Mystery
A-P-M Productions Lyrics

The lyrics to A-P-M Productions's song Mystery are incredibly evocative and open to interpretation. The first two lines suggest a sense of frustration or desperation - the singer is trying to do something impossible, to fold up his receding shadow and throw it against a skyscraper. This could be read as a metaphor for trying to confront or solve a problem that seems insurmountable. The image of an "angry bile" rising suggests that this struggle is causing real emotional pain.

The next lines shift the perspective to a crowded street at three in the morning. Here, the singer is trying to find the "secret" behind his shadow. Is it a literal shadow, or is this another metaphor - something more intangible that the character is struggling to understand? The phrase "tried to find the point of this joke" adds to the sense of confusion and frustration. The final lines, where the singer hears himself in a language he doesn't understand, could be interpreted in a number of ways. It could suggest a sense of alienation, of feeling disconnected from the world around him, or it could be a more literal reference to communication breakdown - perhaps the character is in a place where he doesn't speak the language, or is dealing with a situation where words fail to adequately express what he's feeling.