Heavy Humans
Embracing Shadows: Unveiling the Weight of Souls in 'Heavy Humans'
Lyrics
Patiently, the patients wait in
Patiently, individuals in a medical setting wait
Patent leather gloom
Gloomy atmosphere metaphorically compared to shiny leather
Searchers jaded with success
Searchers, tired from achieving goals, carry a sense of impending misfortune
Their souls seduced by doom
Their spirits captivated by a sense of inevitable destruction
There are many heavy humans in this room
Many individuals burdened by the weight of their existence
Don't you dare tell them to smile
Advising against asking them to smile, as a frown is considered more attractive
It's sexier to frown
Implies a preference for seriousness over cheerfulness
Tears transcend to diamonds and these
Tears transform into valuable diamonds, further weighing down the individuals
Jewels, they weigh them down
The emotional burdens they carry become precious but heavy
There are many heavy humans in this town
Many burdened individuals in this particular location
Weighed down by every aspect theirs
Weighed down by every aspect of their lives without a clear sense of identity
Yet still no sense of self
Despite their burdens, they lack self-awareness
Though not real they lack the lightness of
Although not real, lacking the lightness associated with mythical beings
A fairy or an elf
Contrasting the heavy humans with the whimsy of fairies or elves
There are a hundred heavy humans in the book, in the book here on my shelf
A hundred burdened individuals depicted in a book on the shelf
Ahh
Expression of emotion or realization
Ageing from anxiety
Aging individuals experiencing stress and worry
They're plucking out their hairs
Symbolic act of distress, pulling out hairs due to anxiety
Seldom shaken, always stirred
Rarely shaken, but constantly influenced by small fears
By little scattered scares
Reference to numerous burdened individuals in any form of prayer
The are a hundred heavy humans in any prayers
Suggests a collective action during sleep to forget the beginning and escape burdens
As they fall asleep they erase
Erasing memories of a time before heavy responsibilities
The semblance of a start
The illusion of a carefree start obliterated during sleep
A time before bleak burdens
A time preceding burdensome responsibilities
When lightness was their art
When a light-hearted approach was their skill
There are a hundred heavy humans in my heart
A hundred burdened individuals residing in the speaker's heart
In my heart
Reiteration of the presence of heavy humans within the speaker's emotions
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