Emily
Unopened Letters: A Melodic Plea for Change
Lyrics
National grid is wasting paper
The National grid is using paper inefficiently.
But it's too late for you to pay her
It's too late for someone to repay a debt to an unspecified person ("her").
Catalogs for clothing I don't wear
There are catalogs for clothing the speaker doesn't wear.
Grandma misses you
The speaker's grandma misses someone (possibly Emily).
Don't you even care?
Expressing concern about the apparent lack of care from the person being addressed (Emily).
Every single night I hold out hope
The speaker holds hope every night that there won't be any mail tomorrow.
When they come tomorrow there won't be an envelope
Anticipation that there won't be any envelopes in the mail tomorrow.
Oh Emily please change your address
Plea for Emily to change her address.
Why you haven't already I couldn't guess
Expressing confusion about why Emily hasn't changed her address yet.
Just throwing it out would be a crime
Suggesting that simply throwing the mail away would be considered a crime.
I'm tossing your mail
The speaker admits to discarding Emily's mail, hoping she doesn't mind.
I hope you don't mind
Expressing hope that Emily is not bothered by the act of discarding her mail.
The film department at the MoMa
Mentioning that the film department at the MoMa owes money to Emily.
Has some money that they owe ya
Encouragement for Emily to claim the money owed to her.
Don't get me started on all that plastic
Criticism or concern about excessive use of plastic.
With the number that you get
Referring to a large number of something, possibly related to plastic use.
I bet your credit score's fantastic
Sarcastically suggesting that Emily's credit score is fantastic despite the mentioned issues.
Every single night I hold out hope
Repetition of the hope that there won't be mail tomorrow.
When they come tomorrow there will be no envelope
Reiteration of the anticipation that there won't be envelopes in the mail tomorrow.
Oh Emily please change your address
Repetition of the plea for Emily to change her address.
Why you haven't already I couldn't guess
Reiteration of confusion about why Emily hasn't changed her address.
Just throwing it out would be a crime
Reiteration that discarding the mail would be considered a crime.
I'm tossing your mail
Reiteration of the speaker's act of tossing Emily's mail.
I hope you don't mind
Reiteration of the hope that Emily is not bothered by the act of discarding her mail.
Oh Emily please change your address
Final plea for Emily to change her address.
Why you haven't already I couldn't guess
Reiteration of confusion about why Emily hasn't changed her address.
Just throwing it out would be a crime
Reiteration that discarding the mail would be considered a crime.
I'm tossing your mail
Reiteration of the speaker's act of tossing Emily's mail.
I hope you don't mind
Final hope that Emily is not bothered by the act of discarding her mail.
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