This song was originally written by a guy called Peter Gutteridge. He was one of the founders of the "Dunedin Sound" a musical scene in the south of New Zealand in the early 80s. From there it was covered by "The Clean" one of the early bands of that scene (he had originally been a member of in it's early days, writing a couple of their best early songs). The Dunedin sound, and the Clean became popular on american college radio in the mid to late 80s. I guess Yo La Tengo heard that version.
Great version of a great song,
Time never waited
He's not your best friend
Well, you've got to chase it
Inside her eyes, the casino waits.
Would you play now?
She always wins.
Necklace made of lies.
Faking
It seems you've held your own cards tonight.
Faking
It seems you've held your own cards tonight.
Faking
Faking
Pain is like a secret.
You won't tell your god to keep it
When your down and wasted
Inside her eyes, the casino waits.
Would you play now?
She always wins.
Necklace made of lies.
Faking
It seems you've held your own cards tonight.
Faking
It seems you've held your own cards tonight.
Inside her eyes, the casino waits.
Would you play now?
She always wins.
Necklace made of lies.
Faking
It seems you've held your own cards tonight.
Faking
Faking
He's not your best friend
Well, you've got to chase it
Inside her eyes, the casino waits.
Would you play now?
She always wins.
Necklace made of lies.
Faking
It seems you've held your own cards tonight.
Faking
It seems you've held your own cards tonight.
Faking
Faking
Pain is like a secret.
You won't tell your god to keep it
When your down and wasted
Inside her eyes, the casino waits.
Would you play now?
She always wins.
Necklace made of lies.
Faking
It seems you've held your own cards tonight.
Faking
It seems you've held your own cards tonight.
Inside her eyes, the casino waits.
Would you play now?
She always wins.
Necklace made of lies.
Faking
It seems you've held your own cards tonight.
Faking
Faking
Lyrics submitted by endorphinrush
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I simply love Aviv's lyrics because they're so easy to interpret. I think this song is about a girl who's in love with a guy; the boy appears to be in a strong relationship with the girl however like the metaphor within a casino game, she knows she is taking a gamble in loving him because he might be and inevitably is 'faking' his love for her.
"She always wins" - The girl is believing what she wants to believing in this false love "In her eyes the casino waits" - in her mind, she's constantly taking a gamble in loving him
"Necklace made of lies" the guy might have bought her a necklace as a materialistic pawn to try and coax her into falling for his lies.
"It seems you've held your own cards tonight" - the girl may have realised that it really was a gamble and that she had finally lost.
I take my interpretation from my own experiences. I loved a girl who is in a relationship with a guy who is no good at all. He doesn't truly love her yet she blinds herself from the truth and gambles away her heart.