Little Black Box
Unveiling Secrets: The Enigmatic Tale of "Little Black Box
Lyrics
You can leave your paper down along the road
You have the option to abandon your written records on the roadside.
You can leave your plastic down
You can also discard your plastic items in a hole filled with dirt.
In that dirt-filled hole
Refers to a specific location, possibly a symbolic place filled with challenges or struggles.
You can leave your money and your
You are free to leave behind both your money and problems, suspended from a killing cone, suggesting a form of detachment.
Problems dangling from the killing cone
An image of vulnerability and exposure, possibly tied to consequences.
You can take that hole and
Suggests a directive to fill the symbolic hole with rocks, indicating a desire to bury or cover up something.
Fill it up with rocks
Metaphorically encourages leaving one's home unattended for an extended period, emphasizing a sense of trust or nonchalance.
You can leave your house all summer-long
The front door is intentionally left unlocked, suggesting a lack of concern for security.
And leave the front door unlocked
Encourages concealing personal secrets inside a small, hidden container represented as a little black box.
You can pack your secrets away
The option to engage in secretive actions, possibly illegal or morally questionable, communicated through a phone call to the DEA.
Inside that little black box
Metaphorical representation of engaging in illicit dealings in a shadowy alley with a powerful figure.
Make a phone call to the DEA
The phrase "Little black box" is repeated, emphasizing its significance.
Make a crooked deal with a kingpin
Encourages attempting to uncover or reveal the contents of the secret black box discreetly.
In a darkened alley way
Highlights the challenge of accessing the hidden truths, symbolized by locked hinges.
Send a blind eye right up into the night
Suggests that one's experiences of both tragedy and triumph are concealed within the enigmatic black box.
Sky when the bones begin to break
The image of bones breaking in the night sky may signify hardship or adversity.
Little black box, little black box: try
Reiteration of the significance of the little black box, emphasizing the attempt to keep it secret.
To open it in secret
Encourages exploring the hidden contents of the black box, suggesting a quest for understanding.
Just to find the hinges locked
Acknowledges the challenge of accessing the concealed information due to the locked hinges.
Your tragedy and triumph is hiding
Suggests that both personal tragedies and triumphs are concealed within the mysterious little black box.
In that little black box
Reaffirms the idea that the true nature of one's experiences is hidden within the small, secret container.
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