Kingdom of Glass
Escape the Illusions: Journey to the Kingdom of Glass with Nick Drummond Band
Lyrics
Won’t you come and run away with me
Invitation to escape together
Pack up your bags let the TV scream
Urging to leave behind distractions
There is nothing nothing left to see, oh
Suggesting there's nothing worthwhile in the current situation
Just look around
Encouraging observation of the surroundings
Just look around
-Just look around you
-Oh my love look around
Reinforcing the need to look around
Just look around
-Just look around you
-Our fears they open wide
Describing how fears perpetuate familiar narratives and lies
And they writhe around in the same old stories
-They’re feeding us the same same lies
-We better get inside
Suggesting a choice between submission or resistance
Or we better rise
-Bombs away and they're standing proud
Metaphorically referencing conflicts and the rapid depletion of resources
As we leapfrog around the world ’til the lily pads run out
-They’ll take your comfort and take your home
Warning about the potential loss of comfort and security
Just look around
-Just look around
-Just look around you
-Won’t you hold me
Request for emotional support
Won’t you hold me
-Our fears they open wide
Reiteration of how fears propagate falsehoods
And they writhe around in the same old stories
-Feeding us the same same lies
-‘Cause there’s a hole in the ground in New York City
Reference to exploitation and manipulation in New York City
We’re all being taken for a ride
-We better get inside
Emphasizing the necessity to take action or resist
Or we better rise
-Hope and change hope and war you better get inside and lock the door
Highlighting the conflicting notions of hope and war, warning about vulnerability
They’re gonna find you
-Left is right up is down take all of your love and melt it down
-They’re gonna own you
Indicating the potential for control or domination
Just look around
-Look around
Repetition emphasizing the importance of observation
Just look around
-Just look around
-Won’t you hold me
Request for comfort and reassurance
Won’t you hold me
-Our fears they open wide
Expressing frustration with repetitive, deceptive narratives
And they writhe around in the same old bullshit
-How easy we all stand in line
Commenting on the ease of conformity and its consequences
Just thinking about it makes me silly
-This crookedness is eating us alive
Metaphorically likening corruption to a destructive force
It’s overflowing like a river in New Orleans
-You got to get out if you want to stay alive
Advising to escape a threatening situation
‘Cause the water’s gonna rise
-The water’s gonna rise
Warning about an impending crisis
Lift me up like a weary soldier
Desiring support and readiness to risk everything for love and protection
I would risk it all for your embrace
-Oh my love let me hide inside you
-And lets throw our love at the kingdom of glass ’til it breaks
-Won’t you hold me
Reiteration of the need for comfort, protection, and resilience against challenges
Won’t you hold me
-Won’t you hold me
-Won’t you hold me
-Lift me up like a weary soldier
-I would risk it all for your embrace
-Oh my love let me hide inside you
-And lets throw our love at the kingdom of glass ’til it breaks
Proposal to fight against a fragile, vulnerable establishment
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