Lyrics
Give me the city.
Desire for the city.
Give me the sea.
Desire for the sea.
Give to me everything I need.
Desire for everything needed.
The future is shining like a giant metal beast.
The future appears promising but intimidating.
It shines so bright tonight, with its legs open wide
The bright and open future.
And love is blind.
Love is described as blind.
Falls in love with itself again, like it never should, the way it always can.
Love falling for itself, against conventional expectations.
And she is mine, but the world is much bigger now
The singer's partner, but the world feels vast.
Oh tell me, should I hold her hand, and give her love,
Contemplation of holding hands and giving love.
or take her heart and throw it far away?
Debating whether to keep her heart or discard it.
Oh now is the time, to jump into it all.
Encouragement to embrace life fully.
I'll just hold my nose, and try not to fall.
Expressing caution but willing to take risks.
To seek and to find, instead of walking around with eyes glued to the sky
Choosing exploration over passivity.
I turn them down to the ground.
Turning attention away from lofty ideals to reality.
Oh and I used to think that maybe one day,
Past hopes of finding true love.
I'd find the love of my life.
Realization that love seems distant.
Oh but it's so far away.
Expressing uncertainty about the reason.
Oh I don't know why.
The mystery of love's elusiveness.
Oh but I, I want it all tonight.
Desire for everything tonight.
And love is blind.
Reiteration that love is blind.
Falls in love with itself again, like it never should, the way it always can.
Love's tendency to repeat its patterns.
Oh and she is mine, but the world is much bigger now
The partner belongs to the singer, but the world is vast.
Oh tell me, should I hold her hand, and give her love,
Considering whether to offer love.
or take her heart and throw it far away?
The dilemma of keeping or discarding her heart.
We held hands, and we looked out of the bedroom window.
A shared moment with the partner, observing surroundings.
We could see all the buildings collapsing around us, so we kissed.
Kissing amidst a sense of impending chaos.
And we laid on the bed, and we waited for the ceiling to fall in.
Waiting for challenges that never materialize.
But it never did.
No catastrophic event occurs; life continues.
In the morning it was all still there.
Surprise that everything remains unchanged.
The spilled milk and the dog-turd,
Noticing mundane and messy details in the morning light.
in that grey ashtray morning light.
Observing the ordinary, unglamorous reality.
I could hear thousands of people,
Hearing a collective song of many people.
and they were all singing this song:
The communal singing of a mysterious song.
La lala lala
Repetition of a nonsensical, melodic phrase.
Hey butcher!
A greeting or inquiry to a butcher figure.
Oh, oh, oh hey butcher!
Repetition of a greeting to the butcher.
What's your name?
A direct question about the butcher's name.
Oh hey butcher, what's your game?
Asking about the butcher's intentions or actions.
Oh, you take all their love, and you suck out their eyes,
Accusing the butcher of cruel actions.
and then you rip out their hearts, and you eat their insides.
Graphic description of the butcher's brutality.
Yeah, then you just walk away, with a smile on your face.
Describing the butcher's callous departure.
Hey butcher, hey butcher, I've seen your face before
Recognition of the butcher's face from a past encounter.
Lalalalalalala
Repetition of a melodic, nonsensical phrase.
And love is blind.
Final affirmation of love's blindness.
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