Crude Oil Water
Echoes of Carnal Thrill: The Haunting Tale in Crude Oil Waters
Lyrics
Female in the Crude Oil Water
Introduction of a female figure in crude oil water
Swallowed in the lake
Describes her being engulfed in the lake
The outstretched arm of someone's daughter
Refers to the outstretched arm of someone's daughter
And I can't look away
Expresses the speaker's inability to look away
No eyes, no face
Highlights the absence of eyes and face
Just a resting place
Describes the crude oil water as a resting place
And so she's not Human to me
States that the female is dehumanized in the speaker's perception
No eyes, no face
Reiterates the lack of eyes and face
And so no disgrace
Asserts that there is no disgrace in the speaker's curiosity
In my curiosity
Expresses the speaker's curiosity without judgment
The hands distort to become claws
Describes hands distorting into claws
That cry up to the moon
Depicts the distorted hands reaching out to the moon
For someone's help
Hands cry out for help
As the greedy squelch
Suggests greed as a signal for impending doom
Signals for impending doom
Describes impending doom signaled by greedy actions
My eyes with lust to solemn
Speaker's eyes frozen with lust
Freeze upon the velvet black lagoon
Describes freezing gaze upon the black lagoon
No joy, no guilt
Notes absence of joy and guilt
Just compelled to stillness
Describes being compelled to stillness
And to watch the fingers squirm
Expresses the speaker's observation of fingers squirming
Quivering with fear of dying
Describes quivering with fear of dying
But enraptured still
Despite fear, the speaker is still captivated
Snuffing out of Human life
Describes the snuffing out of human life as a thrill
As cheap and carnal thrill
Characterizes the thrill as cheap and carnal
Nothing to distinguish from
Nothing distinguishes the scene from pigeons eating swill
The pigeons eating swill
Crystal eyes (observers) watch as lungs fill with crude oil
Crystal eyes watch plainly as the lungs begin to fill
Describes the detached observation of a tragic event
Male in the crude oil water
Introduction of a male figure in crude oil water
Perished in the pit
Expresses the male figure perishing in the pit
Visible no longer
Notes the male figure's visibility no longer
What became of it?
Raises the question of what became of the male
The carnivore has swallowed whole and the dreadful course is run
Describes the carnivorous nature of the pit and the inevitable end
My eyes grow still
Speaker's eyes growing still as the thrill dissipates
And the hollow thrill
Describes the hollow thrill of the observed tragedy
Dissipates as I amble home
Speaker walking home after the disturbing observations
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