Always Monday
Embracing the Mundane: Life's Wake-up Call in 'Always Monday'
Lyrics
Oh, life you nasty bitch. I just stopped to scratch an itch.
Expressing frustration with life, using a strong metaphor ("nasty bitch") and a casual action ("scratch an itch").
Not keeping track of time, found ten years had passed me by.
Reflecting on lost time, realizing a decade has passed unnoticed.
Ten years of chasing thrills. Of drinking, sex and pills.
Summarizing the past ten years as a pursuit of excitement through vices like drinking, sex, and pills.
Morals that I bend for a year-round long weekend.
Admitting to compromising morals for a prolonged period, turning life into a constant party.
And now I'm finding my best friends need reminding.
Realizing that important connections (best friends) are being neglected and need attention.
Of my existence, coz I'm barely of assistance.
Feeling disconnected and admitting to being minimally helpful or relevant to others.
I've cut myself off from what I based a life on.
Acknowledging a detachment from the foundation of life, possibly values or meaningful connections.
A life of Saturday - now straight up mundane.
Contrasting the previous lively, exciting lifestyle ("Saturday") with a current mundane existence.
Nanananana, nananana-woah.
Adding a catchy, melodic expression, possibly representing the past joy now replaced by monotony.
The fun is over. Booze sick and hungover.
Declaring the end of the fun, describing the aftermath of excessive drinking and its consequences.
Nanananana, nananana-woah.
Repeating the realization of numbness and a search for deeper meaning in life.
Numb of feeling. Desperate for some meaning.
Expressing a sense of urgency and anxiety, emphasizing the need for action or change.
Time to panic. Time, time to panic. Woah.
Repeating the call for panic, emphasizing the urgency to address the wasted life.
I've wasted my life away.
Explicitly stating a feeling of having squandered one's life.
Time to panic. Time, time to panic. Woah.
Reiterating the urgency to panic and expressing a perpetual sense of crisis.
And it feels like it's always time to panic.
Conveying the constant feeling that it's always the right time to panic, highlighting ongoing distress.
Time, time to panic. Woah.
Repeating the urgency and the acknowledgment of a wasted life.
I've wasted my life away.
Reiterating the need to panic and the sense of life being wasted.
Time to panic. Time, time to panic. Woah.
Emphasizing the perpetual nature of panic, likening life to a constant crisis.
And it feels like it's always Monday.
Drawing a parallel between the feeling of constant panic and the idea that every day feels like a challenging Monday.
Oh, life you silly mess. You continually impress.
Playfully addressing life as a "silly mess" and recognizing its unpredictable and chaotic nature.
It's tough to catch a payday when surrounded by the naysay.
Commenting on the difficulty of achieving financial success when surrounded by negativity ("naysay").
On the verge of a collapse and I'm planning a relapse.
Acknowledging a potential collapse and considering a return to old habits (relapse).
It's tough to catch a break, no? With a lifetime of mistake, yo.
Highlighting the ongoing struggle to catch a break in life, compounded by a history of mistakes.
I'm sick of being. Gimme something to believe in.
Expressing a desire for a meaningful purpose or belief to counteract the dissatisfaction with existence.
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