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Either Surfer Blood’s John Paul Pitts has a flux capacitor, or he’s listening to the Byrds.
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Is John Paul Pitts turning into a butterfly?
Reaching for sour grapes
If I can't taste and get my fill
Then no one will
If I can't touch, if I can't touch you
I don't know what to do Surfer Blood – Blair Witch
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The phrase sour grapes is an expression originating from “The Fox and the Grapes,” one of Aesop’s Fables. It refers to pretending not to care for something one wants, but does not or cannot have.
Surfer Blood’s John Paul Pitts is trying to have “sour grapes” for this girl, but he can’t because his crush on her is too heavy.
Raging in the sky?
Premonition of a shattered world
That's gonna die Black Sabbath – Age of Reason
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Sounds like Ozzy believes in the apocalypse.
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The International Monetary Fund loans millions of dollars to small, underdeveloped (usually third-world) countries. This would be a nice, humanitarian gesture—if it wasn’t for the ridiculous terms of the loans.
That country now has no control over their economy, and the IMF ensures that the currency is weakened, that almost all trade is of very little benefit to the small third world country. In essence, the poor third world country is now poorer, and indebted to the IMF, who have given them no opportunities to improve their situation. The regulations concerning the loans are commonly referred to as “The Golden Straitjacket.”
The cattle prods, therefore, refer to the way in which poor countries are treated by large, multinational organizations.
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Eagles are known for their keen sight and powerful soaring flight. Like an eagle, Austin’s spirit will soar into the heavens.
That you were to me Thundercat – A Message for Austin / Praise the Lord / Enter the Void
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The narrator of this song sometimes becomes overwhelmed by anxiety and suffers an explosive fit, compared to when an electronic device gets overcharged.
It is in these states of overstimulation that synesthesia completely takes over and at times it can sustain mania and feel like pure ecstasy. Thom has experienced strong bouts of synesthesia before.
This line could also be a double entendre of a sort, here getting overcharged could also be in reference to overcharging tourists for things, this is not something that the tourist would normally realise, however the narrator does and seemingly doesn’t care