Now We Must Face Each Other
Unraveling Life's Questions Through Simon Joyner's Probing Verses
Lyrics
Why must you turn everything beautiful ugly
Questioning why beauty is often transformed into something unpleasant and vice versa.
And anything ugly so hideous?
Asking why unattractive things are made to seem extremely repulsive.
Why would you put your freedom above me
Questioning prioritizing personal freedom over the relationship with the speaker.
When you know it leaves nothing between us?
Highlighting how this prioritization of freedom creates distance between them.
Have you discovered a new discipline
Asking if the person has found a new way of self-control or self-discipline.
At last within your reach?
Wondering if this newfound discipline is finally attainable.
Is your cure a bed and a woman
Asking if the remedy for their troubles involves a bed or seeking solace in a relationship.
Or do you prefer to be bled by a leach?
Suggesting an alternative, potentially negative solution involving exploitation or dependence on others.
Why would you trade your silver for base tokens
Questioning why valuable things are exchanged for less worthy items or experiences.
And your tokens for cheap carnival rides?
Asking about the choice to trade meaningful possessions for trivial, transient pleasures.
Why would you leave a desire unspoken
Questioning why desires are left unexpressed when there are numerous insignificant things one hides.
When there are so many worthless things to hide?
Highlighting the irony of hiding trivial matters while leaving deeper desires unspoken.
Will you dissolve your new snowflake
Asking if the person will discard something delicate or unique thoughtlessly.
On the tip of your yellow tongue
Imagery questioning whether something precious will be wasted.
Or will she stumble out of a cake
Suggesting a scenario of someone emerging from surprise or shock.
To be eaten by your thumb?
Symbolic imagery questioning whether someone special will be taken advantage of.
Why must you always search for a vacancy
Questioning why the person always seeks emptiness or lack of fulfillment in life experiences.
In every hotel life you brush against?
Asking why those without faith boast about their morality from a standpoint of intolerance.
Why must the faithless trumpet their decency
Highlighting hypocrisy in people who lack faith yet assert their righteousness.
From a plateau of intolerance?
Questioning the authenticity of their claims of decency while being intolerant.
Will you ever tire of digesting the flesh
Asking if the person will ever move beyond superficial desires to explore deeper aspects of life.
Long enough to investigate the soul?
Questioning if there's a willingness to investigate matters beyond the physical realm.
Or are you like the amnesiac goldfish
Comparing the person to a forgetful fish, always surprised by its environment.
Always surprised to find yourself in a bowl?
Highlighting a tendency to be unaware or surprised by circumstances despite repeated experiences.
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