I agree about the lyrics being "coffee in hand," "reliance of substance," and "hose water." They make more sense with the song. I wanted to comment on the spoken word section, I thought it was fantastic, and if my interpretation is correct, the analogies are very clever.
I think it's about breaking up. He's talking it out with the other person in the relationship. "I know you don't want change
But nothing is ever what it used to be." He continues to tell the other, "Grab the rope, hoist yourself up with a coffee in hand, comforted by the reliance of substance. A solitude parade. Grab the rope, hoist yourself up and drift like ants in hose water."
Paraphrased: I know you want to keep this relationship going, but it's not like it used to be. Get your coffee and pick yourself up, comforted by loneliness (it will always be there for you). Pick yourself up and slump away.
I believe he uses a system of analogies in the spoken word section. Three angels=three devils=three words=I love you. He is reminiscing over a love letter. It's painful as he reads and in the silence inserts words like "not" and "better." He tries to muster up the same feelings of love he used to have, but the "shadows don't bend". In the same way that now is not then, he does not love her now, like he did then. "I love you" was once an attorney, an apology, a monument, and an apostrophe for him. He equates "I love you" to three monuments and then ends with my favorite line. "So I destroyed a monument, so what."
I agree about the lyrics being "coffee in hand," "reliance of substance," and "hose water." They make more sense with the song. I wanted to comment on the spoken word section, I thought it was fantastic, and if my interpretation is correct, the analogies are very clever.
I think it's about breaking up. He's talking it out with the other person in the relationship. "I know you don't want change But nothing is ever what it used to be." He continues to tell the other, "Grab the rope, hoist yourself up with a coffee in hand, comforted by the reliance of substance. A solitude parade. Grab the rope, hoist yourself up and drift like ants in hose water." Paraphrased: I know you want to keep this relationship going, but it's not like it used to be. Get your coffee and pick yourself up, comforted by loneliness (it will always be there for you). Pick yourself up and slump away.
I believe he uses a system of analogies in the spoken word section. Three angels=three devils=three words=I love you. He is reminiscing over a love letter. It's painful as he reads and in the silence inserts words like "not" and "better." He tries to muster up the same feelings of love he used to have, but the "shadows don't bend". In the same way that now is not then, he does not love her now, like he did then. "I love you" was once an attorney, an apology, a monument, and an apostrophe for him. He equates "I love you" to three monuments and then ends with my favorite line. "So I destroyed a monument, so what."