Before I offer the incomplete interpretation below, I would like to note that I hear "chuckle", not "juggle", in the fourth line. (A muffled chuckle would seem to make more sense than a muffled juggle.)
While the song lends itself to any number of wildly differing interpretations, I view it in this way:
"Take on another shift
Palms in the middle, hands in the middle"
-The narrator accepts more work; the 'hands in the middle' suggest the end of a huddle in a team-based competitive sport, the players demonstrating 'team spirit' by laying their hands on each other's hands in the middle of a circle, in an affirmation of solidarity and resolve. The narrator may be acting as a "team player", but not necessarily in accordance with personal desires.
"Work out another rift
Something is muffled, another chuckle"
-The narrator tries in earnest to mend a broken relationship, but is met with incredulity.
"A cross country miss
Take direction, can’t connect it"
-The narrator misses a cross-country flight and is forced to drive, relying on directions.
The other lyrics' meaning is anyone's guess, as far as I'm concerned. I believe the "foreground" the song refers to is the narrator's mundane and often frustrating daily life.
A more far-fetched interpretation might contrast 'foreground' with 'background'–what officials attempt to piece together and understand as it relates to a death or suicide.
Perhaps, the song is the narrator's explanation of the very real situations that might be considered, but not truly appreciated emotionally or viscerally, by investigators into the circumstances of a death or suicide.
A person's 'background' connotes something prosaic and dead, while a person's 'foreground' connotes something immediate and alive, the real experience of a real human being.
Before I offer the incomplete interpretation below, I would like to note that I hear "chuckle", not "juggle", in the fourth line. (A muffled chuckle would seem to make more sense than a muffled juggle.)
While the song lends itself to any number of wildly differing interpretations, I view it in this way:
"Take on another shift Palms in the middle, hands in the middle"
-The narrator accepts more work; the 'hands in the middle' suggest the end of a huddle in a team-based competitive sport, the players demonstrating 'team spirit' by laying their hands on each other's hands in the middle of a circle, in an affirmation of solidarity and resolve. The narrator may be acting as a "team player", but not necessarily in accordance with personal desires.
"Work out another rift Something is muffled, another chuckle"
-The narrator tries in earnest to mend a broken relationship, but is met with incredulity.
"A cross country miss Take direction, can’t connect it"
-The narrator misses a cross-country flight and is forced to drive, relying on directions.
The other lyrics' meaning is anyone's guess, as far as I'm concerned. I believe the "foreground" the song refers to is the narrator's mundane and often frustrating daily life.
A more far-fetched interpretation might contrast 'foreground' with 'background'–what officials attempt to piece together and understand as it relates to a death or suicide.
Perhaps, the song is the narrator's explanation of the very real situations that might be considered, but not truly appreciated emotionally or viscerally, by investigators into the circumstances of a death or suicide.
A person's 'background' connotes something prosaic and dead, while a person's 'foreground' connotes something immediate and alive, the real experience of a real human being.