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Soul Coughing – Circles Lyrics 14 years ago
Doughty has written that the "going in circles" part is how he felt about the band at that point. The "rooms I built to foul you in" refers to the Wincester Mystery House.

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Wye Oak – Civilian Lyrics 14 years ago
"Civilian" here refers to someone who doesn't share the narrator's experience (work, lifestyle, history) so he can't fully understand her.

A pretty ready interpretation would be that it's about being a musician/touring, can't keep up with friends, can't "give you everything." But I think it's kind of too easy to think every song as autobiographical, she's a musician so it must be about that.

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