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Franz Ferdinand – The Dark of the Matinee Lyrics 19 years ago
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
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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