Lullaby
Cop Shoot Cop Lyrics

The Cop Shoot Cop song "Lullaby" is a hauntingly beautiful and melancholic song about despair, regret, and loneliness. The lyrics express the feeling of being completely helpless and powerless, like a child being comforted by a lullaby. The song opens with the singer feeling like "putty in your hands," implying that he has surrendered all control and feels powerless in the situation. The rain serves as a metaphor for his tears as he comes down emotionally. The line "I feel like furniture" is particularly poignant, as it suggests that he feels insignificant and unimportant in the eyes of whoever he is addressing.

As the song progresses, the singer reflects on his past mistakes and regrets. He wishes he could change the past and that echoes of happier times with a loved one lingered in his mind. However, those memories are slowly fading away, making him feel more alone and disconnected than ever before. The reference to a stranger's face seen from a passing train makes us feel that these echoes are like fleeting moments in the greater scheme of things.

The chorus of "Lullaby" talks about how there is no perfect way to commit a crime, and one will eventually get caught. And when one is faced with the consequences of the actions, nobody would sing a lullaby to make it feel better. The lines "The tombs avert their eyes/ Sinew on a bone" are particularly impactful. It shows how even the dead don't find comfort in the singer's presence or his actions.

The song is a bleak musing on the hopeless nature of life, how humans are so insignificant, and how one's actions eventually catch up with them. The song's title 'Lullaby' is ironic but fitting as the song's theme and lyrics convey the opposite emotion. Although the song is confessional, it is vague enough in its narrative that it becomes a plea for mercy and, ultimately, a requiem for lost possibilities.