| MGMT – Lady Dada's Nightmare Lyrics | 10 years ago |
| The power behind this song is that it comes after Siberian Breaks which talks about the greatest trip/life ever then this nightmare comes on. Which is followed by the song Brian Eno who basically created the universe in MGMT's heads. | |
| MGMT – Cool Song No. 2 Lyrics | 10 years ago |
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Ok I am going to take a stab at this. Let's begin with the subject of the song and make an assumption that it is about LSD/Acid. In the first verse Andrew is literally talking about when he goes into the unknown whether that be through meditation or through the use of psychedelics he hears/sees or at least he thinks he does a fundamental foundation of our universe. The fine petals of the lotus flower shows him love and peace and he is comfortable in his life. This could be the greatest feeling he has ever felt knowing he is alone discovering the lies that this world gives us. He truly feels enlightened even almost on a cocky level. He closes all the negative vibes of the world while he is in a deep meditation/trip. Yet his vision dosent give him a true explanation to his deepest questions when he wakes back up. Which is kind of how you are friends with somebody one day and you think you got your life all figured out and then that friend just leaves your life which goes against your thought on how your life should be. That vision is Andrews friend in the metaphoric sense it was a precious stone that he cherished who he thought defined him but it just left him. He doesent care anyways because he rather be alone. Ok now for the next part: Wherever scientists turn lead to birds, torment ignites essence, delights from the earth What you find shocking they find amusing, something else to soften a sadistic urge When they tell you the extent of the vice then the prime time mission is to choke the statistician, and like the senses that you’re lurking behind while it gnaws right through to your core, oh I’d twist it more...... What this part of the song is talking about Lysergic acid diethylamide or LSD. LSD was created by scientist its a man made creation almost a poison if you will like lead is a poison. Yet this poison becomes something beautiful like birds are. This creation is to help you discover the true meaning of life. Through your pain you linking into the essence of the earth and using its wonders like pot, acid, shrooms, ex...You start to become shocked at what these drugs are showing/revealing to you yet the ones who controlls it like the government and the manipulators/scientist, finds your confusion amusing. Andrew wants to take that concept and twist your fear and confusion even more. Which leads to the best part of the song. If you think that you’re free (free like a kite) watching as it goes by (spy the unknown), focus on the quiet oars Tell me how far you’d go (go where you like) knowing your air won’t last (last one to know) Would you feel better holding the stars up? Let's start with the first sentence in the breakdown: If you think that you’re free (free like a kite) watching as it goes by (spy the unknown), focus on the quiet oars. What Andrew is talking about is if you think you are really in control of your life/destiny you are not because you are like a kite. Let's think about that for a moment a kite with a handler/master can do amazing works but without a master it is a runaway kite flying/heading towards the abyss. Your life is literally flashing before your eyes. You must focus on the quiet oars. An oar is something that you use to control a boat. Let's say the boat represents you and the oars are the real thing that shape/control your path/movement in life. We must confront and understand our oars to truly control our ship. Then Andrew says tell me, "how far you go knowing your air wont last." What he means by this statement once you think you figured out the oars of your life you still are on a collision course with death just like the kite without a master is doomed to fly to space/the abyss. Then Andrew tells you almost sarcastically would you feel better holding the stars up. Which he means the truth and the universe is smacked right upon your consciousness. The last part of the song: What if the beast escapes (apes have it good) and separates like a cloud (loud like a fault), seeps into the hollow bones? Wouldn’t its eyes expand and zero in like a scope? I might feel better knowing I wasn't alone Andrew is talking about sin/evil itself. Once you truly discover that the universe is a, excuse my french, fucked up place you think back to lotus flower and the beauty of the universe. You find GOD does not matter which religious god you believe in but this the true GOD you find through meditation/prayer/acid trip and you thank that GOD you are not alone in this universe. |
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