Overall about difficult moments of disappointment and vulnerability. Having hope and longing, while remaining optimistic for the future. Encourages the belief that with each new morning there is a chance for things to improve.
The chorus offers a glimmer of optimism and a chance at a resolution and redemption in the future.
Captures the rollercoaster of emotions of feeling lost while loving someone who is not there for you, feeling let down and abandoned while waiting for a lover. Lost with no direction, "Now I'm up in the air with the rain in my hair, Nowhere to go, I can go anywhere"
The bridge shows signs of longing and a plea for companionship. The Lyrics express a desire for authentic connection and the importance of Loving someone just as they are. "Just in passing, I'm not asking. That you be anyone but you”
Lip balm on watery clay
Relationships hey hey hey
You kiss like a rock but you know I need it anyway
Angle for the ringside seats
When they fall, don't blame me
Bring on the major leagues
Bring on the major leagues
Bring on the major leagues
Bring on the major leagues
How you gonna teach him to walk
When he can't even finish the
He can't even finish
The songs of the law
Are they civilized or Satanist?
Cater to my walls and see if they fall
Don't leave me
Bring on the major leagues
Bring on the major leagues
Bring on the major leagues
Bring on the major leagues
They'll wear you down sometime
Kids like wine
Magic Christians chew the rind
Cause bad girls are always bad girls
Let's let'em in
Darling, we're up against it
And there is no time for tie-ins tie-ins tie-ins
Go
Bring on the major leagues
Bring on the major leagues
Bring on the major leagues
Bring on the major leagues
They'll wear you down sometime
Kiss the wine
Magic Christians chew the rind
Cause bad girls are always bad girls
Let'em in
Relationships hey hey hey
You kiss like a rock but you know I need it anyway
Angle for the ringside seats
When they fall, don't blame me
Bring on the major leagues
Bring on the major leagues
Bring on the major leagues
Bring on the major leagues
How you gonna teach him to walk
When he can't even finish the
He can't even finish
The songs of the law
Are they civilized or Satanist?
Cater to my walls and see if they fall
Don't leave me
Bring on the major leagues
Bring on the major leagues
Bring on the major leagues
Bring on the major leagues
They'll wear you down sometime
Kids like wine
Magic Christians chew the rind
Cause bad girls are always bad girls
Let's let'em in
Darling, we're up against it
And there is no time for tie-ins tie-ins tie-ins
Go
Bring on the major leagues
Bring on the major leagues
Bring on the major leagues
Bring on the major leagues
They'll wear you down sometime
Kiss the wine
Magic Christians chew the rind
Cause bad girls are always bad girls
Let'em in
Lyrics submitted by Racazip, edited by Elusine, engravement
Major Leagues Lyrics as written by Stephen Joseph Malkmus Scott Kannberg
Lyrics © Hipgnosis Songs Group
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'relationships hey, hey, hey...' i like how malkmus can do silly sounding lines ('remember in december'), but somewhere in the sound and intonation they get imbued with something....more....
what does it mean though?!
@shejustwantstorock Maybe the title is a reference to Malkmus being about to go solo. Pavement was "the minor leagues" and he is looking forward to the "major leagues" that will be his solo career.
Setting: A baby shower The overall tone is how people seem to make very abrupt but seamless transitions in life when you don't see them for a relatively long period of time. In this case, a man who used to have wild times with a wild young woman returns to find her pregnant and living a very tame suburban-like lifestyle. Even though he's happy for her, he still misses her former self and is even maybe a little depressed that he hasn't changed much at all.
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does anyone else just love the line: "You kiss like a rock, But you know I need it anyway."
I have a live version that says "You kiss like my mother"
LIP BALM ON WATERY CLAY
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The guitar solo is just perfect. There's not too much and not too little, and the notes just fit so well. Just beautiful.
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