Smokerings
Echoes of Vanishing Dreams: Screaming Trees' Smokerings
Lyrics
Smoke rings drift in the wind
Smoke rings are floating through the air
Looks like they're never coming back again
Seems unlikely they'll return
A sideways street till we reach the end
Metaphor for a directionless or uncertain path until reaching an end
Wishing all the while that I'd never been here
Regretting the decision to be in this situation
Feeling like the leaves and I blow about fast
Feeling transient and easily moved by circumstances
Making me think nothing ever lasts
Reflecting on the impermanence of things
Reflection mirrored in a shade of grey
Seeing oneself in a bleak or uncertain manner
Now I don't remember why I ever stayed
Forgetting the reason for remaining in a situation
Dark clouds are moving in
Sense of impending trouble or negativity
Dogs howl out in the wind
Atmosphere of desolation or loneliness
Smoke rings drift over me
Returning focus to the drifting smoke rings
Smoke rings are dreams
Smoke rings symbolize dreams or aspirations
Ice cold kiss on a cold steel rail
Describing a cold and harsh reality
Like all of the sights that I've watched fail
Observing the failure of various things
You told me that you never want to change your place
Someone's resistance to change or growth
Just another story that you can't erase
A past event that cannot be undone
Dark clouds are moving in
Continued foreboding or negativity
Dogs howl out in the wind
Reiteration of a sense of desolation
Smoke rings drift over me
Reconnecting with the drifting smoke rings
Smoke rings are dreams
Reaffirming that smoke rings represent dreams
Smoke rings drift in the wind
Reiteration of smoke rings floating in the air
Looks like they're never coming back again
Suggesting the unlikelihood of the smoke rings' return
A sideways street and the fog sets in
Environment becoming hazier or more unclear
Wishing all the while that you'd never been, yeah
Wishing to undo being in this situation
Dark clouds are moving in
Continued sense of impending negativity
Dogs howl out in the wind
Reinforcing the desolate atmosphere
Smoke rings drift over me
Returning focus to the symbolic smoke rings
Smoke rings are dreams
Confirmation that smoke rings symbolize dreams
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