Cheque Room
Navigating Love's Turbulence: We Are the City's 'Cheque Room' Explained
Lyrics
I shouldn't look at you
I am advised not to look at you
So I look away
To comply, I avert my gaze
I shouldn't look at you
Reiteration: I shouldn't look at you
So I look away
Again, I choose to look away
I shouldn't look at you
Once more, I resist looking at you
So I look away
Continuing to avert my gaze
Everything is done wrong here
Expressing dissatisfaction with everything; contemplating departure
I am leaving
Decisively leaving the situation
I look away, I do
Reiterating the act of looking away
Things I thought I'd never say, I do
Uttering unexpected statements or commitments
It's taken everything in me to stay
Struggling to endure, implying difficulty in staying
Now I am leaving
Final decision to leave
Everybody told me that
Repetition emphasizing that everyone advised or informed
Everybody told me that
-Everybody told me that
-Everybody told me that
-Here I am, look at you
Observing or acknowledging your presence
No, I think I should look away
Internal conflict: considering looking away
Everything is done wrong here
Reiteration of dissatisfaction and intent to leave
I am leaving
Committing to the decision to depart
I shouldn't look at you
Conflicted: advised not to look, but unable to look away
But I can't look away
Expressing difficulty in averting gaze
There should be something here
Desiring something substantial to believe in
To put my belief in
Seeking reassurance or conviction
Listen
Transition or emphasis marker
When God calls me out onto the lake
Metaphor: Responding to a divine call with a mental challenge
I tell my mind the waves are sand
Mentally rationalizing or distorting reality
But when I step, I sink
Despite mental preparation, facing a challenge
Although I fight, I succumb
Repeated struggle and succumbing to a difficult situation
Although I fight, I succumb
-Although I fight, I succumb
-How come?
Rhetorical question expressing bewilderment or frustration
Everybody told me that
Reiteration of being informed or advised
Everybody told me that
-Everybody told me that
-Everybody told me that
Reiteration of collective advice or information
Comment