Wave
Unveiling the Melting Dreams of a Non-Sentimental Age
Lyrics
We are not a sentimental age
We, as a generation, do not embrace sentimentality.
We don't want our parent's china or their ticker tape parades
We reject inherited traditions and celebrations.
We are not a sentimental age
Reiteration: Our era is not characterized by sentimental feelings.
We're out getting high on fire escapes
We seek thrills and excitement, often in unconventional places like fire escapes.
We are hooking up with strangers we will never see again
We engage in casual encounters with strangers without expectations of future connections.
We are not a sentimental age
Reaffirmation: Sentimentality is not a trait of our age.
When I dream, we're all melting together
In dreams, there's a surreal unity, a collective melding of individuals.
Synchronized in a mass embrace
Imagery of synchronized togetherness, resembling a mass embrace.
Beads of water folding together
Depiction of unity with water symbolism, akin to a powerful wave on the north shore.
Like a north shore wave
A metaphor for the strange beauty in interconnectedness.
How strange
Expressing the peculiarity of this unity.
We're parts of each other how strange
We are intertwined, though unfamiliar, and our connection remains mysterious.
I'll never even know your name
Acknowledging the anonymity of these connections; names are not known.
We are not a sentimental age
Restating the lack of sentimentality in the current age.
On our shoulders is a boulder of a debt we cannot pay
Highlighting the burden of a significant, unpayable debt on our shoulders.
We are not a sentimental age
Reiteration: Sentimentality is not a characteristic of our generation.
Diagnosis says I tend to disengage
Personal admission of a tendency to disconnect or detach.
I'd rather have my privacy, I'd rather have my space
Preferential desire for privacy and personal space.
These are just the pills I have to take
Acceptance of necessary medication, possibly metaphorical.
We are not a sentimental age
Restating the lack of sentimentality in the current age.
When I dream, we're all melting together
Revisiting the dream imagery of collective melting.
Synchronized in a mass embrace
Repetition of synchronized unity in a mass embrace.
Beads of water folding together
Recurrence of water imagery, likening the unity to a north shore wave.
Like a north shore wave
Reiteration: Strange beauty in being interconnected.
How strange
Emphasis on the strangeness of our interconnectedness.
We're parts of each other how strange
Reflection on being interconnected while remaining strangers.
I'll never even know your name
Reaffirmation of the anonymity in these connections.
I'll never even know your name
Repeated acknowledgment of the perpetual anonymity in these connections.
I'll never even know your name
Continued emphasis on never knowing the names in these connections.
We are not a sentimental age
Restating the absence of sentimentality in the current age.
We don't want our parent's china or their ticker tape parades
Repetition of rejecting inherited traditions and celebrations.
We are not a sentimental age
Final confirmation: Sentimentality is not a trait of our age.
We are not a sentimental age
Closing affirmation: Our generation is not characterized by sentimentality.
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