The Young Crazed Peeling
Liberation Echoes: Brody's Urban Struggle and Triumph
Lyrics
Are you ready to be liberated
Asking if the listener is prepared for liberation.
On this sad side city street
Describing a gloomy city street.
Well the birds have been freed from their cages
Metaphorically stating that the birds are freed, possibly symbolizing freedom.
I got freedom and my youth
Expressing having both freedom and youth.
My name is Brody I'm from Melbourne
Introducing the narrator, Brody, mentioning places in Melbourne where they grew up.
Fitzroy Melbourne Fitzroy Melbourne
-I grew up on Bell St. then on Bennett St.
-My mum kicked out my dad for battery
Narrating the mother's escape from an abusive relationship and finding spiritual liberation.
Found a way, she found a way
-She found a way out of spiritual penury
-Working single mother in an urban struggle
Describing the challenges of being a working single mother in an urban setting and the impact on the narrator.
Blames herself now cause I grew up troubled
-It hit me I got everything I need [Repeat x2]
Realization of having everything needed, possibly material and emotional.
My one heart felt too much from the start
Reflecting on experiencing emotions intensely, witnessing the transience of life, and the consequences of one's actions.
I've seen people come and go
-Living large and living low
-You can build up your walls sitting on death row
-Let the curtain fall on your murdered soul
Using imagery to convey the idea of facing the consequences of one's actions, possibly related to self-destructive behavior.
You can wash it all down swallow your story
-Get smacked off your head go down in drum roll glory
-You won't solve it committing self inflicted crime
-Go on pull the trigger this will be the last time
-It hit me I got everything I need [Repeat x2]
Reiteration of realizing having everything needed.
I speak of the truth the truth of the heart
Expressing a commitment to truth and the constant struggle for a meaningful life.
Like a desperate thirst in a raging drought
-Hey youth time flies by
-There's an everlasting battle for eternal life
-I love a man from California
Describing a romantic connection, accepting oneself, and realizing having everyone needed.
He's the prettiest thing we got the same disorder
-The way you feel it's OK I don't give a shit anyway
-It hit me I got everyone I need [Repeat x2]
-Are you ready to be liberated
Repeating the theme of liberation and having freedom and youth.
On this sad side city street
-Well the birds have been freed from their cages
-I got freedom and my youth
-Yeah I got freedom and my youth
Emphasizing the possession of freedom and youth.
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