Slow Nerve Action
Lost in Time: Unraveling the Melancholy Tale of 'Slow Nerve Action'
Lyrics
It's all a waste of time again
Feeling that current circumstances or actions are futile or unproductive.
She used to mow the lawn
Describing a past routine or activity; mowing the lawn implies a mundane task.
She always wasted everyone
Characterizing a person who consistently squanders opportunities or resources.
She always turned me on
Despite her wasteful nature, she had a compelling or attractive quality.
Now she's turned a kind
Describing a change in her personality or character.
That isn't so much in demand
She has become less desirable or sought after by others.
And all us vegetables
Referring to people as "vegetables" suggests a passive or unproductive state.
Can waste our time on someone else
People in this passive state can now focus their unproductive time on someone else.
She had a cool invisible
She used to have something interesting or unique (invisible dog named Paul).
Dog that she called Paul
An extension of the uniqueness, an invisible dog named Paul.
We'd always sit around her house
Recounting a shared activity of observing her while she fed the dog.
Watchin' her feed the dog
Reflecting on a past communal experience.
Now she's got a man
She is now in a relationship with someone who has different preferences (no liking for dogs, only cars).
Who don't like dogs, who just likes cars
Emphasizing the new partner's preference for cars over dogs.
She's just got a job
She has a job now, possibly out of necessity due to difficult times.
'Cause times got hard, so Paul is gone
The invisible dog Paul is no longer present in her life.
Now she's turned a kind
Reiteration of the change in her character or desirability.
That isn't so much in demand
Continued reflection on her diminished appeal or demand.
All us vegetables
Recalling the metaphor of people as vegetables with unproductive time.
Can waste our time on someone else
Reinforcing that those in a passive state can now invest their time elsewhere.
It's all a waste of time again
Repeating the sentiment that the current situation is unproductive.
It's all a waste of time again
Emphasizing the repetitiveness of the unproductive nature of the situation.
It's all a waste of time again
Continuation of expressing frustration or dissatisfaction with the current state.
It's all a waste of time again
Final repetition emphasizing the perceived futility of the situation.
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