It Will Never Be This Way Again
Eternal Echoes: Embracing the Bittersweet Symphony of 'It Will Never Be This Way Again'
Lyrics
The gospel dogs are wailing now that the sun has gone
The lamentation of gospel dogs as darkness falls.
And black clouds chase chattering birds over the horizon
Stormy clouds pursuing birds, symbolizing unrest.
The streets are clean and dry but for the garbage and the rain
Clean streets marred by garbage and rain, a transient state.
And it will never be this way again
A recognition that the present moment is unique and fleeting.
Time doesn't move yet everybody feels they're chased
Time's stillness, yet a pervasive sense of pursuit by ghosts.
By the ghosts who come unglued in the portraits we misplace
Disjointed memories in displaced portraits.
Everyone gets wasted by the pretty poisons in their brain
Destruction caused by attractive but harmful influences on the mind.
And we will never be this happy again
A realization that the current happiness won't recur.
We will never be this happy again
Reiteration of the impossibility of reliving this happiness.
The clock puts his face down in his hands and then
The symbolism of time, expressed through a weeping clock.
Cries as the sun gets swallowed by the ocean
The sun's disappearance into the ocean, emphasizing irreversibility.
And it will never be this way again
An acknowledgment that the current situation is fleeting.
The lonely boarder complains of being buried in his bed
A person feeling overwhelmed, buried in their bed.
The fortune teller nods and smiles as she unravels him some thread
A fortune teller offering insight, unraveling the threads of fate.
She says why don't you go find yourself somewhere else that you can hang
Suggesting a need for change to improve luck.
Cause you will never be this lucky again
A reminder that luck is transient and may not recur.
If you're blessed with concrete courage then glory is a birthright
Concrete courage as a birthright, and the choice of battles.
So choose something to defeat that will not go and throw the fight
An encouragement to face challenges that won't surrender easily.
The only way to rise again is to go and get yourself slain
The notion that rising requires risking defeat.
But it will never be that easy again
An acknowledgment that such opportunities won't come easily again.
It will never be that easy again
Reiterating the difficulty of the previous statement.
The clock puts his face down in his hands and then
A recurrent image of the clock weeping as the sun sets.
Cries as the sun gets swallowed by the ocean
The sun's symbolic descent into the ocean, signaling challenges.
And it will never be that easy again
Reiterating the irreversibility of past ease and simplicity.
It will never be this way again
A final affirmation of the transience of the present state.
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