A Wish Away
Embracing Laughter: A Wish Away's Joyful Lesson
Lyrics
Don't litter my streets
Requesting not to spoil or ruin the narrator's environment or community.
With your bad name
Asking not to associate the narrator with negative actions or reputation.
Don't tell the people
Advising against spreading false information about similarities between the narrator and someone else.
That we're the same
Requesting not to falsely attribute qualities or actions to the narrator.
You've got no hope for the future
Implying the other person lacks optimism about the future.
So stop looking or someone to blame
Suggesting that blaming others won’t help when one has a pessimistic view of the future.
It's about time you learned to laugh again
Encouraging the person to rediscover joy and happiness.
It's about time you learned to grin
Encouraging the person to smile and be happy.
'Cause just closing your eyes
Indicating that ignoring disliked things won’t solve the problems the person is facing.
At the things you despise, won't
Continuing the idea that avoiding facing problems won’t resolve the mess the person is in.
Get you out of the great big mess you're in
Stressing the need to confront issues rather than avoiding them.
So, shake it like a shaking thing
Suggesting to dance or move energetically despite not experiencing such before.
That you never had
Metaphorically advising to adopt a positive attitude even if unfamiliar with it.
And try to make out life is good
Encouraging to pretend life is good despite facing difficulties.
When life is something bad
Implying that life might be challenging or negative.
Spin 'round like a spinning thing
Encouraging to move energetically even if inexperienced in doing so.
That you've never seen
Metaphorically suggesting to embrace a new and enthusiastic approach to life.
'Cause the bes thing that you've got
Highlighting the importance of one's attitude in life.
In life, is your
Emphasizing the value of the narrator's creation or output (perhaps a musical reference).
Eight Legged Groove Machine
Reference to a song or creation ("Eight Legged Groove Machine") which holds significance.
Ah grin
Reiteration to smile or be happy.
It's about time you learned to laugh again
Encouraging the person to find joy and happiness again.
It's about time you learned to grin
Encouraging the person to smile or be happy.
Oh the jokes run fast
Commenting on how jokes used to flow easily, but now the laughter has ceased.
But the laughing stopped
Describing the current situation as having lost the ability to laugh despite humor present.
What a terrible mess we've gotten in
Expressing a sense of regret or despair about the current state of affairs.
Don't litter my streets with your bad name
Reiterating not to tarnish the narrator's environment or community.
Don't tell all my friends that we're the same
Reemphasizing not to link the narrator with negative attributes or associations.
'Cause you've never had fun
Implying the person hasn't experienced joy and is just starting to explore life.
And your life has just begun
Suggesting the person is young and inexperienced in life.
And you're walking around
Suggesting the person believes they are alone in their situation.
Thinking you're the only one
Feeling isolated in one's circumstances and blaming oneself without anyone else to blame.
Who's not got anyone left to blame
Expressing a sense of being without anyone else to blame for one's situation.
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