The Prize

Yearning for Unearned Triumphs: The Prize by Semisonic
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Lyrics

The night of a thousand verses

The time or occasion characterized by numerous recited or written compositions.

One thousand friends said have you heard

A large number of acquaintances or people inquired if you've heard something.

What we expected

The outcome or information anticipated.


We are all working late and

Everyone is diligently working late, striving for a prize they feel undeserving of.

Waiting to win a prize we don't deserve

Struggling and anticipating a reward they feel unworthy of receiving.

And live to collect it

To survive and enjoy the reward once achieved.


Can't you see I'm weary

Expressing fatigue or exhaustion.

Maybe this news can wait

Suggesting a delay in sharing news due to weariness.


The night of a thousand verses

A recurrence of a situation where numerous people eagerly strain to hear something.

One thousand strivers strain to hear

A thousand individuals striving hard to hear a voice that's now absent or departed.

A voice that's left us

An absence of an influential or guiding voice.


And the magazines still have to sell us

Media sources still aim to promote and sell stories about exceptional individuals annually.

Twelve master geniuses a year

A quota of twelve exceptionally talented individuals featured each year.

It's all so shameless

Expressing shame or embarrassment regarding the situation described.


Can't you see I'm weary

Reiterating exhaustion or weariness.

Maybe this news can wait

Suggesting a postponement of sharing news due to fatigue.


Can't you see I'm blurry

Feeling unfocused or unclear mentally.

Maybe this news can wait

Proposing a delay in sharing news due to mental blurriness or lack of clarity.


Maybe there was a message in it

Wondering if there was a hidden message in a situation or communication.

I don't know where you hid it

Expressing uncertainty about the location or existence of a concealed message.

Maybe there was a piece that will fit

Speculating about a missing part or detail that might have relevance.

I don't know where to fit it

Uncertainty about where or how to integrate a potentially important detail.


Tell me what kind of prize can you get

Pondering the nature of a prize that one doesn't desire to obtain.

Where you don't want to win it?

Rhetorical question questioning the worth of a prize that isn't desirable.


Can't you see I'm weary

Reiteration of weariness or fatigue.

Maybe this news can wait

Suggesting a delay in sharing news due to exhaustion.


Can't you see I'm blurry

Repeating a feeling of mental blurriness or lack of focus.

Maybe this blues can wait.

Humorously suggesting that even the feeling of blues or sadness can wait due to mental state.

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