Doing Nothing
Contemplative Silence: Of Montreal's 'Doing Nothing' Reveals Life's Stillness
Lyrics
Nothing, we're doing nothing
Expressing the state of inactivity and idleness.
Just sitting and wondering why nothing's happening
Reflecting on the lack of events and wondering about the absence of activity.
Everyone was there in a wooden chair doing nothing
Observing a group of people sitting in wooden chairs, collectively engaged in doing nothing.
Still doing nothing, drinking smoking
Continuing the theme of idleness while adding elements of drinking and smoking.
Nothing's happening
Emphasizing the lack of meaningful occurrences.
No one seems to care in their wooden chair
Noting the indifference of individuals in their inactive state.
Doing nothing
Reiterating the concept of doing nothing, perhaps highlighting a sense of apathy.
I go walking through the park
Shifting the scene to a park and describing a personal experience of walking.
Underneath a moldy sky
Setting the atmosphere with a negative description of the sky, possibly mirroring the mood.
Thinking â??yes I think this place
Reflecting on the thought that the park might be a lonely place to die.
Would be such a lonely place to die,
Expressing a contemplation on mortality and the perceived loneliness of the chosen location.
Such a lonely place to die"
Repeating the idea of the park as a lonely place to die.
Nothing we're doing nothing
Reiterating the theme of inactivity and emphasizing a state of literal stiffness.
Literally frozen stiff from nothing happening
Describing a condition of being frozen due to the lack of events.
Something has to change
Suggesting a need for change, as the current state is no longer acceptable.
Cause it's no longer feeling strange
Acknowledging that the previous state of idleness is becoming familiar or routine.
To do nothing Ad nauseam nothing
Repeating the idea of doing nothing to the point of nausea.
And feeling acutely every millisecond pass
Feeling the passage of time keenly while engaged in inactivity.
We can ignore that this is sad
Suggesting that the sadness of the situation can be ignored or overlooked.
Because we know that it all adds up to nothing
Asserting that, despite the accumulation of time, the overall outcome is nothing.
I go walking though the park
Returning to the theme of walking in the park, repeating the scenario.
Underneath the moldy sky
Reiterating the negative description of the sky while continuing the contemplation of the park.
Thinking about all the different ways that would make lonely ways to die
Reflecting on various ways the park could be lonely and serve as a place to die.
All the lonely ways to die
Listing different possibilities of lonely ways to die in the park.
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