| The Mountain Goats – The House That Dripped Blood Lyrics | 13 years ago |
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When I first hear this one I thought that it might be about an impending natural disaster of some sort, like a tornado or a hurricane. I think the Alpha couple examining their home, looking for things to save, but there isn't much. Clearly in this album, the state of the house indicates the state of the relationship. This song especially examines how flimsy and broken the house is. Also, I think this lyric "Root out the wine-dark honeyed center" is possibly alluding to the fact that the core of the house is violent. "Not everyone can live like millionaires"- Despite all evidence to the contrary, the narrator is reassuring themselves that it’s not perfect, but not so bad (both the house and their marriage). They’re tearing their house apart looking for something worth saving from the oncoming storm. Looking fruitlessly for cheerful photographs that don’t exist. The narrator is trying to convince themselves that "They're here somewhere or other" The couple is swallowed up by the cellar during the storm and the storm still kills and destroys- "Still waters go stagnant/Bodies bloat" |
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| Owen Pallett – Joys Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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I think its 'hard drugs', not 'heart drugs'. I also think this song is sarcastic. Its outlining this 'perfect reality' that we are suppose to buy into that will supposedly bring us 'joy', instead of finding our own way of doing things. |
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| Owen Pallett – Took You Two Years To Win My Heart Lyrics | 16 years ago |
| Also, I think 'Mighty Leon, wind the tape' is a reference to the looping in his music. | |
| Owen Pallett – Took You Two Years To Win My Heart Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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This song is so sad. First, with regards to taylordcraig's comment, that must be a reference to his drummer, who if i can recall correctly is named Leon. But I really think this song is about really screwing things up for yourself. Probably about his boyfriend and how after it took him so long to 'win his heart' and after things being so lovely in the relationship (saturday sleep-ins with no distractions/summer sun and songbirds/once kept afloat on a venetian boat)'two words' ended it all. Those two words could be plenty of things, but they were obviously powerful enough to cause a break-up. A terrible fight must have been had (possibly about his own lying), and his boyfriend left. I like Jojocrater's understanding of the lyric 'they say heartbreak is good for the skin'. He's been told that he needs to cope with the situation, and see the light in it, but instead he just messes things up by drinking too much and alienating his friends. I think the last verse is him asking Leon to make sure his music expresses how distraught he is. Like I said before, I think Owen is describing a situation that started out really good but then all turned to shit really fast, and you know its you're own fault. I can relate as I too as have a tendency to turn really great things bad, and to shove them away from me. All in all, i think this so is beautifully written and has really vivid descriptions. Its a really tragic song, but a tragedy that allot of people can sympathize with. Well, that’s my long, rambley interpretation. I appoligize to Final Fantasy if I'm way off the mark. |
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| Owen Pallett – This Is the Dream of Win & Regine Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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Want to know what Owen has to say on the matter? I read an interview recently by him on some online magazine and he explained this song. He said that this song isn't really about Arcade Fire so much as its about the music scene in Montreal. Its about him seeing them struggle in the intense environment there, compared to when they came to Toronto, and they were more easily received. He said that Montreal is 'full of sharks' and demanding, and that Montreal is more about the world, and Toronto is more about Toronto. Owen also mentioned his more recent experiences with this feeling, especially pertaining to the internet (I guess sites like this) and how all the talk about his music can be sort of intimidating. He went into great detail about the differences between Toronto and Montreal later in the interview. So, yeah there you go. I suppose Win and Regine were more of a metaphor or an example. |
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