Lyrics
Let's have a languid start
Starting slowly and leisurely
A long, exhausted aitch
A prolonged, tired pronunciation of the letter 'h'
Mistaking content for actual life
Mistaking digital or media content for real life
A trail of discarded subscriptions
A series of abandoned or ignored commitments
They cannot add, that's not a word
Highlighting a deficiency in understanding or communication
Home office, oyster cabin, lying in state
Reference to various places, possibly representing isolation
Get by and ameliorate
Surviving and improving the situation
Audit, attract, avert, abandon
Listing actions like auditing, attracting, averting, and abandoning
Rivulet, revel, oval, ovula
List of unrelated words, possibly emphasizing randomness
That character was part
A character that was once part of a larger system
Of the wheel at the back of the wagon
A metaphorical element of a larger structure, possibly societal
But let us find a way to a rousing finale
Seeking a lively and energetic conclusion
I cannot display
Inability to show expected characteristics
Any of the traits that they say
Challenging societal norms defining humanity
Would make a man appear to be human
Questioning the criteria for appearing human
And I cannot show
Continuation of the inability to display expected traits
Any of the traits that they know
Reiteration of the challenge in appearing human
Would make a human being seem a man
Emphasizing the struggle of being recognized as a man
A smirking Saint Peter
Reference to Saint Peter with a smirk, suggesting irony or paradox
An electricity meter
Comparison to an electricity meter, possibly symbolizing monitoring
Gastral/astral searing bodily pain
Intense physical or emotional pain
I carry a category upon my back
Carrying a burdensome category or label
Skidding across the freeway
Moving uncontrollably, possibly indicating chaos
I don't want to play on the water
Reluctance to engage in playful or carefree activities
Heaven is failing
Loss or failure of a heavenly ideal
An unreachable gulf
An unbridgeable gap or distance
There are no angels or devils
Denial of the existence of angels or devils
Such tomfoolery
Dismissing foolishness and artificial scents
And perfumery
Reference to both foolishness and perfumery, possibly juxtaposing
The baker's oven, the dirty face
Depicting mundane or dirty aspects of life
I cannot display
Repetition of the inability to display expected traits
Any of the traits that they say
Restating the challenge of appearing human
Would make a man appear to be human
Continuation of questioning societal norms
And I cannot show
Reiteration of the struggle to display expected traits
Any of the traits that they know
Emphasizing the challenge of being recognized as a man
Would make a human being seem a man
Everything was hidden away
Everything concealed in a sunless garden
In a garden that got no sun
Describing a place with no sunlight
His body was made from meat and vapours
The physical composition of a body and its ephemeral nature
And one shrunken claw
A hand withered, holding remnants of the past
Left gathering ropes and things
Remnants left behind, possibly abandoned or forgotten
Left sitting out of London
Isolation or exclusion from London and its activities
On roads and things
Left on the roads, disconnected from societal paths
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