Lyrics
Slide like a spirit down the same old roads
Metaphorically sliding through life's familiar paths with a ghost-like presence
You've been haunting these hills since the morning you were born
Existing in the same surroundings since birth, haunting hills and landscapes
Now the cracks in the pavement are the cracks in your heart
Comparing emotional scars to cracks in pavement, suggesting recurring pain
You go over the same old faults every time you walk to the bar
Repeating the same mistakes and faults on the way to a bar or escape
Ain't you wet when you get there
Questioning whether one is emotionally affected upon reaching a destination
Whether rain or tears or sweat?
Reflecting on the different forms of wetness, be it rain, tears, or sweat
And the wind shaking the panes
Wind rattling windows mirrors the turmoil within one's chest
It's the same as in your chest
Symbolizing the similarity between external and internal struggles
Yes, it's the same out there
Emphasizing the consistency of challenges both externally and internally
As it is in here
-It's the same out there
-As it is in here
-And why should it be different
Raising a rhetorical question about the inevitability of life's difficulties
Should it be anything but that?
Arguing against the expectation of life being anything other than challenging
Should we open our mouths and spit out California sand?
Questioning the idea of expressing discontent, using spitting out California sand as a metaphor
We sing what we're given into a piece of shit PA
Describing the act of singing in a derogatory manner, possibly implying dissatisfaction
We sing 'Grey Foggy Day,' we sing 'No Change in Me'
Mentioning specific songs ('Grey Foggy Day,' 'No Change in Me') sung in dissatisfaction
Yeah, but it's arm in arm in arm and ain't it loud enough to stun?
Highlighting the unity in dissatisfaction, finding strength in shared experiences
Hearing them all heaving along to the one same song
Observing a collective response to a common struggle and song
Oh, is it the same out there
Reiterating the theme of internal and external consistency in different locations
As it is in here?
-Is it the same over there
-As it is down here?
-So pull your cloak around me now
Seeking comfort and warmth in a metaphorical cloak, a plea for emotional closeness
Pull your cloak around me now
-Pull me close and keep the cold night out
-Oh, lean into me
Expressing the transformation of a stranger into an integral part of one's life, a source of solace
So you're near to me now
-Once a stranger to me, but
-Now you're the song in my mouth
-And you slide like a spirit out to the icy step
Depicting the act of moving forward with resilience, facing the challenges with a spiritual grace
Feel the night on your face
-The mist upon your lips
-You pull the cloak around you as you listen to the wind
-And you hum the refrain as you take the hill again
Humming a repeated refrain signifies finding strength and comfort in familiar tunes
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