Carapace
Unveiling Life's Depths: Carapace by Sam Gallop
Lyrics
Down in the coal mines
Reference to the coal mines as a symbol of hidden or buried aspects of life.
Buried away
Suggests concealment or suppression of something significant.
There lies the answers
Implies that answers to life's challenges or decay are found in hidden places.
To our decay
Points to the inevitability of decay in life.
You could smell it in the autumn air
Describes a sensory experience of decay, possibly metaphorical.
It's nestling beneath your hair
Suggests an intimate connection to decay, affecting one's personal space.
You can poke at it
Encourages exploration or confrontation of the concealed issues.
It's waiting for you
Indicates that confronting these issues is a personal choice.
It's away
Repetition emphasizes the persistent nature of the concealed challenges.
It's away
-It's away
-You can poke at it
-It's waiting for you
-Down on the ancient roads
Shifts focus to ancient roads, possibly symbolizing life's journey.
There lived a man
Introduction of a character living on the ancient roads.
Roman by blood and bone
Describes the character as having Roman heritage.
But earnest by hand
Highlights the character's earnest nature despite ancestry.
He was gifted in the art of reason
Attributes a talent for reason to the character.
But hated applause
Reveals the character's aversion to recognition or praise.
This all will blow to dust
Suggests the transient nature of achievements or legacies.
Just as before
-This is here
Repetition reinforces the idea that important aspects are present and waiting to be discovered.
This is here
-This is here
-You can poke at it
-It's waiting for you
-I bleed just like the oxen
Expresses shared human experiences and the impermanence of life.
And I cry just like the wolf
-This flesh all but clothing
-My mind is more than wool
-This too will come to nothing
-I will and so shall you
-So before the earth will take us
-Let's just be beautiful
-We are here
Affirms the present moment and encourages searching for beauty amidst uncertainties.
We are here
-We are here
-You can search for it
-It's waiting for you
-We are here
Reiteration of the affirmation, emphasizing the ongoing search for meaning.
We are here
-We are here
-You can search for it
-It's waiting for you
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