Shame
Echoes of Change: Patrick Watson's Melodic Reflection on a Transformed World
Lyrics
There was a time
Reflecting on a past time
Where our years still just feel alive
When life felt vibrant and alive
Then the world started to change
Change in the world began
And it never quite felt the same
Resulting in a persistent sense of unfamiliarity
And the sky turned to fire
The sky metaphorically transformed into chaos
And the people cried, oh why, oh why
People expressing distress and questioning
So they looked far and wide
Searching extensively for answers
When the answer was in front of their eyes
Overlooking the evident solution
Little children started to cry, oh
Children experiencing fear and sorrow
Screaming, Mama and Papa, oh why, oh why
Cries for parental comfort and understanding
So they told them a lie
False narratives told to suppress them
Just to silence them
Using deception to quiet dissent
Say goodnight
Bidding farewell or ending the day
And the people started to die
People facing mortality
With their hands towards the rain
Reaching out to the rain, symbolizing desperation
They've been waiting for the moment when they're finally dead
Longing for release from their struggles
Singing ooh, what a shame
Expressing sorrow and disappointment
(Shame, shame, shame)
Reiterating the emotion of shame
Ooh, what a shame
Ooh, what a shame
-(Shame, shame, shame)
-Ooh, what a shame
-What a shame
-What a shame
-Ooh, what a shame
-What a shame
-We built a shuttle
Building a spacecraft for escape
Flew to a new world
Traveling to a new world for a fresh start
Just to start over
Repeating the cycle of learning destructive behavior
Learn how to kill
Acquiring the skill of causing harm
We built a shuttle
Reiteration of the space journey
Flew to a new world
Revisiting the idea of starting anew
Just to start over
Continuing the pattern of learning violence
Learn how to kill
Reinforcing the theme of shame
He's singing, what a shame
No, no, no, no, no, no
Emphatically rejecting a situation
He cried, what a shame
Crying out in sorrow
He cried, what a shame
Repeating the expression of shame
No, no, no, no, no, no
He sang, what a shame
Singing about the enduring feeling of shame
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