Damaged Goods

Unraveling Life's Tapestry: Yeasayer's Damaged Goods
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Lyrics

Anything we should know about your change?

Questioning if there's any information about the speaker's change.

Her eyes are waiting

Describing someone whose eyes are anticipating or expecting something.

This calls to panels sustained brown

Referring to sustained brown panels, possibly metaphorical or abstract.

Everyone's tiring

Expressing that everyone is becoming weary or fatigued.

September thudding quickens with a serious slope

Describing September with a sense of acceleration and seriousness.

We're in it together but no one pulls

Highlighting a collective experience where everyone is involved, but no one takes action.


As soon as the circus disappears

Discussing the disappearance of a circus, possibly representing a significant event or distraction.

Damaged goods, damaged goods

Labeling someone as damaged goods, suggesting a negative perception or judgment.

The saints only preach when the coast is clear

Implying that saints only preach when the situation is safe or trouble-free.

Damaged goods, damaged goods

Reiterating the notion of someone being perceived as damaged goods.

The lines in your palm shouldn't give you grief

Suggesting that the lines in one's palm, often associated with destiny, shouldn't cause distress.

Damaged goods, damaged goods

Repeating the idea of someone being considered damaged goods.

And quickly the bloom on the rose does leave

Describing the swift fading of the bloom on a rose, possibly symbolizing beauty or vitality.

Damaged goods, damaged goods

Restating the concept of someone being seen as damaged goods.


No matter what he thought she was

Asserting that the person is not defined by others' perceptions or expectations.

No matter what he thought she was before

Emphasizing that the person remains true to themselves regardless of others' opinions.

Professional, a working stiff

Describing the person as a professional or a working individual.

It's over now, damaged goods

Declaring that it's now over for the person labeled as damaged goods.


As soon as the circus disappears

Repeating the theme of the circus disappearing and the concept of damaged goods.

Damaged goods, damaged goods

Reiterating the idea that the person is considered damaged goods.

The saints only preach when the coast is clear

Restating the notion that saints only speak when conditions are favorable.

Damaged goods, damaged goods

Repeating the label of damaged goods.

The lines in your palm shouldn't give you grief

Reaffirming that the lines in one's palm shouldn't cause distress.

Damaged goods, damaged goods

Repeating the concept of someone being perceived as damaged goods.

And quickly the bloom on the rose does leave

Reiterating the image of the bloom on the rose fading quickly.

Damaged goods, damaged goods

Restating the idea of someone being seen as damaged goods.


No doubts, no doubts

Declaring certainty and decisiveness, suggesting acceptance of actions or consequences.

What's done is done

Affirming that certain actions are irreversible or completed.

No doubts, no doubts

Repeating the idea of no doubts and the finality of actions.

What's done is done

Affirming that what's done is done, emphasizing closure or resolution.

No doubts, no doubts

Repeating the notion of no doubts and the irrevocability of past actions.

What's done is done

Emphasizing the finality of completed actions and the acceptance of consequences.

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