Banging the Door
Banging the Door: A Dissonant ReflectionLyrics
Hello
Greeting, a simple acknowledgment
What do you want
Questioning someone's desires or intentions
You're irritating
Expressing annoyance or agitation towards someone
Go away
Requesting someone to leave or depart
It's not my fault
Stating a lack of responsibility for someone else's loneliness
That you're lonely
Suggesting to observe surroundings to realize shared experiences of loneliness
Just look around
Encouraging observation of the environment
I think you'll find that
Implying a commonality in experiencing problems
Everyone has the same problem
Commenting on the lack of a genuine sense of home
This is not a real home
Commenting on the thinness of the walls and lack of privacy
The walls are so thin
Reference to neighbors eavesdropping or listening
The neighbours listen in
Requesting to lower the noise due to complaints
Keep the noise down
Feeling ashamed or embarrassed
They're complaining
Describing a person conditioned to modesty and dependence
Humiliated
Questioning the need for concern at the present moment
You were born and bred
Emphasizing the existence of opportunities for change
Humble to the spoon fed
Indicating a waste of time or resources
Why worry now
Mixing feelings of admiration and hatred
You're not dead yet
Commenting on discontent individuals and their false image as heroes
You've got a whole lifetime to correct it
Comparing people to actors, implying pretense or insincerity
You're wasting
Referencing various perspectives or options
Admiring hating
Referring to a wide range of choices or variations
This lot are not happy heroes
Referring to taking out the trash or empties
Just better actors
Repeating a demand to make noise by banging the door
A hundred and one dilations
Reiterating refusal to answer phone calls or the door
And fifty seven varieties
-Outside with the empties
-Keep banging the door
-Keep banging the door
-Keep banging the door
-I won't answer the phone
-I won't answer the door
Reference to mythical reptilian creatures, hinting at distrust or refusal
Reptilians
Consistent refusal to let someone in despite potential understanding from another
I won't let you in
-If he knew we were here
-I'm sure he'd let us in
-I won't let you in
-Alright, stop Nick
Interruption in the scene, calling out a name (Nick)
This is not a real home
Continued refusal to allow entry despite the belief that another person might allow it
The walls are so thin
-The neighbours listen in
-Keep the noise down
-They're complaining
-I won't let you in
-If he knew we were here
-I'm sure he'd let us in
-I won't let you in
-I won't let you in
-Won't let you in
-If he knew we were here
-I'm sure he'd let us in
-I won't let you in
-If he knew we were here
-I'm sure he'd let us in
-Keep banging the door
Repeating the demand to make noise by banging the door and refusing to respond to calls or visitors
Keep banging the door
-Keep banging the door
-I won't answer the phone
-I won't answer the door
-Keep banging the door
Reiteration of the previous line's refusal to answer the door
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