Quasimodo
Quasimodo's Resilience: A Burning Notre Dame and Life's Echoes
Lyrics
I got up this morning and Notre Dame was burning
I woke up to the news of the Notre Dame fire
Well I wonder if Quasimodo made it out alive
Reflecting on whether Quasimodo, the Hunchback of Notre Dame, survived
Lord I feel about half as old but twice as burned out
Feeling physically depleted and emotionally drained
And I ain't sure that I got much more time
Uncertain about the amount of time left in life
I found a pretty little lay on her nineteenth birthday
Encountering an attractive woman on her nineteenth birthday
I guess someone forgot to warn her about me
Speculating that others failed to caution her about the speaker
Took her too that Bond Grave
Visiting a location called Bond Grave with the woman
Our old oak tree done fell away
Observing the deterioration of their usual meeting spot under an old oak tree
Bare naked while the train whistle screams
Being exposed and vulnerable while a train whistle adds a sense of urgency
Darling, take off your dress and show me the best of you
Requesting intimacy from the woman, asking her to reveal her true self
I'll show you what I've got left of my pride, but darling
Offering what remains of the speaker's pride
If I were honest tomorrow ain't promised
Expressing doubt about the certainty of tomorrow and the future
I guess I just might have to try to make it out alive
Contemplating the need to survive and endure
I ain't wrote a song in so goddamn long
Acknowledging a creative block, not having written a song for a long time
I'll just steal these Beatles chords and sell you some lies
Admitting to borrowing chords from The Beatles and offering deceptive narratives
It never failed me before but of that I'm not so sure
Doubting the reliability of past strategies and leaving the decision to the listener
I guess you will just have to decide
Presenting a choice regarding the worthiness of surviving
is it worth it to make it out alive?
Posing a question about the value of making it out alive
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