Lyrics
My guy has a tan transcontinental
The person I'm involved with has a tan that spans continents.
But it keeps me enchained
This connection keeps me feeling captivated or trapped.
Watch an old black and white movie
Observing an old movie in black and white.
Fred and ginger are too sentimental, crying in shame
Dismissing Fred and Ginger's emotional display in the movie as too sentimental and shameful.
I don't want to be forgotten
Expressing a fear or desire not to be forgotten.
I can't be alone
Feeling unable to be by oneself.
So don't you dare leave me
Pleading not to be abandoned.
It's like coming home
Comparing the feeling to the comfort of coming home.
To a skin that has died
Referencing a sense of detachment or numbness.
Human voices like a drum
Describing human voices as impactful like a drumbeat.
And they're looking right through me
Feeling unnoticed or unseen by others.
Scatter the ashes one more time for me, one more time for me
Asking for a symbolic scattering of ashes multiple times.
My guy has a tattoo ornamental
Describing a tattoo on the person being mentioned.
When he's frozen in space
When this person is motionless or frozen in a situation.
Cut your eye far to me
Directing attention towards oneself.
A covered carcass is too elemental, caught underneath a subway
Describing a situation as basic or primal but also trapped or stuck.
I don't want to be forgotten
Reiterating the fear or desire not to be forgotten.
I can't be alone
Reiterating the feeling of inability to be alone.
So don't you dare leave me
Pleading not to be abandoned, akin to the feeling of coming home.
It's like coming home
Reiterating the sense of detachment or numbness.
It's a skin that has died
Reiteration of detachment or numbness in a metaphorical sense.
Human voices like a drum
Reiterating the impact of human voices like a drumbeat and feeling unseen.
And they're looking right through me
Repeating the request for a symbolic scattering of ashes.
Scatter the ashes one more time for me, one more time for me
-One more time for me, one more time for me
Further repetition of the request for a symbolic scattering of ashes.
One more time for me, one more time for me
-One more time for me, one more time for me
-Trans-likened, twisting my ankle
Describing a metaphorical twisting or distortion, possibly of identity.
Doing the grave dance
Engaging in a symbolic dance related to graves or death.
Narcotic? yes please, I'll have a sample
Expressing a willingness to try or experience narcotics.
Riding on my very last chance
Describing reliance on a final opportunity or chance.
Then the clouds will open for me
Anticipating a moment of clarity or peace.
Gonna meet my jesus christ
Referencing a spiritual encounter or resolution.
I see history playing before me
Observing history unfolding or being reflected upon.
For pleasure and passion you play the price
Stating the cost of pursuing pleasure and passion.
Sadness the name of the spike that took me
Describing the sadness or pain caused by a particular event or action.
I'll make that's all
Unclear line - possible typo or incomplete sentence.
Like some raging, hard, horny mephistopheles
Comparing oneself to a powerful and lustful mythological figure.
Who came for my soul
Feeling like one's soul is being sought after or taken.
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