Freaks With Wings
Freaks With Wings: Unveiling Life's Sting Through Surreal Narratives
Lyrics
Some summer somewhere
Introduction to a specific summer setting
A flock of schoolkids forms around a flagpole in prayer
Schoolkids gather around a flagpole for prayer
Thinking about their rights
Contemplation of their rights
Asking that their god make them a pretty prom night
Desire for a beautiful prom night through prayer
That doesn't stop the wasp's assault
Wasp's attack despite prayers
Swoops down onto the shoulder of some unsuspecting psalm
Wasp lands on a psalm, claiming its place
Singing, "I belong here, too!"
Wasp asserts its belonging with a stinger
Leaves his stinger there and flies from the invisible pew
Leaves its mark and departs from the invisible pew
And in the courtyard out back
Custodians chatting in the courtyard
Custodians duck out with their cigarettes
Custodians discussing trucks and the president
Small talk about their trucks and their president
Custodian's indifferent attitude towards the yellowjacket
A healthy "I don't give a fuck" as the yellowjacket
Yellowjacket confronts the Janitor King
Swoops down to meet the boot of the Janitor King
Janitor King stands firm, declaring everyone as 'freaks with wings'
Who stands unflinching and says
Unyielding statement by the Janitor King
"They're all freaks with wings
Expressing a perspective that all individuals are unique in their own way
That's all they are
Reiteration of the uniqueness of individuals
Those little things don't scare me off
Asserting that peculiarities don't intimidate the speaker
I've got a sting to show you all
Promise to reveal one's own strength ('living under the law')
It's called 'living under the law"
Reflection on personal challenges during summer
My own summer nightmare
Introduction of a personal summer nightmare
With June descending like a hornet on some pheromone tear
Comparison of June to a threatening hornet
Thinking every night
Contemplation of reassurances from the speaker's mother
Of all the times my mother told me it'll be alright
July's challenges persist despite reassurances
That doesn't stop July's assault
July's unexpected and bold emergence
Crawls out from underneath the heel with very strange aplomb
Reference to the speaker's confusion and unawareness of time
So steady as she goes
Mention of an emotional moment related to someone's death
But in my stupor, I'd have told you then that time didn't know
A sister's attempt to comfort the speaker
Outside the room where you died
Reference to a sister's religious perspective on death
They asked what you were like and I might've cried
Skeptical view of angels and divine protection
Some sister grabbed my hand, and with beady eyes
Reiteration that all beings, even angels, are unique
Set her gaze upon my skull, and she proselytized
Restatement of the speaker's perspective on unique individuals
Saying, "God protects our dead" and though the thought was nice
Conclusion of the narrative with an 'Amen'
If I saw an angel, I'd think
Repetition of 'Amen'
They're all freaks with wings
Final affirmation of the uniqueness of individuals
That's all they are
Reiteration of the speaker's perspective on uniqueness
Such pretty things won't get you far
Acknowledgment that beauty alone may not lead to success
And yet on high, they sing, to send you off
Reference to singing from a higher perspective
Or so the children pray under the cloth
Children's prayers under the cloth
Amen
Repetition of 'Amen'
Amen
-Amen
-Amen
Final 'Amen'
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