Collapse
Corporate Decay in Melancholic Rhythms
Lyrics
Mid-level manager
Reference to a mid-level manager.
Says he heard about
The manager claims to have heard about something.
Some mulatto girl
Reference to a mulatto girl.
Shot him in the mouth,
Implies the girl shot someone in the mouth.
And left him a hotel Near the mid-south offices.
Describes the location where the incident occurred.
He worked in distribution,
Specifies the manager's occupation in distribution.
Regional vice-president.
The manager's title as a regional vice-president.
Collapse, unload it, pop! pop!
Expression of a collapse or failure, possibly in business.
I must accumulate, unload it,
Desire to accumulate followed by unloading.
Pop! Pop! I must accumulate.
Repetition of the desire to accumulate.
Well the soil is rich
Metaphorical description of the soil being rich.
Competition fat
Reference to competition being abundant and prosperous.
Ripe and vulnerable
Description of the competition as ripe and vulnerable.
Oozing from the slats
Imagery of something oozing or seeping out.
And too cash-heavy, bloated
Describes a situation as too cash-heavy and bloated.
Sitting there all puckered up.
Implies an entity or situation sitting idle and contracted.
Index of numbers is,
Reference to an index of numbers scrolling up on a screen.
Scrolling upscreen, scrolling up.
Continuation of the scrolling up process.
Smash it down to digits.
Encourages breaking down something into digits.
Gut it out and break it down.
Encourages gutting out and breaking down.
Liquid assets are Seeping down, seeping down now.
Describes liquid assets seeping down.
Seeping down, seeping down now.
Repetition of the liquid assets seeping down imagery.
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