Come Home
Embrace the Fire: Swell Foop's Call to Open Your Heart
Lyrics
Throw all these walking sticks away, mm? and dance
Encouragement to abandon limitations and constraints and embrace freedom by dancing.
I was never a victim
Asserting a sense of resilience and strength, refusing to see oneself as a victim.
Only dreaming that I am bound
Implies that the feeling of being restricted or confined is only a product of dreaming, not actual reality.
Soften and be defenseless, for
Advising to soften defenses, letting go of barriers.
I am already found
Emphasizing that the self is already discovered or realized.
Step into the fire
Encouragement to confront challenges or difficulties metaphorically represented by fire.
May it burn what isn't real
Wishing for the fire to eliminate falsehood or illusions.
Won't you come on home now?
Invitation to return home, potentially a metaphor for finding inner peace or comfort.
Or do you prefer it at the wayside inn?
Questioning the preference for staying in a comfortable yet unfulfilling place.
Throw everything out
Encouragement to discard unnecessary things or baggage.
Don't be clever, be crazy, like a bee
Encouraging spontaneity and abandoning overthinking, akin to the nature of a bee.
Open your heart to the world. It's the only way
Advocating for vulnerability and openness as the sole approach to life.
You know this is the wayyy, this is the way
Reiteration of the belief in the presented way of living.
Open your heart to the world
Re-emphasis on opening up emotionally to the world.
Don't be clever be crazy! Like the sea
Encouragement to be wild and free like the sea.
Open your heart to the world
Repeating the importance of opening up to the world emotionally.
Don't be tidy, be messy my dear, like a tree
Encouragement to embrace chaos or imperfection, akin to the messiness of a tree.
Open your heart to the world (Open your heart)
Continued emphasis on emotional openness.
Don't be clever be crazy, like a bee
Encouragement to embrace spontaneity and abandon overthinking, similar to a bee's nature.
Open your heart to the world
Reiteration of the importance of emotional vulnerability to the world.
Open yo
Partial line, possibly incomplete, continuing the encouragement to open up.
Step into the fire
Reiteration of facing challenges or difficulties symbolized by fire.
(Step, step, into the fire, we go into the fire)
Repetition emphasizing entering the metaphorical fire, potentially representing personal growth or transformation.
May it burn what isn't real
Desire for the fire to eliminate what's not genuine or authentic.
(Stepping into the fire, we go into the fire)
Repetition emphasizing entering the symbolic fire, suggesting a transformative process.
Won't you come on home now?
Reiteration of the invitation to return home, to a place of peace or inner comfort.
(Come home, into the quiet before and after the fire)
Encouragement to find solace or tranquility before and after facing challenges.
What's so good about the wayside inn?
Questioning the appeal of staying in a stagnant, unexciting place.
(We go into the fire, come home into the fire)
Reiteration emphasizing the journey into the symbolic fire, possibly signifying personal growth or change.
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