Lyrics
Are we to speak, first day of the week
Reflecting on whether communication is possible on the first day of the week.
Stumbling words at the bar
Struggling to articulate words while at the bar.
Beauty blue eyes, my order of fries
Describing someone with beautiful blue eyes while ordering fries.
Long island kindness and wine
Enjoying Long Island kindness and wine.
Beloved of John, I get it all wrong
Acknowledging misunderstandings and mistakes in the relationship with John.
I read you for some kind of poem
Interpreting John as a poetic and complex individual.
Covered in lines, the fossils I find
Observing the marks and experiences (fossils) on John.
Have they no life of their own?
Questioning whether these marks have a life of their own.
So can we pretend sweetly
Proposing to pretend sweetly before the mysteries in the relationship are revealed.
Before the mystery ends?
Questioning the uncertainty and mysteries in the relationship.
I am a man with a heart that offends
Acknowledging personal flaws and a heart that may offend.
With its lonely and greedy demands
Describing the heart as lonely and greedy, expressing personal struggles.
There's only a shadow of me in a manner of speaking I'm dead
Feeling like a mere shadow of oneself, possibly alluding to emotional emptiness.
Such a waste, your beautiful face
Expressing regret at the waste of a beautiful face.
Stumbling carpet arise
Describing a stumbling carpet, possibly symbolizing obstacles in the relationship.
Go follow your gem, your white feathered friend
Encouraging the partner to follow their own path, represented by a white-feathered friend.
Icarus, point to the sun
Referencing Icarus and cautioning about reaching too high, alluding to Greek mythology.
If history speaks of two baby teeth
Referring to a personal history involving the loss of baby teeth.
I'm painting the hills blue and red
Painting hills blue and red, possibly representing emotional highs and lows.
They said beware, Lord hear my prayer
Seeking divine guidance and expressing regret for wasted efforts.
I've wasted my throes on your head
Expressing frustration at investing emotions in the partner.
So can we be friends, sweetly
Asking to be friends before the mysteries in the relationship are resolved.
Before the mystery ends?
Continuing the theme of uncertainty and mysteries in the relationship.
I love you more than the world can contain
Expressing deep love beyond the capacity of the world.
In its lonely and ramshackle head
Acknowledging personal limitations and a fragmented self.
There's only a shadow of me in a manner of speaking I'm dead
Feeling like a shadow of oneself, emphasizing emotional detachment.
I'm holding my breath
Holding breath and intimate connection, possibly during a vulnerable moment.
My tongue on your chest
Symbolizing closeness and vulnerability through physical touch.
What can be said of my heart?
Pondering the nature of the heart and its complexities.
If history speaks, the kiss on my cheek
Reflecting on a historical kiss and the enduring mark it left.
Where there remains but a mark
Highlighting the remnants of a past relationship and its impact.
Beloved my John, so I'll carry on
Affirming love for John and the commitment to continue despite challenges.
Counting my cards down to one
Counting down to one, possibly referencing the narrowing options or time in the relationship.
And when I am dead, come visit my bed
Requesting a visit to the speaker's bed after death, symbolizing remembrance.
My fossil is bright in the sun
Highlighting the enduring brightness of the speaker's impact even after death.
So can we contend, peacefully
Asking for peaceful resolution before the end of personal history.
Before my history ends?
Continuing to address the mysteries and challenges in the relationship.
Jesus I need you, be near me, come shield me
Seeking the presence and protection of Jesus from emotional burdens.
From fossils that fall on my head
Asking for protection from emotional burdens symbolized as falling fossils.
There's only a shadow of me in a manner of speaking I'm dead
Reiterating the feeling of being a mere shadow or emotionally dead in a manner of speaking.
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