Stoplight
Giving Beyond Measure: A Stoplight's Reflection on Hunger and Humanity
Lyrics
Running late, cursing for a moment, light a cigarette
Expressing frustration about being late, cursing, and lighting a cigarette in response to a series of negative events.
The cellphone ringing, boss complaining, and started to rain
Describing a chaotic moment with a ringing cellphone, a complaining boss, and rain, contributing to a challenging day.
What fucking way and perfect timing to start the day
Reflecting on the irony of a bad start to the day, emphasizing the imperfect timing of events.
And there's your mom giving away all bread for you to eat
Mentioning a mother generously providing bread, possibly highlighting familial support amidst challenges.
You don't know hunger until you picture that oooh ohh ohh oh
Emphasizing the theme of hunger, both literally and metaphorically, encouraging selflessness and giving without expecting reciprocation.
You don't know hunger until you picture that oooh ohh ohh oh
-Illusions all you get believing that ooohh ohh ohh oh
-Start giving and don't measure things, what you get is what you give
-Another year, Another stoplight, I find you again
Encountering a recurring situation at a stoplight, observing someone asking for money and cleaning windshields, pondering on the inability to truly understand another person's struggles.
Asking for money, cleaning windshields, at least 5 cents
-Pick up my wallet, despite all the bullshits you hear
-No one can feel it and do nothing, it's not your skin
-You don't know hunger until you picture that oooh ohh ohh oh
Reiterating the theme of hunger and the importance of selfless giving, emphasizing the contrast between illusions and reality.
You don't know hunger until you picture that oooh ohh ohh oh
-Illusions all you get believing that ooohh ohh ohh oh
-Start giving and don't measure things, what you get is what you GIVE
-Se estrechan manos desaseadas sin saber que hacer
Switching to Spanish, describing a scene of people with unwashed hands, discussing societal excuses for not helping others, and referencing a society drowned in its own truth.
La gente dice si lo ayudas el se va perder
-Perfecta excusa para no ayudar a los demás
-Sociedad ahogada en su verdad
-You don't know hunger until you picture that oooh ohh ohh oh
Continuing the theme of hunger, illusions, and the call to give without measuring, underscoring the universality of these struggles.
You don't know hunger until you picture that oooh ohh ohh oh
-Illusions all you get believing that ooohh ohh ohh oh
-Start giving and don't measure things, what you get is what you
-You don't know hunger until you picture that oooh ohh ohh oh
Repeating the refrain on hunger, illusions, and giving, reinforcing the message that what you give is what you get.
You don't know hunger until you picture that oooh ohh ohh oh
-Illusions all you get believing that ooohh ohh ohh oh
-Start giving and don't measure things, what you get is what you give
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