This song seemingly tackles the methods of deception those who manipulate others use to get victims to follow their demands, as well as diverting attention away from important issues. They'll also use it as a means to convince people to hate or kill others by pretending acts of terrorism were committed by the enemy when the acts themselves were done by the masters of control to promote discrimination and hate. It also reinforces the idea that these manipulative forces operate in various locations, infiltrating everyday life without detection, and propagate any and everywhere.
In general, it highlights the danger of hidden agendas, manipulation, and distraction, serving as a critique of those who exploit chaos and confusion to control and gain power, depicting a cautionary tale against falling into their traps. It encourages us to question the narratives presented to us and remain vigilant against manipulation in various parts of society.
In a fashion coat I float down my city
don't you think I look pretty anymore
I'll do everything to you but I can hardly come
cause I'm so afraid of you falling
I die fast in this city
outside I die slow
I'm not stupid I swear
I read the foreign news to understand my nation
you get two options in The You Estates
black city bloodbath or white country rape
I die fast in this city
outside I die slow
I die fast in this city
outside I die slow
everywhere I am is just another thing without you in it
(repeat)
don't you think I look pretty anymore
I'll do everything to you but I can hardly come
cause I'm so afraid of you falling
I die fast in this city
outside I die slow
I'm not stupid I swear
I read the foreign news to understand my nation
you get two options in The You Estates
black city bloodbath or white country rape
I die fast in this city
outside I die slow
I die fast in this city
outside I die slow
everywhere I am is just another thing without you in it
(repeat)
Lyrics submitted by SomethingClever, edited by BalloonMan
Fashion Coat Lyrics as written by Matthew Berninger Aaron Dessner
Lyrics © BMG Rights Management
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umm i think it's "you get two options in the US states"
i love that line... "everywhere I am is just another thing without you in it" i think the line changes a bit after its repeated.. and it brings a bit of a lonely tone. Its like its about someone who is lost in this crowd, or a big city.. and in that crowd your life just passes you by so fast. and you remember the people in your past that you loved. i wish this song was a bit longer :-/
I copied the lyrics from their website its You Estates. It has a double meaning, think about it.
yeah i figured that out a few days later. hah.
this song is so simple... but so sweet!... i don't know what is.. but it's really great :)
It's a neat comparison between inner city and the country...(Obviously) a black city bloodbath I assume is like a shooting in the ghetto or similar, then you have rural rednecks raping each other... Maybe hinting at an outsider's perception of the US... rednecks and thugs and violence in common?
Oh yeah, and in a city you might just get shot or mugged et cetera, a quick death, and in the country, you grow old, but your mind might die (boredom & idleness leading to sin) ?
Doesn't it mean: I drive fast in the city. Outside I drive slow.? I always imagine that he is just driven around, being somthing like lost. And because he can't see any hope he he doesn't see the need for acting normal.
You'll die slow in the outside, in the country. You'll die fast in the city, or on the inside. Either way the person couldn't care less, they're stuck between a rock and a hard place 'cause no place makes them happy without the one they love. So they might as well just die. Fun song =P
On the specific lyric 'I'm not stupid I swear I read the foreign news to understand my nation you get two options in The You Estates black city bloodbath or white country rape'
I think it's a joke. He's saying how 'not stupid' he is, and then misunderstands US states as you estates, and then says something only an idiot would believe. There are two ways to interpret the joke though, it could be made by the speaker, and he understands the idiocy and is making fun of it to this woman, OR it could be by Matt making the speaker look like an idiot, implying it was one of the reasons the woman left. I'm not yet sure which.