Lyrics
Now Michael is done
Michael has completed or reached the end of something.
Stripped bare of pretense soaking his sheets
He's emotionally exposed and vulnerable, free from any facade, and feeling intense emotions.
While counting insects
Engaging in a mundane or repetitive task while dealing with inner turmoil or distress.
He's a grid on the sun
He's a small element (grid) against something powerful (the sun), feeling insignificant.
He's the hate in the love
He embodies both negative and positive emotions, being a mix of hate within love or love within hate.
Every hole is a leak when Michael does speak
Every word he utters causes damage or reveals vulnerabilities.
But Michael will win
He'll ultimately triumph or overcome challenges.
There's a flame on his tongue
He speaks passionately, but destructively, as if his words are fiery and intense.
His words are burnt meat to muscle and rend
His words are harsh and damaging, causing pain and destruction.
Now Michael will cloak
He'll conceal or hide aspects of himself or his emotions.
Every raft in his moat to speak is to choke
Expressing oneself leads to suffocation or difficulty in communicating.
To leave is to come when the other has come
Leaving an emotional state is like entering another, possibly involving intimacy.
Then Michael is done is done, is done
Michael's conclusion or finality is reiterated multiple times, emphasizing his completed state.
While cracking his lens
He's damaging or impairing his own perspective or worldview.
He is breaking his hands
Physically harming himself or rendering himself incapable of action.
Growing wings from his back
Metaphorically transforming, evolving, or seeking change despite difficulties.
Michael sinks in his sack
Michael withdraws or retreats into himself, feeling confined or restricted.
When Michael is gone some other will come
After Michael's departure, someone else will take his place or fill the void.
When the other has come then Michael is done
Michael's completion is dependent on someone else's arrival or fulfillment.
Is done, is done
Reiteration of Michael's finality or conclusion.
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