Sleeping Lessons

Awakening Echoes: Unveiling Inner Rebellion in The Shins' Sleeping Lessons
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Lyrics

Go without

Choosing to go without something until the desire or necessity for it becomes evident

'Til the need seeps in

When the need becomes noticeable or permeates

You're low, anymore

You're feeling down or diminished in some way

Collecting your novel petals for the stem

Collecting experiences or aspects of your life (petals) to build upon something greater (stem)


And glow

To shine or radiate

Glow

Repetition emphasizing the glow or brightness

Melt and flow

To liquefy and move smoothly

You disarrayed your the fragile fray

You've disrupted or disturbed something delicate and easily damaged

Spill it out on the ragged floor

To express or reveal something vulnerable in a messy way

A thousand different versions of yourself

Having numerous different facets or personas within oneself


And if the old guard still offend

If the established or traditional ways still cause offense

They got nothing left on which you depend

They have no power or influence over you anymore

So enlist every ounce

Use every bit of your passion and energy

Of your bright blood

Your most vital essence

And off with their heads

Take action against those in power or authority

Jump from the hook

Break free from a situation or obligation

You're not obliged to swallow anything you despise

You're not required to accept or endure things you hate

See, those unrepenting buzzards want your life

Others who show no remorse or regret for their actions are after your well-being


And they got no right

They lack the authority or justification

As sure as you have eyes

As certain as you can perceive

They got no right

They lack legitimacy or entitlement


Just put yourself in my new shoes

Imagine being in a different perspective or situation

And see that I do what I do

To understand my actions based on my circumstances

Because the old guard still offend (their pudgy hearts and shiny hands)

Reiterating the offense caused by the established authority (their overweight hearts and shiny hands)

They got nothing left on which we depend

They no longer provide anything essential for us

So enlist every ounce

To utilize all of your passion and energy

Of your bright blood

Your most vital essence

And off with their heads

To take action against those in power or authority

Jump from the hook

To break free from a situation or obligation

You're not obliged

You're not compelled to accept something you detest

To swallow anything you despise

To emphasize that you don't have to endure what you dislike

That you despise

Repeated emphasis on not having to tolerate things you hate

That you despise

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That you despise

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That you despise

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