Worm in Heaven
Eternal Fears: A Farewell from the Worm in Heaven
Lyrics
So it's time to say goodbye
Expressing the need to bid farewell.
I was never too keen on last words
Not enthusiastic about final words.
Hope I said something good
Hoping to have conveyed something meaningful.
Grass has grown over me
Symbolizing the passage of time and nature's reclamation.
Long before now
Implying a long period of neglect or isolation.
I hope you walk through life with a smile
Wishing for a joyful and positive life for the listener.
Keep a knife in your purse
Encouraging preparedness and self-defense metaphorically.
Be as needed as the nail
Advocating for being essential like a nail.
As neat as the pin
Emphasizing neatness and precision like a pin.
Stick into things
Describing the action of sticking into and stabbing things.
Stab into things
I wish you well, I do
Expressing genuine well-wishes for the listener.
May you find peace in this world
Hoping for inner peace in the current life.
And when it's over
Referencing the end of life.
Dissolve without pain
Wishing for a painless dissolution after death.
I am the worm in heaven
Identifying as a humble entity, possibly denoting insignificance.
So close to grace
Being close to grace but unable to attain it.
Could lick it off of the bootheels
Describing the proximity to blessedness metaphorically.
Of the blessed
Specifically referencing the blessed.
I am the worm in heaven
Reiterating the identification as a humble entity.
After my life
Referring to life as a past experience.
They'll be living out in the foothills
Suggesting a contrast in living conditions after the speaker's life.
Cleaning the guilded gutter
Depicting a scene of cleaning opulence or wealth.
I am the worm in heaven
Repeating the characterization as a humble entity.
Remember me, how I lived
Requesting to be remembered for how the speaker lived.
I was frightened
Expressing a constant state of fear throughout life.
Always frightened
Emphasizing the enduring nature of fear.
I did exist, I did
Affirming the speaker's existence during their lifetime.
I was here, I am
Asserting continued existence even after death.
And what I left behind
Highlighting that the legacy left behind is complex.
Never be the simple kind
Rejecting simplicity in what is left behind.
I exist, I did
Reiterating the assertion of existence during life.
I exist, I did
Reaffirming past existence.
I was here, I was
Stressing the speaker's presence in the past.
Oh
Expressing emotion or a realization.
Never, never, never, never, never, never, never was
Repeatedly emphasizing the negation of the speaker's existence, perhaps suggesting a struggle with identity or self-worth.
Never, never, never, never, never, never, never was
-Never, never, never, never, never, never, never was
-Never, never, never, never, never, never, never was
-Never, never, never, never, never, never, never was
-Never, never, never, never, never, never, never was
-Never, never, never, never, never, never, never was
-Never, never, never, never, never, never, never
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