Ordinary Times
Unraveling Life's Tapestry: Umphrey's McGee's 'Ordinary Times' Explained
Lyrics
Looking for a line down the middle
Searching for a compromise or middle ground
You only have to try to be civil
Emphasizing the importance of being polite and respectful
I can give you more than a little
Expressing the ability to provide more than a small amount
Show some spine when you wiggle
Encouraging to be assertive or confident in one's actions
Shook up the design with a scribble
Disrupting established patterns with a random mark or idea
Crooked saying I'm non-committal
Describing someone as not fully committed or decisive
clways scream at time as a riddle
Referring to time as a mysterious or puzzling concept
When you sign the acquittal
When you officially declare innocence or non-guilt
I'm starting to think you like the sound that i make when I scream
Suggesting that the listener enjoys the intensity of the speaker's emotions
I forgot how to fake it's harder to take away the blame it's on me
Acknowledging difficulty in pretending and taking responsibility for faults
I'm starting to shake from all my mistakes that I make I don't mean
Feeling physical and emotional effects from past errors
Shifting overnight conversations
Changes in conversations occurring suddenly and unexpectedly
Suspiciously a smile just replaced them
Noticing a suspicious or doubtful transformation, possibly losing sincerity
Somewhere along the lines back in ordinary times I relate them
Relating current experiences to more ordinary and familiar times
I recommend you try an admission
Encouraging honesty and acknowledgment of one's actions
If it's me then I must have missed them
Expressing doubt about recognizing or understanding certain situations
Couldn't even buy something that I thought was my own decision
Feeling a lack of control over decisions thought to be personal
I'm starting to think you like the sound that I make when I scream
Repeating the idea that the listener enjoys the speaker's emotional outbursts
I'm starting to shake from all my mistakes that I make I don't mean
Experiencing physical and emotional reactions to past mistakes
I forgot how to fake it's harder to take away the blame It's on me
Forgetting how to pretend, facing the difficulty of avoiding blame
I'm starting to think you like the sound that I make when I scream
Reiterating the idea that the listener finds satisfaction in the speaker's screams
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