Lyrics
Wake up in the night
Awakening during the night.
Get up turn on the light
Taking action by turning on the light.
Go outside pick up my shovel
Going outdoors and grabbing a shovel.
Keep telling me there'll be trouble
Anticipation of trouble based on warnings.
There's a cat in a cathedral
Imagery of a cat in a cathedral, possibly symbolic.
Swiping its claw in the vestibule
Describing the cat's actions in the vestibule.
Sitting in a bloody gloom
Setting with a dark atmosphere, emphasizing negativity.
They're evil buggers they think it's really cool
Critique of perceived malevolence in others.
Tell me how do I get where you are?
Expressing a desire to reach someone or something.
Is it easy if you don't make it hard?
Questioning the difficulty of the journey.
Should I rather just let it go?
Contemplating whether to release a situation.
Bang the drum with the chicken bone
Using unconventional methods, like banging a drum with a chicken bone.
Fear eats the soul oh yeah
Stating a theme: fear consuming the soul.
And all your tears of sorrow
Linking fear with the experience of sorrow.
Turn off the light check the locks
Securing the environment by checking locks.
Where have all my buddies gone?
Reflecting on the absence of companions.
You know what I'm most afraid of
Expressing a fear of self-discovery.
Finding out what I'm really made of
Fear of confronting one's true nature.
Fire engines come
Introduction of fire engines as a metaphor for intervention.
Try and put me out
Resisting attempts to extinguish personal struggles.
But no-one
Emphasizing the determination to keep others out.
Is getting in tonight
Reiteration of keeping others away.
Tell me how do I get where you are?
Revisiting the desire to reach a distant goal.
Is it easy if you don't make it hard?
Raising a question about the ease of the journey.
Sit in my chair and I smile
Contrasting emotions while sitting in a chair.
Sit in my chair and I cry
Expressing a range of emotions in solitude.
Fear eats the soul oh yeah
Reiteration of fear consuming the soul.
And all your tears of sorrow
Repeating the connection between fear and sorrow.
Yeah, yeah, y'know
Additional emphasis on fear and its impact.
Fear eats the soul oh yeah
Repetition for emphasis: fear consuming the soul.
Fear eats the soul oh yeah
Reiteration of the theme of fear consuming the soul.
This is what you must know
Indicating important information or realization.
If you don't let it go
Stressing the importance of letting go for spiritual well-being.
It's a spiritual black hole
Describing fear as a spiritual black hole.
Fear eats the soul
Repetition for emphasis: fear consuming the soul.
Fear eats the soul
Reiteration of fear consuming the soul.
And all your tears of sorrow
Linking fear again with the experience of sorrow.
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