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The Dodos – Fools Lyrics 17 years ago
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The Dodos – Fools Lyrics 17 years ago
I think he's right, these lines are telling:

He's been squandering, he's been squandering
(As in potential)
We're just wandering, we're just a-wandering like fools
(Without aim)
But he's a compromise, he's just a compromising fool
(Compromising ideals and your values so that you can "just get by")

And the stance that we take isn't much to bear
Yeah, we leave things to change on their time
And our failure to care for it leaves us blind
'til we're tired and we're crazed in the mind

This stanza is so obvious.

Now he lies on his back, and they tell him it's that
It's just a heart attack, it's just a heart attack
Too late to return to the ones that you've earned
No they don't give it back, no they don't give it back to fools

Brings in the theme of mortality and alludes to wasted potential.


It could be about a single person, or it could be about generational politics, I lean towards the ladder.

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