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I'm small and i'm tired,
I'm blurred to bits and wired,
I'm nothing in this universe,
nothing but pieces of dust.
Appearing in more repeats,
The mirror man has seen defeat,
Hide away be old and grey,
Alfred J. Prufrock would be proud of me.
Keep it together - hold it together
Keep it together - hold it together
Little Someone in my own little guerica,
Sleep so heavy that its out of the question,
Little Someone in my own little guerica,
Wake up and pour myself another ice-breaker.
Going now so happy and so loose,
Making bigger holes in my stomach,
Losing losing split down the middle,
With no end and no beginning.
I'm small and i'm tired,
I'm blurred to bits and wired,
I'm nothing in this universe,
nothing but pieces of dust.
Keep it together - hold it together
Keep it together - hold it together
Little Someone in my own little guerica,
Sleep so heavy that its out of the question,
Little Someone in my own little guerica,
Wake up and pour myself another ice-breaker.
Ice breaker, Ice Breaker.
I'm blurred to bits and wired,
I'm nothing in this universe,
nothing but pieces of dust.
The mirror man has seen defeat,
Hide away be old and grey,
Alfred J. Prufrock would be proud of me.
Keep it together - hold it together
Sleep so heavy that its out of the question,
Little Someone in my own little guerica,
Wake up and pour myself another ice-breaker.
Making bigger holes in my stomach,
Losing losing split down the middle,
With no end and no beginning.
I'm blurred to bits and wired,
I'm nothing in this universe,
nothing but pieces of dust.
Keep it together - hold it together
Sleep so heavy that its out of the question,
Little Someone in my own little guerica,
Wake up and pour myself another ice-breaker.
Ice breaker, Ice Breaker.
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mylastdays On Sep 03, 2002
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In case some people don't know who Alfred J. Prufrock is, he's the character in TS Eliot's famous poem 'The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock', a poem that exhibits melancholy sentiments and fears about the modern age, growing old, etc. that really suit these lyrics. This song is kinda hard to figure out the meaning of precisely, but it sounds like just another one about Nicky feeling insignificant in the grand scope of the universe and feeling depressed about this and about getting older too maybe. "In my own little Guernica" -- I guess would translate to "my own little warzone", scene of chaotic and confused misery or despair or something.
the title is a reference to Picasso's "Guernica" depicting, unless i'm mistaken, a scene from the spanish civil war when a whole lotta people were killed.
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