Lights on the Levee
Levee's Light: A Tale of Desperation and Fate
Lyrics
There's not too many locals in the place where I'm working
Describing the scarcity of locals at the speaker's workplace.
A poison jams love but they hold onto pretension
Love is tainted by poison, but people cling to false appearances.
They don't wanna go home
People are reluctant to leave the place mentioned.
Ivory girl spent some time walking the levee
A girl with a pale complexion spent time walking along the levee.
I saw her there 'cause that is where I'm usually lookin'
The speaker often looks in that location and saw her there.
They wanna keep dry
People want to stay dry, possibly referring to emotional detachment.
When I look around, nothing's coming down
Observing the surroundings, no significant changes are occurring.
When's the flood gonna take me out
Anticipation or desire for a flood to bring change.
Could be to today, who cares anyway
Indifference towards the possibility of a flood today.
We got all the world to run
A sense of having plenty of time to explore the world.
Lucy Mae Maximus baby, you wanna invade me
Referring to Lucy Mae Maximus, possibly a character, with a provocative suggestion.
But Jesus told me nothin' piss him off
A rejection from Jesus due to misinterpretation or misrepresentation.
Like those who misquote him
Critiquing those who misquote Jesus and the consequences.
He wants to get straight
An urge to become honest and clear, perhaps inspired by Jesus' teachings.
Some kids got excited and rode their bikes on the levee
Kids showing excitement by riding bikes on the levee.
When the lights went out, I knew that they had drowned
Implying a tragic event, possibly drowning, when the lights went out.
In the valley
The tragedy occurred in the valley near the river.
The river don't care
The river is indifferent to the events happening around it.
No one to guard the row
No one is there to protect the row, suggesting vulnerability.
Everyone stays alone
Emphasis on individual solitude, a recurring theme.
He just fell out backwards from the overflow
A person falling backward due to overflow, a chaotic situation.
When I look around, nothing's coming down
Reiteration of the static nature of the surroundings.
When will the water wash me out
Expressing a desire for the water to wash the speaker away, possibly for change.
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