| Vampire Weekend – I Think Ur a Contra Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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"When you turn away from me It's not right" this part of the song means, i think, that just because that they were together, all the bad things his partner were doing, weren't suddenly ok. then he goes on to say "i think youre a contra," or, "hey, your not with me on this are you." "Your little lies of desire I wanna trace them to the source and the wire But it's not useful now" here the singer is talking about how he recognizes there were problems, and he wants to know where they came from, but it's not like it would matter as they've gone there separate ways (You’re going to watch out for yourself And so will I). "I think ur a contra And I think that you’ve lied Don’t call me a contra Till you’ve tried" ^^this is where the beauty is, and also alot of ambiguity. this could be a call and response type thing. if that's so, the lieteral translation might be along the lines of, "you were lying to me, you were against me." "don't say that, you don't know what's going on. Until you've been in my shoes you don't know why i do what i do." the second person is trying to justify her, or his, behaviors. BUT! if this isn't a call and response portion of lyrics, but all a single thing, its saying, "you were lying and against me, im not the one at fault, don't try and pin this on me! you haven't even tried to make this work smoothly." the last half of the song it feels like their trying to rake out whats going on between them, "You wanted good schools and friends with pools You're not a contra You wanted rock and roll, complete control Well I don't know" i guess it would make sense that the first couplet is not a contra, but the second couplet is an obvious one; rock and roll and complete control are definitely contradictions. the "well i don't know" is a response as though to say "well, i know it looks that way;" it really goes back to that Conn92 said about being two-faced. "You said, 'Never pick sides Never choose between two' Well I just wanted you I just wanted you" here the singer seems to be explaining more on how the girl, or other person, seemed to be against him, or at least not with him, when all he wanted was that other person. it reminds me of "Fidelity" when Spektor says, "i've never loved nobody fully, always one foot on the ground." well anyway, this song has been stuck in my head for days, and i really love it. but it's been driving me crazy trying to figure out what story it's telling. i just wanted to type down all my thoughts on it somewhere... |
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| Bloc Party – Mercury Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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yeah i really didnt like this song at first, it sounds like they put a cat in a blender quite honestly after a while it really grew on me, unlike flux that i loved first listen its like they wrote flux, i think it was...NME, they had an interview with the band and Kele was talking abut how they want to try and keep up with the progression of music, try and get away from the worn out guitars or something to that extent, and make something original, and that highly respectable to huddy, hell yeah the indie scene is espoliding, its like Christmas hahaha=D |
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| Tokyo Police Club – Shoulders and Arms Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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im taking apush (ap us history) right now and i cant help but think how this sounds like early american histry. "The republic is just one more year older But way out in the distance We see your white boots glisten in the sun " early american fedarlist alexander hamilton would talk about how the new republic was just strting out and easy to be broken down by a few bad people, but eh, its just my interpretation OHOHOH! "We see you draw your pistols and aim at us " hamilton got shot, big blow to the federalist (one of the first American political parties) by aron burr in a duel, burr tried braking up the newly created america |
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