this song makes me cry. and this is the only song I ever heard that does.
I don't quite understand why. the flaming lips are underrated. but that
never mattered much. the dissonance makes this song so dreary but it
sounds nice at the same time; it can be both depressing and beautiful.
as for the lyrics, I kind of think it sounds like drugs. as cliché as that is on
this website. what I mean is, they refer to drugs as "she". wasting time with
her, she "wasted everyone" and "always turned me on." but now the drugs
effects have changed. "she turned a kind" and now he doesn't like the feeling
or he has become addicted or built up a tolerance. "and all us vegetables can
waste our time on someone else" now they need something new and better
to feel good, something stronger maybe. as for the rest of the song, I have
no idea what I think it means, maybe it isn't referring to drugs. since that can
be easily applied to any lyrics. unlike most songs, I think this, as an exception,
is referring to drug use also by the title "slow-nerve-action" and somber tone.
and also I really like Greyshoes comment about the boy on his school wrestling team. that explained the flaming lips really well; when here i thought this song was inexplicable. nice.
this song makes me cry. and this is the only song I ever heard that does. I don't quite understand why. the flaming lips are underrated. but that never mattered much. the dissonance makes this song so dreary but it sounds nice at the same time; it can be both depressing and beautiful.
as for the lyrics, I kind of think it sounds like drugs. as cliché as that is on this website. what I mean is, they refer to drugs as "she". wasting time with her, she "wasted everyone" and "always turned me on." but now the drugs effects have changed. "she turned a kind" and now he doesn't like the feeling or he has become addicted or built up a tolerance. "and all us vegetables can waste our time on someone else" now they need something new and better to feel good, something stronger maybe. as for the rest of the song, I have no idea what I think it means, maybe it isn't referring to drugs. since that can be easily applied to any lyrics. unlike most songs, I think this, as an exception, is referring to drug use also by the title "slow-nerve-action" and somber tone.
and also I really like Greyshoes comment about the boy on his school wrestling team. that explained the flaming lips really well; when here i thought this song was inexplicable. nice.