trouble colors in our world
Reiterating the theme of staying calm and collected despite challenges, with trouble coloring the world.
Set your hands upon my fate
Invoking a sense of destiny or fate, suggesting a connection through touch.
Under skin ruled by mistakes
Describing skin marked by past mistakes, possibly emphasizing the impact of experiences.
The state of gold floods my lungs
Introducing the metaphor of the "state of gold" filling the lungs, possibly symbolizing a valuable and transformative influence.
I'm full of fire
Conveying a feeling of passion or intensity, being "full of fire."
Beat back the waves
Encouraging resilience against challenges, symbolized by beating back metaphorical waves.
The demon doubt crawls to its cage
Personifying doubt as a demon that retreats, possibly suggesting overcoming internal struggles.
The state of gold into my blood
Continuing the metaphor of the "state of gold" entering the bloodstream, indicating a pervasive and transformative influence.
Higher and higher
Heightening the sense of elevation and positive change associated with the "state of gold."
No more two-year weekends
Rejecting the notion of extended periods of hardship (two-year weekends).
No more shots fired at dawn
Rejecting violence or conflict by mentioning the end of shots fired at dawn.
The sun bursts on the beach
Depicting a positive moment with the sun bursting on the beach, suggesting brightness and warmth.
And it burns under your feet
Describing the intensity of the sun underfoot, possibly symbolizing the challenges of a positive transformation.
You finally found a home
Expressing a sense of finding a place of belonging, represented by the palms.
In the palms where you belong
Reiterating the idea of finding a home in a positive environment.
And in the grocery store
Transitioning to a different setting, a grocery store, and hinting at a transformative experience by becoming animals.
Becoming animals
Extending the transformation metaphor in the grocery store, emphasizing the coolness despite trouble.
We will be cool when deep green eyes run thick with trouble
Repeating the theme of maintaining composure, particularly with deep green eyes amidst trouble.
And in the hotel halls
Shifting to a hotel setting, depicting a chaotic scene with stampeding whiskey wolves.
Stampeding whiskey wolves
Continuing the chaotic imagery in the hotel, yet emphasizing coolness in the face of trouble.
We will be cool when trouble colors in our world
Reiterating the theme of staying cool amid trouble, specifically coloring the world in a transformative way.
And in the grocery store
Returning to the grocery store setting, posing as animals, and maintaining composure despite the troubles.
Posing as animals
Emphasizing the transformative experience in the grocery store, aligning with the theme of the "state of gold."
We will be cool when deep green eyes run thick with trouble
Repeating the idea of maintaining composure with deep green eyes in the grocery store amid trouble.
And in the hotel halls
Recalling the chaotic setting of hotel halls, stampeding whiskey wolves, and staying cool despite trouble.
Stampeding whiskey wolves
Continuing the chaotic imagery in hotel halls, yet emphasizing coolness in the face of trouble.
We will be cool when trouble colors in our world
Reiterating the theme of staying cool amid trouble, specifically coloring the world in a transformative way.
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