Hiding Home
Hiding Home: A Tale of Redemption and Escape
Lyrics
The curtains rise and who they were is gone
The past personas or identities have disappeared as the curtains rise.
They recite their lines and the pressures on
They perform their roles under pressure.
A joke on which her life and his now depend
An important situation or joke affects their lives.
A story of love, a comedy of errors
Their story involves love but is full of mistakes and mishaps.
The crowd is vicious and smells blood in the air
The audience is aggressive and eager for conflict.
They sense a weakness and they write to kill
They detect vulnerability and aim to criticize severely.
Too soon, far too soon, goes another crew
Another group fails or leaves prematurely due to illness without warning signs.
Sick with the bends and they never had a flare
Suffering from a condition (metaphorically, mentally or emotionally) without preparation.
Whatever he touched seemed to turn into dust
Everything he interacted with seemed to fail or deteriorate.
Rain came down and turned metal into rust
Adverse circumstances intensified, leading to decay and ruin.
That's why he's hiding home, hiding home
He retreats or isolates himself to find safety or solace.
He's hiding home while the overture goes
He hides away while a significant event begins.
A graveyard of ships, all with torn off masts
Symbolic representation of failed endeavors, reminiscent of wrecked ships.
They weren't the first and they won't be the last
They're not the first to fail, and others will follow.
But for now, he's bailing out and buying a property
He's escaping and investing in a distant place to avoid scrutiny.
In a city too far for them to notice or care for him
He relocates to a place where nobody cares or notices him.
Whatever he touched seemed to turn into dust
His actions or involvement bring about destruction or failure.
Rain came down and turned metal into rust
Further illustrating how circumstances deteriorate under his influence.
That's why he's hiding home, hiding home
He seeks refuge due to a pattern of causing problems or failures.
He's hiding home while the overture goes
He continues hiding while a significant event progresses.
And now he's here, right in front of you
He's present, directly facing someone (possibly the audience).
He's on a stage somewhere and you're on it too
He's performing, and the audience is implicated in some way.
What will you say to him, as he boards your ship
Question posed about addressing or confronting him as he joins the ship, implying facing consequences.
And the critics' pens, they come down on you
Critics' judgments or opinions start to affect the person being addressed.
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