Lyrics
Why, oh why, am I complaining
Expressing confusion or frustration about complaining.
It's a soul crushing mystery
Describing a mysterious and soul-crushing experience.
Another question posed internally
Pondering another internal question.
So well rehearsed in isolation
Being well-versed in isolation, possibly indicating loneliness.
It's a fragment of a melody
Referring to a fragment of a melody, suggesting incompleteness.
Intoxication with identity
Experiencing intoxication with one's identity.
Oh well, and who knows
Expressing uncertainty and questioning.
We aren't of a like mind
Not having similar minds with others.
It's painful, yes, to some degree
Acknowledging pain to some extent.
But I can't summon the energy
Unable to find the energy to continue.
To continue on
Contemplating whether to give up or seek completion.
Capitulate or complete me
Referring to a constellation of experiences.
It's a threaded fabric constellation
Illuminating the negative aspects of disadulation.
Lights the specters of disadulation
(Empty line)
Say, if you can't buy energy
Highlighting the inability to purchase energy.
If you can't buy time
Emphasizing the value of time and the lottery metaphor.
Stand in line for the lottery
Enduring suffering to name an entity.
Well it's suffering to name the entity
Reflecting on the conditions of the time.
Conditions of our time
Comparing everyone to a Kennedy, possibly addressing privilege.
Where everybody's a Kennedy
(Empty line)
Return to what you were
Encouraging a return to one's original state.
Originally
Highlighting punishment with a literal connotation.
Punishment assured
Stating that punishment is assured.
And I mean that literally
Emphasizing the literal nature of the punishment.
I've said enough
Indicating the speaker has said enough.
Now roll over
Encouraging someone to yield or submit.
It's a startling intensity
Describing a startling intensity in a situation.
Corroborate instrumentality
Confirming the importance of instrumentality.
You've beaten yet another one into submission
Describing dominating or overpowering someone else.
At least it all felt rational
Feeling rational in the act of domination.
Oh, positively national
Positively acknowledging a national aspect.
You've been dispossessed
Experiencing dispossession through property.
By a property
Describing exploded layers and repositioning projections.
Exploded layers twinkling
(Empty line)
Some projections repositioning, well
-Say, if you're unsure of the benefits
Expressing uncertainty about the benefits of something.
Zealous pantomime
Describing a zealous pantomime, possibly insincere enthusiasm.
Talk to me 'bout your holiday
Inviting a conversation about someone's holiday.
Two distinct environmentalists
Highlighting a division between environmentalists.
Divided on that line
(Empty line)
Everybody's an animal
Observing that everyone is an animal.
Return to what you were
Encouraging a return to one's original state (repeated).
Originally
Reiterating the assurance of punishment (repeated).
Punishment assured
Reiterating that punishment is assured (repeated).
And I mean that literally
Emphasizing the literal nature of the punishment (repeated).
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