Glass Palace
Echoes of Broken Lives: Unveiling the Heartache in The Walkabouts' 'Glass Palace'
Lyrics
A crooked road on a country mile
A winding path along a rural stretch
The widow walks from a letter found
A woman, possibly a widow, discovers a letter
(And) ties her hands in knots and chokes her disbelief
She emotionally struggles, feeling disbelief and constriction
(That) what's done is done and it's dine for good
Acceptance that irreversible actions are complete
Afterwards
Subsequent to the event
Aftershocks in afterhours
Repercussions experienced during late-night hours
The truth it blurs
Reality becomes unclear
O glass palace
An address to an ethereal and delicate structure
O glass palace
Reiteration of the fragile "glass palace"
Cleaned his guns for those who dug his grave
Preparing weapons for those contributing to one's downfall
The bullets flew, his luck it finally came
Fortunate turn of events as bullets find their mark
That crooked road was long and he would never see it
The elongated, twisted journey gone unseen
Crawled in a ditch and then he almost prayed
Seeking refuge, perhaps in prayer, in a lowly place
Afterwards
Subsequent to the significant incident
Aftershocks in afterhours
Aftereffects felt in the quiet hours after midnight
The truth it blurs
Distortion of the truth becomes apparent
O glass palace
Reiteration of the delicate "glass palace"
O glass palace
Emphasizing the fragility of the aforementioned structure
Heard it all
Complete awareness of the entire story
I heard it shatter
Witnessing the shattering of something significant
Afterwards
Following the crucial event
Aftershocks in afterhours
Aftereffects experienced in the late hours
The truth it blurs
Truth becomes blurred during this time
O glass palace
Addressing the delicate and transparent "glass palace"
O glass palace
Reiteration of the fragility of the mentioned structure
Heard it all
Awareness of the complete narrative
I heard it shatter
Witnessing the shattering once again
Email address, potentially introducing a new element or character
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