Derailments In a Place of Our Own
Navigating Despair: Of Montreal's Poetic Reflection on Life's Turbulence
Lyrics
So she's depressed
She is experiencing depression.
And I am losing my mind,
The speaker is feeling a sense of mental distress or instability.
It's so difficult now.
Expressing the current difficulty in the situation.
Yes, everything has changed
Acknowledging a significant change in everything.
As we struggle against some impossible current.
Describing a struggle against challenging and seemingly insurmountable circumstances.
How can we make things light again?
Pondering on how to bring lightness or joy back into the situation.
How can we win?
Questioning the possibility of victory or success in the face of challenges.
Is happiness even possible?
Raising the question of whether happiness is attainable in the current circumstances.
Don't say you don't believe anymore.
Encouraging not to deny belief, possibly in love or positive change.
Don't say that you are lost to me now
Pleading not to declare being lost to the speaker.
It's a free fucking world, you can go where you want.
Asserting the freedom to go anywhere in the world, emphasizing personal choices.
How can we make things light again?
(Repetition of Line #6)
How can we win?
(Repetition of Line #7)
How can we make things light again?
(Repetition of Line #6)
How can we win?
(Repetition of Line #7)
It's a mad free fucking world
Reiterating the theme of freedom in a chaotic world.
You can do what, go where you want.
Emphasizing the freedom to do and go wherever one desires.
Leave me, don't leave me alone
Expressing a desire not to be left alone.
Leave me, don't leave me alone.
(Repetition of Line #20)
It's a free fucking world you can go where you want.
Reiterating the idea of freedom to go anywhere in the world.
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