Lyrics
We hit the floor
We experienced a sudden and abrupt fall or decline.
Just like her blue silk slip
Similar to the way her delicate blue silk undergarment falls.
Dark puritan rose
A dark and somber expression of a puritan rose, possibly symbolizing a strict or restrained love.
To the curve of her hip
Refers to the sensual curve of her hip.
I did not know
The speaker lacked awareness or understanding.
It was too much
Suggests an overwhelming or excessive experience.
Too much for me to handle
The experience was too intense for the speaker to handle.
To be shown to the heart of the matter
To confront the core or essence of the situation.
By your holy candle
Being guided or enlightened by a sacred light.
The clank of your second hand
The sound of a clock's ticking, marking the passage of time.
The stare of your glass eye
The fixed gaze of an artificial or unfeeling eye.
Have I no wisdom
Questioning the speaker's own lack of wisdom or insight.
That is not wise
Reflects on the paradox of being unwise in a wise manner.
In that way we laid the rail
Describes the process of laying down a path, possibly metaphorical.
A woven handmade Indian
Refers to an intricately crafted Indian object, possibly symbolizing the complexity of life.
I spoke and understood
The speaker spoke and comprehended.
Your golden Virginian
Reference to something precious and golden from Virginia.
Still not a day goes by
Expresses the passage of time with a recurring event or feeling.
Something always
Something is always present, perhaps an enduring emotion or memory.
Something always by and by
Emphasizes the persistence of something over time.
Sing the same old song
Repetition of an old, familiar song.
In the same old way
Doing things in a habitual or routine manner.
Through mystic maze of memory
Navigating through the complex and confusing corridors of memory.
Our days of disarray
Days marked by confusion or disorder.
Stood still in the same place twice
Staying stagnant or not progressing, repeating a situation.
Just to cast a shadow
Deliberately casting a shadow, perhaps suggesting intentional obscurity or concealment.
Cast down by a western sun
Symbolizing a decline or end marked by the setting of the sun.
You have the right to know
A declaration of the right to knowledge.
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