What does Closing Time mean?

Semisonic: Closing Time Meaning

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Closing Time Lyrics

Closing time - time for you to go out, go out into the world.
Closing time - turn the lights up over every boy and every girl.
Closing time - one last call for alcohol, so finish your whiskey or beer.
Closing time - you don't have to go home but...

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  1. anonymous
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     Jul 5th 2021 !⃝

    Pretty self explanatory- Satan helps lost souls hook up with whoever is leftover at the end of the night at the bar. God be with you and heal you.

  2. anonymous
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     Oct 2nd 2015 !⃝

    Surely this is about Childbirth???

  3. anonymous
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     Oct 18th 2012 !⃝

    Closing time is about the singer drunk at a bar. He has a crush on some girl but she isn't there so he just stayed and got drunk at the bar until they closed. Now he wants to go home with her but she isn't there so he's going to have to go home alone.


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