| Franz Ferdinand – The Dark of the Matinee Lyrics | 19 years ago |
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I love this song. I like how it is open to various interpretations - great lyrics tends to do that - and the metaphoric use of getting rid of the school uniform... I have though a dumb question: what is exactly a "white finger"? Is it slang for something? I can think of only two possible meanings: 1) last I know the terminology "white finger" was used for a disease; 2) since the song is set in a scholarly environment, is the finger white because of the blackboard chalk? I have the slight suspect those are not the case... P.S. I posted this same message here and in the other entry for Matinèe... |
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| Franz Ferdinand – The Dark of the Matinee Lyrics | 19 years ago |
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I love this song. I like how it is open to various interpretations - great lyrics tends to do that - and the metaphoric use of getting rid of the school uniform... I have though a dumb question: what is exactly a "white finger"? Is it slang for something? I can think of only two possible meanings: 1) last I know the terminology "white finger" was used for a disease; 2) since the song is set in a scholarly environment, is the finger white because of the blackboard chalk? I have the slight suspect those are not the case... |
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