Lyrics
I was walking through San Antonio before sound check
I was walking in San Antonio before a sound check.
I was looking for some pole to do pull-ups on
I was searching for a pole to do pull-ups on.
I'd like to talk much longer
I want to talk longer, but I'm limited by someone else's cell phone time.
But I'm on somebody else's cell phone's time
Constraints due to using someone else's cell phone.
Why we still sleep if Carolina was our
Questioning why we still sleep if Carolina is a significant wake-up call or a nearly completed task.
Wake up call, our almost done
Reflecting on a missed opportunity or unfinished task in Carolina.
I'll tell it to you like I got it in my mind
Expressing thoughts straightforwardly.
I'm fucking cold like a DQ blizzard
Describing intense cold using a metaphor of a Dairy Queen Blizzard.
You act like a slut but you're really a freezer
Contrasting appearances with reality - someone may seem promiscuous but is emotionally distant.
We love and hate like the tattooed fist
Describing a complex relationship with both love and hate, akin to a tattooed fist.
And all these songs are sung on road trips
Noting that the songs are created during road trips.
One night when I was walking home from your house
Recalling a specific night walking home, sensing a scent of extinguished candles.
I kept smelling some sort of blown out candles
Describing a mysterious atmosphere with blown-out candles.
And the Monterrey birches were bare
Observing bare Monterrey birches raising their arms to the stars.
Raising their skinny arms to the stars in surrender
Symbolizing surrender or vulnerability in the Monterrey birches.
We have to change if we're going to stay together
Highlighting the need for change to maintain a relationship.
'Cause I say rain when it's only a drizzle
Using "rain" metaphorically for a situation that is only a drizzle, suggesting exaggeration.
You get stoned like death in the bible
Comparing getting stoned to the severity of death in the Bible.
"She ain't gonna call 2" didn't make my list
Reference to a specific item not making a personal list.
But all the rest we sing on
Emphasizing that the rest of the songs are still sung despite exclusions.
And all the rest we sing on
Reiterating that all the remaining songs are sung.
And all these songs are song on road trips
Reiterating that the songs are created during road trips.
And the Monterrey birches were bare
Repeating the image of Monterrey birches raising their arms in surrender.
Raising their skinny arms to the stars in surrender
Reiterating the surrender imagery of Monterrey birches.
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