I took this walk to ease my mind
To find out what's gnawing at me
Wouldn't think, to look at me,
that I've spent a lot of time in education
It all seems so long ago
I'm a thinker, not a talker
I've no-one to talk to, anyway
I can't see the road
for the rain in my eyes
I live above the grocers store,
owned by an Austrian
He often calls me down to eat
And he jokes about his broken English,
tries to be a friend to me
But for all my years of reading conversation,
I stand without a word to say
I can't see the bridge
for the rain in my eyes
Ahhh-huh, h...uh, huh
And the world is full of life
Full of folk who don't know me
And they walk in twos or threes or more
While the light that shines above the grocer's store
investigates my face so rudely
And my essays lying scattered on the floor
Fulfill their needs just by being there
And my hands shake, my head hurts,
my voice sticks inside my throat
I'm invisible and dumb,
no-one will recall me
And I can't see the water
through the tears in my ey-y-yes
To find out what's gnawing at me
Wouldn't think, to look at me,
that I've spent a lot of time in education
It all seems so long ago
I'm a thinker, not a talker
I've no-one to talk to, anyway
I can't see the road
for the rain in my eyes
I live above the grocers store,
owned by an Austrian
He often calls me down to eat
And he jokes about his broken English,
tries to be a friend to me
But for all my years of reading conversation,
I stand without a word to say
I can't see the bridge
for the rain in my eyes
Ahhh-huh, h...uh, huh
And the world is full of life
Full of folk who don't know me
And they walk in twos or threes or more
While the light that shines above the grocer's store
investigates my face so rudely
And my essays lying scattered on the floor
Fulfill their needs just by being there
And my hands shake, my head hurts,
my voice sticks inside my throat
I'm invisible and dumb,
no-one will recall me
And I can't see the water
through the tears in my ey-y-yes
Lyrics submitted by merchantpierce
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I believe that taking his own life may be looked upon
on one hand as cowardly, to give up on life
& on the other as brave and heroic, to accept he is a nothing and useless, & to accept that this is the end and there is no more hope & to stop constantly fooling himself into pretending that there is hope, & also to carry out the act of committing suicide requires some guts. It may have been in his eyes the only brave act he will ever get to do.
I conclude that if he truly believes he is worthless & knows it for a fact, then perhaps there is little to be said for continuing on, as he would be merely existing. His only thrills in life may be from eating, getting drunk, pondering on the past, ect. all of which are unhealthy for the mind. This would only serve to make him more introverted.
you seem to be drawing a lot from the song that is not there.