In regards to the meaning of this song:
Before a live performance on the EP Five Stories Falling, Geoff states “It’s about the last time I went to visit my grandmother in Columbus, and I saw that she was dying and it was the last time I was going to see her. It is about realizing how young you are, but how quickly you can go.”
That’s the thing about Geoff and his sublime poetry, you think it’s about one thing, but really it’s about something entirely different. But the lyrics are still universal and omnipresent, ubiquitous, even. So relatable. That’s one thing I love about this band. I also love their live performances, raw energy and Geoff’s beautiful, imperfectly perfect vocals. His voice soothes my aching soul.
Fourteen thousand times a second
The speaker moves
Magnetism pushes
The impulse through
But I can't keep that speed
I can't generate that frequency
What the sound pressure level means
Wants a randomized electrons
I can't read
And you're still not dancing
She came pushing sixteen
She came pushing sixteen horses
I saw her and thought of her and thought of her
And I thought I heard a doorbell tone
And I thought I saw, thought I saw and thought I saw
You watching from the lawn
She went over bridges like the river was a dream, dream
Over bridges like the river was a dream, dream
She came pushing sixteen
She came pushing sixteen horses
Two rings, two rings, two rings, clamp down
Quit it
Two rings, two rings, two rings, clamp down
Quit it
Two rings, two rings, two rings, clamp down
Quit it
Two rings, two rings, two rings, clamp down
Quit it
She came pushing sixteen
She came pushing sixteen
She came pushing sixteen
She came pushing sixteen horses
The speaker moves
Magnetism pushes
The impulse through
But I can't keep that speed
I can't generate that frequency
What the sound pressure level means
Wants a randomized electrons
I can't read
And you're still not dancing
She came pushing sixteen
She came pushing sixteen horses
I saw her and thought of her and thought of her
And I thought I heard a doorbell tone
And I thought I saw, thought I saw and thought I saw
You watching from the lawn
She went over bridges like the river was a dream, dream
Over bridges like the river was a dream, dream
She came pushing sixteen
She came pushing sixteen horses
Two rings, two rings, two rings, clamp down
Quit it
Two rings, two rings, two rings, clamp down
Quit it
Two rings, two rings, two rings, clamp down
Quit it
Two rings, two rings, two rings, clamp down
Quit it
She came pushing sixteen
She came pushing sixteen
She came pushing sixteen
She came pushing sixteen horses
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the first line is "14,000 times a second" not "at times a second".
I think this is again about Heroin (also called the Horse). I think this is about him calling a lady friend to bring some over, It starts with a phone call:
"14,000 times a second The speaker moves Magnetism pushes The impulse through But I can't keep that speed I can't generate that frequency What the sound pressure level means"
This is describing the physics of a phone, "14,000 times a second" is 14KHz which the is frequency of the audio on telephones. "The speaker moves, Magnetism pushes, The impulse through" The phone speaker is a magnet that relays pluses into sound "I can't generate that frequency What the sound pressure level means"
Then into her coming with the Heroin, "She came pushing sixteen horses ". Pushing is slang for Drug dealing and Horse is slang Heroin.
This next part is about her arriving and him thinking his girl friend is watching him do that which he knows he should not do:
"I saw her and thought of her and thought of her And I thought I heard a doorbell tone And I thought I saw, thought I saw and thought I saw You watching from the lawn She went over bridges like the river was a dream, dream Over bridges like the river was a dream, dream "
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. Sometimes a horse is a horse of course. In particular, that there are 16 horses doesn't really seem to make sense as a heroin reference. 16 horses is however the traditional number used to pull a hearse.
@Letmein Yes, 11 years later, the hearse reference works - but also works with the heroin. Serious junkies can use amounts that would kill most people, and 16 bags of dope is a single days high for a true aficianado . . . if it was good shit, it might even cost "$300"