Glass Irony
Prawn Lyrics

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I noticed a shift in her stare.
As our eyes lock I'm musing, tell me, you're waiting for me to say. "
This place is too small for all of us.
We could be there by now." If you want to try we could pass it off as a change in a hopeless night, a tick a tickless clock.
I can't help but thinking we'd look great with our drinks and brushing off the weeks.
So let's keep swimming to our bodies and we'll meet.
We'll forget our foreign minds.
So lets keep swimming to our bodies and we'll meet between our foreign minds and broken bodies.

We'll meet between our foreign minds while our tired eyes stay shut.
Tease for the night, I get it now.
Can't say enough, it' in your eyes.
It's hard to hide.
It's hard to find.

Out of sight in dire straits.
It's hard to hide in dire straits.

Overall Meaning

The lyrics of Prawn's song Glass Irony depict a moment between two individuals, where one notices a subtle shift in the other's gaze. The singer wonders about the unspoken thoughts and feelings that might be lurking behind that gaze. They muse whether the other person is waiting for them to make a move, to acknowledge the connection they sense. They suggest that they could be somewhere else by now, away from the cramped and suffocating environment they find themselves in.

The lyrics interweave the idea of time moving on, of a clock ticking away relentlessly, with the suggestion that they can escape the rigidity of that timeline by sharing a moment of intimacy. They imagine themselves free of the limitations that their minds and bodies impose, able to meet and merge in a space between their "foreign minds and broken bodies." The lyrics suggest that the connection could be temporary, just a "tease for the night," but it is nonetheless a yearning for a moment of reprieve in dire straits.

Overall, the lyrics of Glass Irony convey a sense of longing for connection and escape, a feeling that is heightened by the restrictions of time, bodies, and environments.

Line by Line Meaning

I noticed a shift in her stare.
I observed a change in her gaze.

As our eyes lock I'm musing, tell me, you're waiting for me to say.
As we make eye contact, I wonder if you're expecting me to speak.

This place is too small for all of us.
This location cannot accommodate all of us.

We could be there by now." If you want to try we could pass it off as a change in a hopeless night, a tick a tickless clock.
If we attempt to move quickly, we could already be at our destination. We could pretend that this sudden change of pace is due to the circumstances, like a clock with no sound.

I can't help but thinking we'd look great with our drinks and brushing off the weeks.
I believe we would appear splendid while enjoying our beverages and forgetting about the recent past.

So let's keep swimming to our bodies and we'll meet.
Let us focus on our physical selves and connect with each other in that way.

We'll forget our foreign minds.
We will let go of our unfamiliar and unfamiliar thoughts.

So lets keep swimming to our bodies and we'll meet between our foreign minds and broken bodies.
By concentrating on our physical bodies, we will encounter each other despite our differences and physical damages.

We'll meet between our foreign minds while our tired eyes stay shut.
We will convene in the space where our thoughts don't align while keeping our exhausted eyes closed.

Tease for the night, I get it now.
I understand the titillation for this evening.

Can't say enough, it' in your eyes.
I cannot express it fully, but it is evident in your gaze.

It's hard to hide.
It is challenging to conceal.

It's hard to find.
It is difficult to locate.

Out of sight in dire straits.
Hidden and in a state of distress.

It's hard to hide in dire straits.
It is tricky to keep things concealed when in crisis.

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