Flesh and Bone
Sacrifices for Flesh and Bone: Montana Suede's Poignant Reflection
Lyrics
Flesh and bone
Expressing the physical nature of existence
Flesh and bone
Reiteration of the emphasis on physical existence
Do it all for flesh and bone
Committing actions solely for the sake of physical existence
Steer the freight trains through the valleys
Metaphorically navigating challenges and difficulties
Storm the castles
Metaphorically confronting obstacles and difficulties
Take the thrones
Symbolic pursuit of power and authority
Tell your children and their mothers
Addressing the consequences on family and relationships
Why they have to be alone
Explaining the reason for separation or loneliness
Swear to God
Swearing commitment to a higher power
I do it all for flesh and bone
Reiterating actions done for physical existence
Flesh and bone
Repetition emphasizing the physical aspect of life
Flesh and bone
Emphasizing the physical aspect of life
Gave my life to flesh and bone
Sacrificing one's life for the physical self
Gave my TV and my town car
Giving up material possessions for physical existence
Gave my willow and my home
Sacrificing personal attachments and comfort
Now my family's moved away from me
Reflecting on the loss of family and familiar life
The life I have once known
Acknowledging the transformation of life
Swear to God
Commitment to a higher power
I gave my life to flesh and bone
Offering one's life for the sake of physical existence
Flesh and bone
Reiteration of the physical nature of existence
Flesh and bone
Emphasizing the physical aspect of life
Sold my soul to flesh and bone
Making a deal or sacrifice for physical existence
Gave my years up for a whiskey bottle
Sacrificing time for indulgence and escape
And melancholy songs
Choosing a lifestyle marked by sadness and reflection
Now the days I had tucked in my pocket
Reflecting on the passage of time and missed opportunities
Are all but dead and gone
Expressing the irreversible loss of past days
Swear to God
Swearing commitment to a higher power
I sold my soul to flesh and bone
Committing to a deal involving the sacrifice of the soul
I swear to God
Reiterating commitment to the sacrifice made
I sold my soul to flesh and bone
Repeating the acknowledgment of a soul-selling deal
Flesh and bone
Emphasizing the physical nature of life
Flesh and bone
Reiteration of the physical aspect of life
Wasted life for flesh and bone
Acknowledging a life wasted for physical desires
Devil reached his hand down my neck
Describing a moment of succumbing to temptation
And pulled my lungs out through my throat
Metaphorically depicting the consequences of giving in to evil
Now I spend my years trapped in a box
Describing a life confined by one's own wrongdoings
Of sins that are my own
Living with the consequences of personal sins
Swear to God
Swearing commitment to a higher power
I wasted life for flesh and bone
Acknowledging a life wasted for physical desires
I swear to God
Reiterating the acknowledgment of a wasted life
I wasted life for flesh and bone
Final repetition of a life wasted for physical desires
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