| Queens of the Stone Age – Avon Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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Whatever, It's fun to hear people theories. Besides, your own theory is kind of shot. Why would he talk about love in the first verse and then his job and chores. Your crux is an alter ego scenario? That's more scatterbrained than any consistent "man-eating" theory!!!! I still enjoy your interpretation. It does make sense for the first verse, but you have to include every word to make sense. I still think it's just a song about being a "robot" and not realizing it. Monotonous tasks and jobs, when you're really free range, and instead of breaking out or complaining you just sing, "doot doot doot doot doo....." and carry on. |
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| Queens of the Stone Age – You Would Know Lyrics | 16 years ago |
| But Homme specifically mentions pills. It isn't just some wild inference. It would be like saying "No One Knows" isn't about drugs. Josh writes a lot about drugs. He admits it. Otherwise, I agree that drugs still play a huge roll in most music, but shouldn't be a "go to" interpretation. | |
| Queens of the Stone Age – You Would Know Lyrics | 16 years ago |
| wow. I've had a hard time with this song, but that is a comforting interpretation. Thanks a lot for the post! What made you think that? | |
| Queens of the Stone Age – The Bronze Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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I think you must begin by looking at the title of the track: The Bronze. As opposed to the Gold or the Silver, the bronze medal is relatively disreputable. The bronze has a relative social stigma attached. The first verse relies on the title of the song to give the lyrics weight and direction. “I’ve been waiting under things that rise in the morning.” ‘Things that rise in the morning’ are the early birds that get the worm. Things that rise in the morning are the 1st place gold winners that Homme feels inferior to. He’s been “holding back so long,” and now that he has had this self-realization he is willing to “take [the bronze] off [his] hands,” because it is a burden to carry (“finger fucked and busted up”). The solo after the first verse is powerful because it’s a highly technical and intricate pattern that erodes into complete chaos until it literally slides and screeches into the 2nd verse. The structure of the solo itself indicates the transition, from the highly structured 1st verse, into the 2nd verse’s chaotic, formless, existential self-analysis. Now that Homme has realized how pathetically he has wasted his own potential, he begins analyzing exactly how and why he came to this point. “I’m so lost out on the highway, with no direction left to go, every day sit up and wonder where it was I started from.” He’s trying to find his origin and error. Homme ends the song, “The more you’ve found the less you’ve been around.” This line is the conclusion of his self-analysis. IN SUMMARY: The 1st verse is about Homme realizing his predicament and refusing to live with it; the solo is a transition from realization to reflection; and the 2nd verse is an attempt to find a solution, which leads to a existential conclusion: “the more you’ve found the less you’ve been around.” That last line is highly interpretable, but I imagine it two ways: either literally that the more time you spend doing new things the less time you have to spend doing or thinking about anything else. Or you could look at it from any unique perspective of your own, because it’s a very fundamental suggestion that will apply to many things in life (such as becoming popular and not hanging out with your old friends, or picture Homme touring and not having any time for his family). Anyway. This is just my basic interpretation, determined by title, structure, and common sense. No one but Homme will ever know exactly why he wrote it, and anyone listening to it will interpret it the way he/she likes. |
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| Queens of the Stone Age – Avon Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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The way I see it is that Homme is focusing on human nature and how people act like casual machines. "I see you go through a park in a haze. I don't listen for traffic going the same way" I imagine driving or walking down a crowded street, or anytime when you're not particularly detail oriented, but instead you just ebb into the monotonous flow of traffic. Like when you drive somewhere and you don't remember the drive. You're not particularly aware of much besides your destination, even though there is a lot actually going on. THE MOST INDICATIVE PART: "I string em up, I cut em down. Dare I say? Doo doot doot doot doo...." Obviously a suggestion of disconnected, repetitive work (string em up cut em down..) but, then he basically suggests, "Dare I whistle while I do it?" He's suggesting that he understands how he is submitting into the system or instinct (or whatever this song is about) and accepting it. "Whistle while you work," kinda thing. The "Free range human, all cooped up" falls right in line. We are all free range individuals, but we do the same thing day in and day out. We herd around and fall in line with society and norms. And our free, spirited side is playing lame when we do things like drive to work on the highway or make copies all day at work! I don't REALLY know the meaning of this song, but it is GREAT to hear all these ideas! I listened to this song for YEARS before I put anything logical to it. I remember thinking, "Why does JHomme sing the 'doo doot doot doot doo' part? Just cuz it sounds good? And why, "dare I say?" Then one day this just snapped in my head and that's how i've interpreted it ever since. It's my, "WAKE UP AND STOP BEING A ROBOT" song. but it's also my "Hey man, i'm kind of a robot, but whatever, so are you" song. Whatever Homme's specific intent actually was, this song's meaning has strong roots in human behavior and awareness. Besides, anytime an artist injects art into the world, it is completely up for interpretation based on it's day to day impact with different individuals :) |
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