I think this song is about a relationship that the singer (I’m assuming) no longer wants to be a part of.
’You made a call and I just stood by’
The other person in the relationship called, but he didn’t pick up. He no longer wanted to be with is person, so he moved.
‘I stripped the sheets and emptied out the sty.’
‘And the crowds that light the carnival
Calling us home
Calling us home’
Grizzly Bear is Brooklyn based, and in New York, there are carnivals all the time. He misses his home; it’s “calling” to him.
‘And all we wants another voice
To lead us along
To lead us along
Lead us along.’
He wants another reason to go back home, to leave his situation.
‘Even wasting my time with you doesn’t matter if I think it through’
He thinks it will be okay, he’s trying to make it work, make it something its not, knowing that it’s essentially a time filler. But he knows no matter how much he thinks about it, he’ll still feel the same way.
‘You took the car around another bend
Ran it in the ground, let’s pretend.’
He wants to pretend that the other person wreaked their car “ran it into the ground” for another reason for him to leave, and get out of the relationship etc.
‘I can’t get out of what I’m into with you’
No matter what he dose to leave, he can get out of the relationship. Not necessarily literally but it’s always there, there’s always something that reminds him of it. Or it could very well mean exactly what it says…
I could have totally missed the boat here but, easy come easy go….
P.s I totally agree with injun252. The black cad session version is rad!! Go check it out.
I think this song is about a relationship that the singer (I’m assuming) no longer wants to be a part of.
’You made a call and I just stood by’
The other person in the relationship called, but he didn’t pick up. He no longer wanted to be with is person, so he moved.
‘I stripped the sheets and emptied out the sty.’
‘And the crowds that light the carnival Calling us home Calling us home’
Grizzly Bear is Brooklyn based, and in New York, there are carnivals all the time. He misses his home; it’s “calling” to him.
‘And all we wants another voice To lead us along To lead us along Lead us along.’
He wants another reason to go back home, to leave his situation.
‘Even wasting my time with you doesn’t matter if I think it through’
He thinks it will be okay, he’s trying to make it work, make it something its not, knowing that it’s essentially a time filler. But he knows no matter how much he thinks about it, he’ll still feel the same way.
‘You took the car around another bend Ran it in the ground, let’s pretend.’
He wants to pretend that the other person wreaked their car “ran it into the ground” for another reason for him to leave, and get out of the relationship etc.
‘I can’t get out of what I’m into with you’
No matter what he dose to leave, he can get out of the relationship. Not necessarily literally but it’s always there, there’s always something that reminds him of it. Or it could very well mean exactly what it says…
I could have totally missed the boat here but, easy come easy go….
P.s I totally agree with injun252. The black cad session version is rad!! Go check it out.