Plaster Saint
Unveiling Life's Fragmented Realities
Lyrics
Love has changed among us. The evening died, and we're unheavenly human in the daylight.
Love has undergone a transformation between us. The evening has ended, and in the daylight, we are no longer celestial or divine.
Cocaine can't quiet the conscience, but yes it's tried.
Cocaine cannot suppress the guilt or moral awareness, even though it has been attempted.
It's the dogma of deletion with a .45
Refers to a belief system that involves erasure or removal, possibly with a destructive intent, symbolized by a .45 caliber firearm.
She never thought much of herself. That she could write more than potboilers that rot a shelf.
The person in question had a low opinion of herself, thinking she could only produce low-quality and forgettable literary works.
In lonesome episode on the outside of her once romantic home.
Describes a lonely incident occurring outside what was once her romantically associated residence.
We dissolve the family den, the rapture screen that showed the end.
Depicts the dissolution of the family space, including a screen that portrayed a transcendent experience or revelation of the end.
Will my clarity stay?
Expresses uncertainty about whether one's clarity of thought or understanding will endure.
Nectarine, ever so ripe, but the body's unclean.
Refers to a nectarine, a symbol of temptation or desire, being ripe, but the physical body being impure or morally tainted.
My body's unclean, Spirit.
The speaker acknowledges the impurity or moral contamination of their body, addressing it as "Spirit."
Discipline. The pocketbook light.
Emphasizes discipline, possibly linked to financial discipline as suggested by the mention of a light pocketbook.
I've spent every dream.
The speaker has exhausted every aspiration or ambition, possibly suggesting a sense of disillusionment.
I've spent everything, Father.
The speaker has expended everything, addressing someone as "Father," indicating a plea or acknowledgment of a higher authority.
Left a dollar for a dime.
Left a small amount of currency as payment for something of greater value.
Sold the vineyard for a vine.
Symbolizes sacrificing something valuable (vineyard) for something less significant (vine).
Traded armies for a life.
Exchanged military forces or conflicts for a more ordinary or peaceful existence.
Maker of me.
Addresses the creator, acknowledging their role in shaping the speaker's identity.
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