Lyrics
Figure you'll give me a call
Anticipation of a call from someone
Should probably call it a night
Suggesting the need to end the evening
You're throwing me to the wall
Feeling rejected or pushed away
I'm not gon' put up a fight
Not willing to resist or fight
It's all me again listening to you time after time
Listening to the other person repeatedly
I know you think it's all right, but I'm at the end of the line
Expressing dissatisfaction, reaching the limit
You won't find me no more, you took me in and put me right out the door
Deciding to leave, feeling ejected
Our flame's burning so bright 'til the end of the night
Describing a passionate relationship until the end of the night
So you call me the picture
Being referred to as "the picture," possibly symbolic
'Cause I'm a sign of the time
Being a representation of the current era
Yeah, you call me the picture
Reiterating the reference to being "the picture"
'Cause I'm still life
Being compared to a still life, possibly implying stagnation
Figure you'll give me a call
Repetition of earlier themes and self-identification
Should probably call it a night
-You're throwing me to the wall
-I'm not gon' put up a fight
-It's all me again listening to you time after time
-I know you think it's all right, but I'm at the end of the line
-You won't find me no more, you took me in and put me right out the door
-Our flame's burning so bright 'til the end of the night
-So you call me the picture
-'Cause I'm a sign of the time
-Yeah, you call me the picture
-'Cause I'm still life
-So you call me the picture
-'Cause I'm a sign of the time
-Yeah, you call me the picture
-'Cause I'm still life, yeah
-So you call me the picture
Continued repetition, emphasizing the identity as "the picture"
'Cause I'm a sign of the time
-Yeah, you call me the picture
-'Cause I'm still
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