Your days in one
This day undone
The kind that breaks under
All day at once
For me, for you
I'm just too young
And what of my heart
This day was once
Silent before
All grace of lost
Can't wait at all
Can't wait at all
Temptations won

And whatever comes through the door
I'll see you face to face
All by your place

Sign me up, Santa Fe
And call your son
Sign me up, Santa Fe
On the cross, Santa Fe
And all I want
Sign me up, Santa Fe
And call your son

And I and I and I alone (want you to know)
And I and I and I alone
And I and I and I alone (want you to know)
And I and I and I alone

Your days in one
This day undone
The kind that breaks under
All day at once
For me, for you
I'm just too young
And what of my heart

Sign me up, Santa Fe
And call your son
Sign me up, Santa Fe
On the cross, Santa Fe
And all I want
Sign me up, Santa Fe
And call your son


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    My Interpretation

    Zachary Francis Condon, the lead singer/songwriter of Beirut spent much of his late teens traveling around Europe, where he picked up a lot of musical influences which he brought back to his hometown Santa Fe. The first two Beirut albums were influenced by world music, such as French and Balkan styles, but on the third, Rip Tide, these are far less evident. Beirut still sounds like Beirut, but like the core of their music that was there all along under all the frills.

    I think the song 'Santa Fe' is autobiographical and about a homecoming of sorts. Zachary spent a lot of his younger days traveling the world and finding exotic sounds to bring back to his small hometown. 'Santa Fe' is about coming back to what was there all along. The song expresses yearning, 'temptation, just too young, all days at once', the passage of time with constant reference to days, and acceptance that all he wants is where he started from 'And all I want, sign me up Santa Fe'

    kaartjron January 19, 2012   Link

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