Strangest Land

Journey through the Strangest Land: Tom McRae's Poetic Odyssey
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Lyrics

Another dead dog highway

Refers to a desolate or dangerous road, possibly symbolic of difficult paths in life.

The road to paradise

Describing the path towards an ideal or perfect place, which may be challenging to reach.

Is littered with your saviors

Suggests that those who are supposed to guide or save us have failed or left a mess behind.

The lines are growing faint

Signifying that the guidelines or directions are becoming unclear or fading.

Another paper saint has put us all in danger

Indicates that someone who is supposed to be morally upright has endangered everyone.


So take my hand

An invitation to join the singer on a journey or experience in an unfamiliar or bizarre place.

I'm a stranger in the strangest land

Expressing the singer's feeling of being out of place in a very peculiar or unfamiliar environment.

I'll return the favor

A willingness to reciprocate a gesture or favor.

Slide into my heart

Inviting someone to enter the singer's emotions or inner world.

We'll hide there in the dark

Suggests finding solace or comfort together in the singer's emotional space.


I catch you in my lights

The singer notices someone and feels threatened, possibly ready to defend themselves.

I'm reaching for a knife

Implies a defensive reaction to perceived threats, reaching for protection or defense.

For halo girls and dreamers

Refers to individuals with angelic or idealized personas and their unrealistic aspirations.

A statue comes to life

Suggests something unexpected or unusual happening in a situation normally static or lifeless.

Another roadside shrine

Indicates a memorial or tribute along the road for insincere or suffering individuals.

For hypocrites and bleeders

Symbolizes places for those who act hypocritically or suffer due to their beliefs.


So take my hand

A repetition of the invitation to join the singer on their journey in the unfamiliar place.

I'm a stranger in the strangest land

Reiterating the singer's feeling of being alien or misplaced in a bizarre environment.

I'll return the favor

A reaffirmation of willingness to reciprocate a gesture or favor.

Slide into my heart

A plea to someone to enter the singer's emotions or inner world again.

We'll hide there in the dark

Desiring to find solace or comfort together in the singer's emotional space, as before.


A bullet from a stolen gun

Refers to a dangerous or harmful act committed with an illegally acquired weapon.

How much I'll miss you when you're gone

Expresses feelings of longing for someone when they're absent.

But now I think it's time you went away

Suggests a realization that it's time for the person to leave or move on.


So take my hand

Repeated invitation to join the singer in their experience in the strange place.

I'm a stranger in the strangest land

Restates the singer's feeling of being an outsider in an unusual or peculiar environment.

I'll return the favor

Reassuring willingness to return a favor or gesture.

Slide into my heart

Inviting someone again to enter the singer's emotions or inner world.

We'll hide there in the dark

Desiring to find solace or comfort together in the singer's emotional space once more.

In the dark

Reiterating the idea of finding solace or hiding together in the dark.

In the dark

Emphasizing the idea of seeking comfort or hiding together in darkness.

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