Sunset
Sunset's Last Stand: A Journey Through Urban Decay and Personal Redemption
Lyrics
Coming in at night all the desert highways
Arriving at night on desert highways.
Crackle with the static of a thousand little radios
The air buzzing with the noise of countless radios.
Everyone talking, no-one listening
A scene where everyone talks but no one listens.
Well by now I should expect that
Expressing an expectation of this familiar scenario.
Down into the city I smell artificial green
Descending into the city, detecting artificiality.
A glasshouse full of growing things
A greenhouse with deceptive, seemingly genuine growth.
That are not what they seem to be
Things are not as they appear in the greenhouse.
Look away, look away, the procession's leaving town
Turning attention away, a departure is happening.
The emperor rides naked and no-one gives a damn
A reference to societal apathy towards a naked emperor.
That was the last time
Indicating a significant event in the past.
I get a morbid satisfaction watching Sunset in all its degradation
Finding a perverse satisfaction in witnessing Sunset's degradation.
We were in a restaurant for wannabes clinking glasses in celebration
In a restaurant for those aspiring, celebrating with glasses clinking.
We had to leave before something bad occurred and Niko grabbed the keys
Leaving to avoid a potential negative incident, with Niko taking control.
We drove out in the early morning with the radio jammed on are'n'be
Driving away in the early morning, tuned into R&B music.
Drive away, drive away, and he turned to me and smiled
A moment of departure, accompanied by a knowing smile.
Said, how does it feel to be living through the Fall of Rome
Reflecting on the contemporary experience as akin to the Fall of Rome.
And I said it's beginning to feel OK
Responding that the situation is starting to feel acceptable.
The last time
Referencing another significant event in the past.
Well I gave you all my money
Confessing to giving away all one's money.
I'm ashamed to remember now just why I did that
Feeling regret about the reasons behind that action.
I got bitter, I got jealous, but not as much as you
Admitting bitterness and jealousy, comparing with the other person.
Do you understand that?
Prompting the other to understand this emotional state.
Ten hours drifting half awake and finally touching down
A period of drifting, almost asleep, culminating in a return.
I went out in the rainy morning and kissed the blessed ground
A symbolic kiss to the ground in a rainy morning.
Coming home, coming home and the most of it is done
Returning home, most of the journey completed.
And the worst of us is left behind in the place where it belongs
The worst part of oneself left behind where it belongs.
That was, the last time
Another reference to a significant past event.
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