| The Kills – Cheap and Cheerful Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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KONK22, I'm guessing that those two lines go with the "you've got the same needs as a dog" afterwards. "Coz love is just a dialogue" I think is saying that part of love is that you're agreeing to be with someone else for both of you to benefit from it, it's kind of about both getting pleasure from each other. You could interpret it pretty cynically as love is just about using the other person to make you happy, which would explain the "it's alright to be mean". "You can't survive on ice-cream" means you can't expect to be fully content with life if you try and find substitutes for things we need to be happy like relationships/sex etc (in the same way people gorge on ice-cream or whatever after a break up thinking it'll make them happy). "You got the same needs as a dog" is that ultimately, we're just animals with the same instincts and urges as other animals. No matter how much we try to deny or ignore it, if we want a fulfilling life sometimes we have to act on our instincts (in this case, we all crave sex or the rush of pleasure drugs can give sometimes) |
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| The Kills – At The Back Of The Shell Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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Hmmm, I've always wondered what this song was about. I think it's definitely pretty sexual, I get the sense that it's maybe about having an affair for the thrill of it but then realising how stupid it was when the excitement starts to fade. "You'll never get to heaven with your shirt all tore" and the rest of song from "Running to catch up" I think suggests cheating on someone and trying to hide it. "Cut off your finger and cut you loose" was the line that made me think of it originally, it seems like the cutting off a finger is psychological, a way to get rid of your wedding ring and free you to do what you want. And then "Now it aint such a thrill" is losing the excitement, and "you'll never get damn thing back" is that you've gone and ruined your relationship because of it. |
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