Spit Shine Your Black Clouds
Spit Shine Your Black Clouds: A Surreal Journey Through Desolation and Redemption
Lyrics
You're walking through the forests where they feed the trees broken glass.
You navigate a forest where broken glass is scattered, possibly symbolizing a harsh and challenging environment.
John lennon and the rolling stones crooning in plastic bags.
Icons like John Lennon and the Rolling Stones are reduced to mere commodities, perhaps commenting on the commercialization of art.
Spit shine your black luck now, baby.
Encouraging someone to improve their unfortunate situation with determination ("spit shine your black luck").
You turn on the radio, the speakers spit tangled talk.
The media broadcasts confusing and tangled messages, emphasizing a world filled with conflict and power struggles.
Everything is war and who's fucked their way to the top.
Everything is portrayed as a constant war, where success is often achieved through dubious means.
But they'll eat black clouds we all eat black clouds.
We all endure challenges and hardships ("eat black clouds"), suggesting a shared experience of struggle.
You're working on a cruise serving caviar to the cruel.
Working in a service industry where luxury is provided to those who may not appreciate it fully.
They repossessed your heart; you're making payments on your face, too.
Metaphorical loss of heart and face, facing the consequences of one's actions.
Spit shine your black clouds now, baby.
A repetition of the encouragement to improve one's situation despite difficulties.
And what if your religion turns out to be a cruel joke, and you're fucked beyond all hope?
Raising questions about the reliability of religious beliefs and the possibility of despair beyond redemption.
Gonna spit shine your black clouds now, baby.
Reiterating the determination to overcome challenges and improve one's circumstances.
First you stayed in bed all day and walked around all night.
Describing a phase of withdrawal and insomnia, highlighting emotional turmoil.
Then you threw your phone away and slept beneath the freeway underpass.
Extreme actions, like discarding a phone and sleeping under a freeway, indicate a rejection of societal norms.
Your mother slit her throat after your father's heart attack.
An intense family tragedy with the suicide of a mother after the father's heart attack.
And you've got two little sisters still in school.
Responsibility for younger siblings left behind after the family tragedy.
What'cha gonna do? what'cha gonna do?
A rhetorical question about the challenging choices one faces in difficult circumstances.
Just sit and watch the ships loading their freight
Observing the world passively, watching ships load freight, possibly reflecting a sense of helplessness.
And pale pelicans feeding their young and grasp at the barbarically charming sun.
Describing scenes of nature with pelicans and the sun, contrasting with the previous urban imagery.
Out on the weekend talked your way out of a first date.
Failed attempts at social connection and romance.
Said your uncle was famous, by then it was too late.
A lie told too late, possibly indicating missed opportunities.
Spit shine your black luck now, baby.
A repetition of the encouragement to improve one's situation, emphasizing the persistence needed.
Fall asleep to the tv-the cops are talking tough
Media's portrayal of toughness and aggression, creating a tense atmosphere.
To the cameras in the backseat, to the audience at home.
The media's influence on public perception, with cameras and an audience contributing to the spectacle.
But they'll eat black clouds we all eat black clouds.
Reiterating the theme of shared adversity ("eat black clouds").
Once you knew a girl with skin like a sapphire sun.
A reminiscence about a person with a vibrant and valuable personality.
Took you back to her apartment, told you everything you did wrong.
A failed relationship where flaws are pointed out in a harsh manner.
Spit shine your black luck.
Repetition of the directive to improve one's situation.
Spit shine your black luck.
Repeating the determination to overcome challenges.
The sky's so desolate like flesh on a skull-shaped balloon.
Describing a bleak and barren sky, suggesting a sense of hopelessness.
You sit in bed writing love letters to yourself.
A solitary act of self-reflection and introspection.
No black ink on the black paper, bay.
Imagery of writing love letters to oneself, possibly indicating self-love or introspection in the dark.
Stare at the ceiling, fall into dreamless sleep.
Transitioning into a state of dreamless sleep, perhaps suggesting emotional exhaustion.
Day climbs your chimney, taps you on the shoulder blade,
A metaphorical awakening as the day begins, accompanied by the persistent directive to improve one's situation.
"spit shine your black clouds now, baby."
Reiteration of the encouragement to overcome difficulties.
All your best friends grow up to be successful actresses.
A commentary on the unpredictable paths of life, where friends succeed in unexpected ways.
All your bitter enemies died of liver failure in kent, washington trailers.
The ironic fate of adversaries, facing mortality in unexpected and mundane circumstances.
All your brothers made babies until their brains turned brown.
The repetition of a theme of familial responsibility, juxtaposed with a disturbing image of decay.
The world's lounging longways on an unbridled black cloud.
A depiction of a world casually lounging on an uncontrolled and ominous force.
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