| They Might Be Giants – I'm Impressed Lyrics | 18 years ago |
| This song is about the humbling realization that there are things bigger and more powerful than yourself. For instance, the gorilla, Godzilla, or the tornado from the West. The narrator is inspired by events to rimend that the exit's in back of him, meaning that he is humbled by that which makes him want to escape. | |
| They Might Be Giants – Drink! Lyrics | 19 years ago |
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This song, like so many of their songs, hides the tragedy of the story with an upbeat melody and cheerfully deceptive refrain. The narrator opens for scolding the already drunk second person. The drunk is mindlessly whacking at the pinata - and he's not even blindfolded! The song switches to sarcasm in the refrain, as if the narrator is describing the situation from the drunk's point of view. He points out that there's "no big surprise" in getting drunk and foreshadows the demise of the drunk; "burried alive". Next we learn more about the drunk, who is described as a wallflower. Usually, people who are wallflowers at parties or bars don't feel as though they belong, and drink to compensate. "Look through your peephole" describes how the drunk has shut himself off to the people around him. Finally, we see into the drunk's job. He's wearing a monkey suit (tuxedo), maybe working for a hotel or restaurant. The point is he's ignored by the lunchtime crowd. All the same, he doesn't want attention paid to him. Poor guy feels like a peon, so continues his downfall into alcoholism. Maybe there is no second person, and the narrator is actually the drunk. Who knows? There are so many ways to interpret They Might Be Giants. |
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