Lyrics
Stuck like street lamps
Feeling trapped or immobile, like street lamps
Standing in the rain
Exposed to difficulties or hardships, akin to standing in the rain
The city noises
The sounds of the city drown out emotional pain
Drown out the pain
Life's struggles are masked by external distractions
Fixtures, flesh and fiction
Elements of life, physicality, and imagination shaping the surroundings
Filling the landscape
The environment filled with tangible and imaginary elements
The fiction that we live
Our constructed narratives serve as a way to escape reality
Is our only escape
Implies that the fictions we create are our only means of escape
In hindsight
Reflecting on past events with new understanding
What if this was your life
Considering how different choices could have shaped one's life
Could you forgo your lion's pride
Questioning the willingness to let go of ego and pride
On sidewalks
Symbolizing the shared experiences on the journey of life
Lay our thoughts
Expressing vulnerability and sharing unspoken thoughts
And prayers that couldn't pay off
Prayers and thoughts that were futile or couldn't bring desired outcomes
Abject on change
Being in a state of desperation or hopelessness
Goodwill in absentia
Good intentions without actual impact
Object to the estranged
Rejecting the unfamiliar or different
Philanthropist's dementia
Loss of empathy or compassion
Clutching pearls
Grasping onto superficial and materialistic values
Clenching fists
Reacting with anger or resistance
No verses
A lack of poetic expression or meaningful communication
No R.I.P.'s
No recognition or acknowledgment after death
What we don't know
The importance of acknowledging what is unknown
We can't omit
We cannot ignore what we don't know
And what we know
We are indifferent to what we do know
We couldn't give a shit
Indifference to knowledge or information
In hindsight
Reflecting on past events with new understanding (repeated)
When the ink's all but dried
Considering the impact of documented information when no longer relevant
Will the masses read of truth or lies
Questioning the reliability of information after death
What we don't read in the obit
What is not recorded in obituaries might be intentionally omitted
Must have been an omit
Recognizing omissions in obituaries
In my eyes
Subjective perspective on life experiences
On my hands and my knees
Accepting personal failures or shortcomings
Admitting my own self-defeat
Admitting defeat in personal battles
On sidewalks
Symbolizing vulnerability and unspoken thoughts (repeated)
Lay our thoughts
Expressing vulnerability and sharing unspoken thoughts (repeated)
And prayers that couldn't pay off
Prayers and thoughts that were futile or couldn't bring desired outcomes (repeated)
The war overseas
Comparing the impact of war abroad and societal issues at home
Outweighs the one at home
Suggesting societal neglect and decay
The city streets
The city has deteriorated or changed negatively
Have fully overgrown
Emphasizing the neglect of societal issues compared to global conflicts
"But we're all doing our best"
A cynical view on individuals doing their best
That's what the obit read
Reflecting on one's life after death through an obituary
When you're dead and gone
Regret for missed opportunities or unresolved issues in death
No time left to make amends
Running out of time to reconcile or make amends
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