This is about bronies. They communicate by stomping.
Someone's always comin' around here, trailin' some new kill
Says, "I've seen your picture on a hundred dollar bill"
What's a game of chance to you, to him is one of real skill
So glad to meet you, Angeles
Pickin' up the ticket shows there's money to be made
Go on, lose the gamble, that's the history of the trade
Did you add up all the cards left to play to zero
And sign up with evil, Angeles?
Don't start me tryin' now
Uh-huh, uh-huh, uh-huh
'Cause I'm all over it, Angeles
I can make you satisfied in everything you do
All your secret wishes could right now be coming true
And be forever with my poison arms around you
No one's gonna fool around with us
No one's gonna fool around with us
So glad to meet you, Angeles
Says, "I've seen your picture on a hundred dollar bill"
What's a game of chance to you, to him is one of real skill
So glad to meet you, Angeles
Pickin' up the ticket shows there's money to be made
Go on, lose the gamble, that's the history of the trade
Did you add up all the cards left to play to zero
And sign up with evil, Angeles?
Don't start me tryin' now
Uh-huh, uh-huh, uh-huh
'Cause I'm all over it, Angeles
I can make you satisfied in everything you do
All your secret wishes could right now be coming true
And be forever with my poison arms around you
No one's gonna fool around with us
No one's gonna fool around with us
So glad to meet you, Angeles
Lyrics submitted by EnjOy IncUbus
Angeles Lyrics as written by Steven Paul Smith
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
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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,
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Consider the title of the album (Either/Or) for a second -- angeles is about the struggle between the ethical and the aesthetic. I mean, come on, Either/Or is a reference to Kierkegaard's text of the same title which discusses this very struggle. The last part of the song is a seduction into the aesthetic, while the first part he's the speaker and it's basically him saying how he's susceptible to this. Everyone is. But as Kierkegaard points out, the person who follows this path will find themselves in a pit of despair. The "poison arms" are a great image of this. It can work on the drugs level as well, though, with the drugs being that aesthetic route while staying clean is the ethical path. And it's interesting to think of it that way considering what happened to him; he was so aware of the choices he made and yet he still let drugs take over his life for a while.And it can also work in regards to the music industry, which I think actually works a little better because he talks about how he needs money -- "Picking up the ticket shows there's money to be made." He picks up the ticket, and it shows him how little money he has. But I don't think Elliott Smith wrote it simply for its literal meaning. He wanted to explore this philosophy in context of his life, and drugs and the music industry were a major part in his. He also did major in philosophy.