Secondhand
Navigating Time's Unyielding Currents: The Meaning Behind 'Secondhand'
Lyrics
Calling all lonely
Calling out to those who feel lonely and isolated.
Souls in hiding
Referring to individuals who hide their true selves.
All those who've seen it all and slide away
Addressing those who have experienced life's challenges and are slipping away.
I'm at a loss and
Expressing a sense of confusion or bewilderment.
Could use confiding
Seeking someone to confide in or share thoughts with.
Can I know the handshake?
Asking if the speaker can be part of a shared understanding or connection.
Can I know the handshake?
-I'm speaking in silence
Communicating without words or through non-verbal means.
And seeking out
Actively searching for something.
Wallflowers picked
Describing a scenario where reserved individuals are acknowledged but not pressured to speak or make eye contact.
And hung to dry
-Promising not
-To make you think aloud
-Or look you in the eye
-We'll send it all out to sea
Imagery of casting troubles away to the sea and the inevitability of time passing, with a focus on the ticking of a second hand.
And watch the tired bones getting picked clean
-And ironically
-Eye the clock
-As if a thing
-We say can stop
-A second hand from ticking
-A second hand from
-Taking
-I'm weeding out
Metaphorically removing distracting thoughts and finding personal clarity.
Every other thought
-In here
-It's seeping out either way and I'm
-Out here
-Shedding the cone of shame and I'm
Symbolizing overcoming shame, creating one's solutions, and reflecting on past experiences.
Making my own medicine
-Reading the teas and chasing lifelines down
-Tracing where I've been
-We'll send it all out to sea
Reiteration of casting away troubles to the sea, emphasizing the relentless ticking of the second hand.
And watch the tired bones getting picked clean
-And ironically
-Eye the clock
-As if a thing we say
-Can stop
-A second hand from ticking
-A second hand from
-Taking
-And ironically
Repeating the theme of trying to control time and the futility of preventing the passage of seconds.
Eye the clock
-As if a thing we say
-Can stop
-A second hand from ticking
-A second hand from
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