The Porpoise and the Hand Grenade

Divergent Patterns and Shaken Love: Unraveling Pavement's Sonic Tapestry
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Lyrics

Patterns divergin'

Patterns diverging, different paths or directions unfolding

Don't raise the flag

Don't signal or indicate a situation

For the sake of a volleyball

For the triviality of a volleyball game

Bitters and rag

Expressions of dissatisfaction or distress

But you'll never try

You'll never attempt

Never collide

Never come into conflict or clash

When wanderin' the piece of the shakin' you try

When wandering, experiencing the part of you that causes shaking or disturbance


There's the pattern of the marketplace

Observing the regularity of commerce or trade

See the value of what you never had

Recognizing the worth of things previously unpossessed

There's the pattern in the target face

Recognizing patterns in the face of a target, possibly aiming at success

See the lick align when they flounder

Seeing a favorable alignment when they struggle or fail

There's a porpoise in the hand grenade

Metaphorical contrast between innocence (porpoise) and destruction (hand grenade)

There's divergent ways that make me love you

Various divergent paths enhancing affection or love

There's an armature and enemas

Mentions of structure and cleansing procedures

There's a spangled life that you gin harden

Life's sparkle toughening you


Columns of acorn

Vertical structures resembling acorns, possibly representing growth

Hail from above

An incoming barrage or overwhelming influence

Shakin' the trees

Causing disruption or disturbance

Shakin' my love

Affected love or emotional disturbance

But my happy Monday

A reference to a positive association with Mondays

See that it's Monday

Acknowledging it's Monday

My everything is all the heart that won't run

One's essence is the undying emotional commitment


There's a matter that we'd like to share

There's a topic of importance to communicate

With all who are concerned about progress

To those concerned about advancement or development

It's a-never gonna get to me

Something won't affect or influence the speaker

Cause I'm broken and I know I'm wishin'

Feeling damaged and aware of one's desires or hopes

You're a gib and chain

Describing someone as insignificant or irrelevant

You're a cadent chain

Repetition of insignificance

You're a cadent chain

Continuing the idea of insignificance

You're a cadent jane

Reiteration of someone's insignificance or lack of importance

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