Walking sideways through them gutters
And you realize that the floor sticks to your feet like history
Well, don’t you look at me like life don’t hold you anymore mystery
Bag of splinters boiling over
On your back, expose your belly
Optimism doesn’t change the facts
Just what you’re gonna see
Like it was stated that we’re walking
Salt and coal
Plants solidify sunshine
How this start, I don’t know
Cars and feet and then tire change, shoe stores
The sun’s diary pulled up from deep canary holes
And when we read it our skin it becomes warm
At the movies, eyes iced over
Walking sideways through the gutter
And you realize life sticks to your feet, you’re history
I’m going to slap that look off your face like life don’t hold no mystery
All those red marks on our shoulders
Self back-patting, homemade trophies
Well, the past only exist as tiny bricks we burn to release all it’s memory
I’ve had enough with rolling boulders, I want more moss on me
Clocks to splinters, but time goes forward
And when them trees drop leaves your feet collect their memories
I guess all us snakes find our tail pretty damn tasty
I heard you mentioned that we’re walking, salt and coal
Plants solidify sunshine
How it start, I don’t know
Cars and feet and then tire change, shoe stalls
The sun’s diary pulled up out of deep canary holes
And we read it our skin becomes quite warm
At the movies, eyes iced over
Walking sideways through them gutters
And you realize that the floor sticks to your feet, you’re history
I’m gonna knock that look off your face like life don’t hold you no more mystery
“I think it’s about how the history of everything can be found in everything else.
“And you realize that the floor sticks to your feet like history”
The dirt in your boot contains the history of everything. Isaac always revisits the theme that everything is a cycle and it’s connected to everything else. (See Parting of the Sensory)
“Like it was stated that we’re walking
Salt and coal”
Energy cannot be destroyed – it just takes on new forms. So our bodies were once other elements/plants/animals. e.g. Salt, coal
“Plants solidify sunshine
How this start, I don’t know”
Plants are able to photosynthesize (using sunshine) and grow.
“Cars and feet and then tire change, shoe stores”
Hmm.. not sure. Perhaps rubber can be used for tires and shoes?
“The sun’s diary pulled up from deep canary holes
And when we read it our skin it becomes warm”
Sun’s diary = history of what it has been able to create
Maybe he’s speaking of resources such as coal.
We burn it for it’s energy, to keep us warm.
I see this as a more upbeat Parting of the Sensory