Feeling the Pinch
Resilience in Red: Navigating Life's Struggles with Poison Girls
Lyrics
Like a crow on a motorway, picking at scabs
Metaphorically likening the experience to a crow scavenging on a busy road, highlighting a struggle or conflict.
Sees red when a blackleg, drives past in a cab
The sight of a strikebreaker (blackleg) in a taxi provokes anger or resentment.
Like men in blue suits, with their sticks in their hands
Reference to law enforcement (men in blue suits) with weapons and symbolic decorations.
And their feathers in their caps
Symbolic description of authority figures with both power (sticks) and honors (feathers in caps).
Like fighting for blackstuff, like staying alive
Comparing the struggle to obtain essential resources (blackstuff) with the fight for survival.
Like a union of crows, their funds bled dry
Describing a labor union facing financial hardship and depletion of resources.
And bossmen in lorries, are crossing the line
Indicating confrontations between workers and management, where bosses are crossing established boundaries.
It's only real when it hurts
Emphasizing the reality of a situation only when it becomes painful or difficult.
You can trust when it hurts
Encouraging trust or reliance on a situation even when it causes discomfort.
You know now it's been
Recognition that the experience has occurred and can be trusted.
Feeling the pinch
Introducing the recurring theme of "Feeling the Pinch" as a central concept.
Wakes up from a dream
Awakening from a dream, suggesting a departure from an idealized or imagined state.
Trust how it hurts
Reiterating the importance of trust in the midst of pain or difficulty.
Trust what you feel
Encouraging trust in one's emotions and experiences.
Feeling the pinch
Repeating the central theme, "Feeling the Pinch," to emphasize the ongoing struggle.
Wakes you up
Highlighting the awakening or realization that occurs when facing adversity.
Like a crow on barbed wire, we're the enemy within
Drawing a parallel between the speaker and an unwelcome presence (crow) in a restricted or dangerous environment (barbed wire).
Like an unanswered phone call, we're ringing again
Comparing the persistent nature of the struggle to an unanswered phone call that continues to resonate.
Like a picking bone, there's a hook in your brain
Describing a persistent and intrusive thought or influence represented by a hook in the brain.
It only real when it hurts
Reiterating that the reality of a situation becomes apparent only when it causes pain.
Like a ghost town valley, like dust on a sheet
Depicting a desolate and abandoned place, emphasizing the emptiness and neglect.
Like a cold empty shop, on a cold empty street
Comparing a cold and empty shop to a cold and empty street, reinforcing a sense of abandonment and isolation.
Like the crowd gathers round, when the ambulance screams
Describing a scene where a crowd gathers in response to an emergency, highlighting the spectacle of suffering.
Your only real when you bleed.
Stating that one's existence is most authentic or tangible when experiencing pain or hardship.
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