| The National – Guest Room Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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Matt Berninger said he "stole" the image of a couple throwing money at eachother from a short story collection he was reading at the time. He said it typifies just one of those dumb things people do in relationships--an ugly bursts of anger that the couple overcomes. Tying eachother by wrists suggests to me the couple will hold on through after the fight and get past it. |
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| The National – Gospel Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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Thematically, Boxer deals a lot with people fighting for their youth and hiding from reality - a Euphoric Disconnection. This song shows to me a longing for the simpler days and boredom of youth when you went over to your friends'/girlfriends' house 'every night of summer'. The final lines suggest a realisation of the singers growing age. "his angel face is falling" - perhaps his looks are going. I don't know about string tying, seems to be a pretty common motif in the national songs. |
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