| Kevin Devine – Cotton Crush Lyrics | 18 years ago |
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The bricks get laid, and they get torn up, and laid again, but the bricks always get torn up again. [I think that the bricks are metaphors for lifestyles and bad habits; he’s saying that we are forever changing who we are, what we stand for, and how we live; this sets the tone for him breaking out of his drug/alcohol stage] Your friends won't wait, so don't believe that shit, when they say they'll wait. Trust me; your friends will not wait for you. [it seems that he’s describing relationships that were based upon a certain lifestyle that he can no longer be a part of; and even though they may say they love him, the foundation is superficial, thus it will crumble when he chooses to go down a different path. Their only worry seems to be finding what they want – drugs and alcohol – and they won’t stop, not even for a “best friend”] Then you'll be stoned in some park, just nodding your head and pinching your arms, [he’s wrestling between staying the same and waking up to realize a new way of life] when a girl walks along. She's humming your song, with your t-shirt on. That's when you're done, Oh, that's when you're done... [I think this is his personal “awakening”; when he sees this girl, he realizes that he is a role model, and that he has the power to influence people greatly. And he’s done with drugs and alcohol because that’s not a message he wants to send.] There's a cotton crush down in the southern states. But back up here, man, we've got so much thread and space to waste, waste, waste. There's a microphone picking every word up and it shuts itself off when it's sure that's its heard enough..... [this is a metaphor for something we all live by: music is life. He wants to change for himself, but it’s his music and the people that love his music that helped him find the way] The quiet can scrape all the calm from your bones, but maybe it should. [he’s talking about how at the end of the day we are alone with what we’ve done and who we are, and we begin to question everything, and pick our lives a part until it’s in a thousand pieces; he’s saying that our conscience will shake our very being, and make us rethink everything] Maybe we need to be hollowed to get up and grow, [this seems to say that even though its painful, sometimes we have to get rid of everything toxic in our lives to be born into a new – better – stage of life.] and stop fucking around, to kick off our braces and start straightening out. [bad habits like drugs and drinking really only mask our problems and who we are; and sometimes we use them as a crutch to temporarily forget our problems; he’s saying we have to stop with these illusions and games and get on the right path] Let's sift through the static to find a simpler sound Let's sift through the static to find a simpler sound... simpler sound than the shit that's clouding our heads now. [these last few lines are telling us to shed whatever is getting in our way of achieving a better life; he’s saying we have to somehow weed out the bad – could be bad habits, bad thoughts, anxiety, stress, sadness, anger – that paralyzes us, so we can find some clarity and balance. Sometimes excessive indulgence in these things cloud our heads from seeing what’s really there.] |
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