Actor Out of Work
Unraveling the Complexities of Love and Identity
Lyrics
You're a supplement, you're a salve
You serve as a supplement or healing balm.
You're a bandage, pull it off
You function as a bandage; it's time to remove you.
I can quit you cut it out
I can stop depending on you; cut it out.
You're a patient, iron lung
You're like a patient relying on an iron lung.
You're a cast signed broken arm
Similar to a cast signed on a broken arm.
You're an actor out of work
You're an actor currently unemployed or not playing a role.
You're a liar and that's the truth
You're deceptive, yet that's the reality.
You're an extra, lost in the scene
You're an extra in a scene, feeling lost.
You're a boxer in the ring
Like a boxer in the ring, with hidden aggression (brass knuckles).
With brass knuckles underneath
Implies hidden aggression or deceit beneath the surface.
You're the curses through my teeth
You represent curses expressed through my words.
You're the laughter, you're the obscene
You're associated with laughter and the obscene.
You're a supplement, you're a salve
Reiteration of being a supplement or healing balm.
You're a bandage, pull it off
Reiteration of being a bandage, contemplating removal.
I think I love you, I think I'm mad
Expressing conflicting emotions: love and madness.
You're a cast signed broken arm
Similar to a cast signed on a broken arm (repeated imagery).
You're an actor out of work
Reiteration of being an unemployed actor.
I think I love you, I think I'm mad
Reiteration of conflicting emotions: love and madness.
You're a boxer in the ring
Similar to a boxer in the ring with hidden aggression (repeated imagery).
With brass knuckles underneath
Implies hidden aggression or deceit beneath the surface (repeated imagery).
I think I love you, I think I'm mad
Reiteration of conflicting emotions: love and madness.
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