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Sometimes I take the skytrain to work and get off in a really busy underground station. One station in particular has a really loooong escalator. It must be a 10 story climb to street level. At least it feels that way... Anyway I was approaching this escalator one day and I noticed how we were all scurrying like little insects towards it as if we were having a race. When I got closer I saw a sign on it that said 'Walk Left, Stand Right'. Sure enough, everyone obeyed this sign. Stationary people stayed on the right and people in more of a rush were skipping up on the left. For some reason the whole thing struck me as funny. I mean the sign and sentiment makes total sense and everything - I just couldn't get over how we all 'obeyed' and even sometimes enforced this rule. Anyway, that's the story, and here's the song. It's partially based on that experience but I think it's subconsciously a metaphor for something else. Not sure what.
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Lyrics
"Don't you look at me"
Your eyes keep telling me
I'm making it too obvious I guess
I should apologize
For staring in your eyes
It's not your fault
I tend to get obsessed
And then I see a sign
With stainless steel behind
It tells me everything we need to do
We're stacked up like maggots
Inside a dead carcass
So I will read these simple words to you
Walk left, stand right
And when we reach the top
The scurrying won't stop
and you and I will go our separate ways
When you walk out of sight
Into the city lights
I will turn around and then descend
Again
Walk left, stand right
Your eyes keep telling me
I'm making it too obvious I guess
I should apologize
For staring in your eyes
It's not your fault
I tend to get obsessed
And then I see a sign
With stainless steel behind
It tells me everything we need to do
We're stacked up like maggots
Inside a dead carcass
So I will read these simple words to you
Walk left, stand right
And when we reach the top
The scurrying won't stop
and you and I will go our separate ways
When you walk out of sight
Into the city lights
I will turn around and then descend
Again
Walk left, stand right
guitapick
...gettin' tired of being told what to do...and how to do it...all the time...
Great combo of acoustic and electric guitar...jolting song...as it should be...
"...sign with stainless steel behind..." is perfect...