Lyrics
Take me now or take me underground
Expressing a desire to be taken either immediately or into a hidden, metaphorical realm.
Send me to meet my dark, dark sky.
Requesting to be sent to confront a mysterious, possibly challenging destiny.
Lord, help a sinner
Seeking assistance from a higher power for being perceived as a sinner.
Lord, help a fool
Seeking divine help for being seen as a foolish individual.
Take me now or let me die.
Reiterating the urgency of the desire to be taken immediately or face death.
Well you take me and you break me
Addressing a situation where the speaker is taken and broken, possibly reflecting vulnerability.
Well you take me and you break me.
Repeating the theme of being taken and broken, emphasizing a sense of repetition or cycle.
Take me now or take me underground
Reiterating the plea to be taken now or into an underground realm.
Well change me into a maggot pie.
Suggesting a willingness to undergo a transformative or degrading experience, like turning into a maggot pie.
Still, if you want some, go and get your spoon
Encouraging someone to take action if they desire something, using the metaphor of getting a spoon.
Eagles devouring a silver moon.
Describing a scene where eagles are devouring a silver moon, possibly symbolizing destruction or loss.
One by one we've been strolling down the line,
Describing a progression where individuals are moving forward one by one along a path.
One by one they're always taking up my space
Expressing a sense of others consistently encroaching on the speaker's personal space.
and up my time.
Highlighting the cumulative impact of others on the speaker's time.
One by one companies crawling out my ears,
Indicating a gradual intrusion of companies into the speaker's life, possibly causing discomfort.
One by one they're all burning up my space
Stressing the incremental burden of others on the speaker's personal space and life over the years.
and up my years.
Continuing the theme of cumulative impact, emphasizing the gradual consumption of the speaker's years.
Well you take me and you break me
Reiterating the idea of being taken and broken, emphasizing a sense of submission or helplessness.
And you make me your slave.
Describing a situation where the speaker is taken, broken, and made a slave.
Well you take me and you break me
Repeating the theme of being taken and broken, suggesting a recurring or ongoing struggle.
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