St. Cloud
Journey through Saint Cloud: Waxahatchee's Poetic Exploration
Lyrics
When you get back on the M train
Returning on the M train, a journey or transition
Watch the city mutate
Observing the city's transformation
Where do you go when your mind starts
Questioning where one goes when the mind loses its stability
To lose its perfected shape?
Reflecting on the vulnerability of the mind
Virtuosic, idealistic, musing a fall from grace
Describing a fall from grace with virtuosic and idealistic qualities
I guess the dead just go on living
Contemplating the persistence of the dead at the outer limits of existence
At the darkest edge of space
Highlighting the eerie and mysterious nature of the afterlife
Doo, doo, doo
Repetition, possibly indicating a rhythmic or meditative quality
Doo, doo, doo, doo
-Doo, doo, doo
-Doo, doo, doo
-Doo, doo, doo, doo
-Doo, doo, doo
-And when you get back home to Saint Cloud
Returning home to St. Cloud, a specific place or state of mind
Watch the new world project
Observing a new world taking shape
A rousing image, scorched earth swinging
Describing an intense and impactful image of destruction and renewal
Supernatural and complex
Referring to a supernatural and complex reality
And I might show up in a white dress
Possibly contemplating a transformative moment represented by a white dress
Turn reluctance on its ear
Turning reluctance into action
If the dead just go on living
Suggesting that the dead continue to exist, removing fear
Well there's nothing left to fear
Emphasizing the absence of fear when the dead persist
Doo, doo, doo
Repetition, similar to lines 9-15
Doo, doo, doo, doo
-Doo, doo, doo
-Doo, doo, doo
-Doo, doo, doo, doo
-Doo, doo, doo
-If you burn slow, burning slow
Encouraging a slow and deliberate approach to life, possibly a metaphor
On your own roof, yell what you know
Expressing the importance of speaking one's truth, even on one's own terms
Burning slow, burning slow
Repetition, emphasizing the significance of burning slow
Burning slow, burning slow
-And when when I go, when I go
Anticipating one's departure and requesting a backward glance
Look back at me, embers aglow
Asking for a reflective moment when departing, with embers symbolizing memories
When I go, when I go
Repetition, pondering the nature of departure
When I go, when I go
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