Overflows
Overflowing Emotions: Superchunk's Poetic Reflection on Life's Accumulations
Lyrics
Everything the dead don't know
Everything unknown to the deceased accumulates, resembling a stack of magazines, and it overflows.
Piles up like magazines, overflows
The accumulation of things beyond the awareness of the dead becomes excessive.
And everything that you won't see
Things that you choose not to acknowledge continue to circulate.
Just swirls around
Unacknowledged elements keep swirling around.
Comes down and buries me
The consequences of these unnoticed things come down and overwhelm the speaker.
Do you like this place?
Asking if the listener appreciates the current situation or environment.
Do you like this sound?
Checking if the listener likes the present sound or atmosphere.
Do you like this taste?
Inquiring about the listener's preference for the current experience.
Oh yeah, you're not around
Expressing the absence of the listener.
But you are still the window, we are
Despite the absence, the listener is still the metaphorical window through which the speaker observes the world.
Looking out
Describing the various perspectives - prison, lens, flood, and drought - that the window provides.
A prison and a lens and a flood and a drought
Standing on the corner in the falling snow
Being in a specific location during falling snow, possibly reflecting on a moment of change or transition.
Posing for a picture in a smile that says
Posing for a picture with a smile that suggests a readiness or eagerness to move forward.
Let's go, don't let go, let go!
Encouraging not to hold back and to let go of inhibitions or reservations.
Standing on the corner in the falling snow
Repeating the scene of being on a corner in falling snow, now with arms around each other.
Arms around each other and a look that says
Expressing a shared connection or intimacy through physical closeness.
Let's go, don't let go, let go!
Encouraging again not to hold back and to let go of inhibitions or reservations.
Let's go, don't let go, let go!
Reiteration of the encouragement to let go and not hold back.
Let's go, don't let go, let go!
Repeating the call to let go and not hold back, reinforcing a sense of urgency.
Let's go, don't let go, let go!
Continuing to emphasize the importance of letting go and not holding back.
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