Amphitheatre
Rain-soaked Revelry: Unveiling Hidden Stories in the Amphitheatre
Lyrics
Found a hand in the sand
Discovery of a hand buried in the sand
Where they covered up the remnants
Remnants covered up
Not enough to show the Joneses
Insufficient to impress others
But should look good on our wall
Artistic value for personal decoration
Not too clean, nicotine
Unclean, stained with nicotine
Really never saw a nail file
Observation of a nail file, a mundane item
Still two others tried to claim it
Competing claims for the discovery
But I just swept past them all
Author disregards the competition
And the rain beats down on the amphitheatre
Rain falling on an amphitheater setting
Hear them sing, feel them swing:
Observing singing and swinging in excitement
Aren't you trembling with excitement?
Expression of heightened emotion
Can't stop my pulse from racing
Inability to control excitement
When I'm faced with scenes like this
Author's emotional response to intense scenes
Caesar lives, the Empire lives
Reference to Caesar and the Empire
Must be twenty fires burning
Multiple fires burning
If the guard would loose the lions
Desire for a deadly spectacle with lions
I would surely die in bliss
Wishing for a blissful death
And the rain beats down on the amphitheatre
Rain continues in the amphitheater
Do you like my cross
Pride in a sparkling cross
As it sparkles in the white light?
Highlighting the cross's brilliance in light
Cut in solid silver, swinging round my neck
Description of a silver cross around the neck
Thousands died on them, millions died for one
Reflection on the historical significance of crosses
Impressive as?
Questioning the impressiveness
But we can't sling a stake around your neck
Limitation on hanging a stake around the neck
No, you can't sling a stake around your neck
Reiteration of the impracticality
Standing here, sipping beer:
Author standing and drinking beer
Aren't we being rather tasteless?
Critique of tastelessness in the surroundings
I'm ravenous with hunger
Expressing hunger while observing the scene
Can't we simply sneak back home?
Desire to retreat from the situation
Harmless fools, gaping ghouls
Labeling others as harmless fools and gawking ghouls
And they've never seen a car crash
Comparison to never having seen a car crash
It's raining and it's raining
Reference to rain but not a typical night out
Not a freak's night out in Rome
Contrast with a freak's night out in Rome
And the rain beats down on the amphitheatre
Rain persisting in the amphitheater
Gazing down at the ground
Gazing at the ground with moving flies
Where the flies move around my carcass
Contemplation of one's own mortality
Said you had to be a martyr
Mention of martyrdom for crowd interest
To raise interest from a crowd
Ability to fly and see faces in the clouds
But I can fly, I can fly
Expressing the desire to fly
If I could just see their faces
Wishing to see reactions while flying
As I glide between the planets
Imaginary play while gliding between planets
Playing ISpy from a cloud
Playful reference to ISpy from a cloud
And the rain beats down on the amphitheatre
Rain continues to fall on the amphitheater
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