This is a hauntingly beautiful song about introspection, specifically about looking back at a relationship that started bad and ended so poorly, that the narrator wants to go back to the very beginning and tell himself to not even travel down that road. I believe that the relationship started poorly because of the lines:
"Take me back to the night we met:When the night was full of terrors: And your eyes were filled with tears: When you had not touched me yet"
So, the first night was not a great start, but the narrator pursued the relationship and eventually both overcame the rough start to fall in love with each other:
"I had all and then most of you"
Like many relationships that turn sour, it was not a quick decline, but a gradual one where the narrator and their partner fall out of love and gradually grow apart
"Some and now none of you"
Losing someone who was once everything in your world, who you could confide in, tell your secrets to, share all the most intimate parts of your life, to being strangers with that person is probably one of the most painful experiences a person can go through. So Painful, the narrator wants to go back in time and tell himself to not even pursue the relationship.
This was the perfect song for "13 Reasons Why"
Well Daft Punk is playing at my house, my house
I'll show you the ropes, kid, show you the ropes
Got a bus and a trailer at my house, my house
I'll show you the ropes, kid, show you the ropes
I bought fifteen cases for my house, my house
All the furniture is in the garage
Well Daft Punk is playing at my house, my house
You got to set them up, kid, set them up
You got to set 'em up, ooh ooh yeah
Got to set 'em up, ooh ooh yeah
You got to set them up, set them up
You got to set 'em up, ooh ooh yeah
You got to set 'em up, ooh ooh yeah
You got to set them up, set them up
(Solo)
Well everybody's lined up in my house, my house
And Sarah's girlfriend is working the door
Got everybody's PA in my house, my house
All the robots descend from the bus
There's a freak out brewing in my house, my house
In the basement
'Cause Daft Punk is playing at my house, my house
You got to set them up, kid, set them up
You got to set 'em up, ooh ooh yeah
You got to set 'em up, ooh ooh yeah
You got to set them up, set them up
And never, never let them go
No, never, never, never let them go
Never, never, never let them go
Let them go
Downtown
I'll show you the ropes, kid, show you the ropes
Got a bus and a trailer at my house, my house
I'll show you the ropes, kid, show you the ropes
I bought fifteen cases for my house, my house
All the furniture is in the garage
Well Daft Punk is playing at my house, my house
You got to set them up, kid, set them up
You got to set 'em up, ooh ooh yeah
Got to set 'em up, ooh ooh yeah
You got to set them up, set them up
You got to set 'em up, ooh ooh yeah
You got to set 'em up, ooh ooh yeah
You got to set them up, set them up
(Solo)
Well everybody's lined up in my house, my house
And Sarah's girlfriend is working the door
Got everybody's PA in my house, my house
All the robots descend from the bus
There's a freak out brewing in my house, my house
In the basement
'Cause Daft Punk is playing at my house, my house
You got to set them up, kid, set them up
You got to set 'em up, ooh ooh yeah
You got to set 'em up, ooh ooh yeah
You got to set them up, set them up
And never, never let them go
No, never, never, never let them go
Never, never, never let them go
Let them go
Downtown
Lyrics submitted by strykerchick
Daft Punk Is Playing At My House [Radio Edit] Lyrics as written by James Jeremiah Murphy
Lyrics © Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
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COMMENTS FROM THE WRONGLY-TITLED:
by dogARTit on 04-14-2005 @ 01:58:03 PM this band rocks-as far as meanings goes I think it is just about a party -not the deepest meaning here.
by DuTcHoVeN on 05-21-2005 @ 08:28:35 PM yeah, pretty cool song, the title is actually "Daft Punk Is Playing At My House"
by Eatcarpet on 07-17-2005 @ 05:02:00 AM This song sounds similar to "Roadrunner" by Jonathan Richman. Both of the bands which don't take themselves very seriously.
by NickPlummer on 07-18-2005 @ 04:33:58 AM Ok, Not Much Meaning, Obviously just a daft punk fan
by kevinr on 01-01-2006 @ 10:21:05 PM They're a dance punk band, there's not supposed to be some "deep" meaning. Just take it for what it's worth because it is a great song.
by bkat004 on 02-02-2006 @ 09:30:00 PM Top Notch Mega Banging Song!
I heard even Janet Jackson wants to work with James Murphy!
Music is so complicated now, I thought they were a Dance act, but they actually come under a Rock band format. How cool is that!
Lastly, I love it how music acts mention other music acts in their songs, as if to say, Fans are fans of musicians, but musicians are also fans of other musicians too i.e. Weezer's "El Schorcho"'s "I asked you to go to the Green Day concert"
by clouds on 05-29-2006 @ 10:32:56 PM this song (and album) is supposedly all about inside jokes
that helped me understand parts of it
and there's a chunk missing
about every kid for miles annd the neighbors calling the police
by residentgiant on 09-22-2006 @ 07:13:38 PM james murphy is fucking hilarious:
" used to play house parties in punk rock bands. You don't really get paid, but what you do is sell a ton of merchandise, and get a place to sleep. When I got into dancing, taking E and being optimistic, I thought; wouldn't it be great if some kid wanted Daft Punk to play at his house? So he rings the agent who says they'll cost £40,000 and he saves for seven years and finally gets enough money and flies Daft Punk over. And, of course, they'd have no idea where they would be landing, 'cos the rider includes two first-class tickets on Air France. And the kids would be earnestly trying to meet all the rider requirements, but Daft Punk would still end up playing in the basement next to the washing machine, which we all did. A local hardcore band is supporting, and the PA consists of all the local kids' amps and stereos taped together. I thought that would be like the best show that anyone would ever see. My goal is to actually make that happen for a video - find a really great punk rock house, get Daft Punk to play, and LCD Soundsystem would be the opening local band. It just makes me happy."