Lyrics
Stand up straight at the foot of your love
Expressing readiness or anticipation to confront love.
I lift my shirt up
Symbolic action of revealing vulnerability or openness.
Stand up straight at the foot of your love
Reiteration of readiness or anticipation for love.
I lift my shirt up
Repetition of the symbolic act, emphasizing vulnerability.
I was carried to Ohio in a swarm of bees
Metaphorical journey to Ohio amidst challenges (swarm of bees).
I'll never marry but Ohio don't remember me
Declaration of a decision not to marry, with Ohio as indifferent.
Lay my head on the hood of your car
Seeking comfort or intimacy by resting on the car hood.
I'll take it too far
Warning or acknowledgment of potential excess in seeking intimacy.
Lay my head on the hood of your car
Repetition, emphasizing the risk of going too far.
I'll take it too far
Continuation of the cautionary theme regarding intimacy.
I still owe money to the money, to the money I owe
Debt metaphor, possibly financial or emotional, and the consequences.
I never thought about love when I thought about home
Reflection on not associating love with the concept of home.
I still owe money to the money, to the money I owe
Reiteration of debt and its impact on the individual.
The floors are falling out from everybody I know
Observation of the challenges affecting people in the speaker's circle.
I'm on a bloodbuzz
Declaration of being in a state of heightened awareness or excitement.
Yes I am
Affirmation of the heightened state of awareness or excitement.
I'm on a blood, buzz
Repetition, emphasizing the intense state of awareness.
I'm on a bloodbuzz
Reiteration of the heightened state, possibly linked to blood or passion.
God I am
Acknowledgment of a divine or spiritual aspect in the heightened state.
I'm on a blood, buzz
Repetition, reinforcing the spiritual or divine element.
I was carried to Ohio in a swarm of bees
Recall of the metaphorical journey to Ohio with continued challenges.
I never married but Ohio don't remember me
Reiteration of the decision not to marry and Ohio's lack of remembrance.
I still owe money to the money, to the money I owe
Reiteration of the debt metaphor and its unresolved nature.
I never thought about love when I thought about home
Reflection on the absence of love in thoughts about home.
I still owe money to the money, to the money I owe
Repetition of the ongoing struggle with debt and its consequences.
The floors are falling out from everybody I know
Observation of widespread challenges affecting acquaintances.
I'm on a bloodbuzz
Reaffirmation of the heightened state of awareness or excitement.
Yes I am
Confirmation of being in a bloodbuzz state.
I'm on a blood, buzz
Repetition, emphasizing the intense state of awareness.
I'm on a bloodbuzz
Reiteration of the heightened state, invoking a spiritual or divine aspect.
God I am
Repetition, reinforcing the spiritual or divine element in the bloodbuzz.
I'm on a blood, buzz
Final emphasis on the intense, possibly transcendent, state of bloodbuzz.
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