| The Walkmen – Emma, Get Me a Lemon Lyrics | 16 years ago |
| Come on, let's think about it: lemon and limes are both citrus fruits, which combine the symbolic connotations of fruit with pleasure and temptation with an acidic and bitter quality. French doors resemble a vagina, and are a known slang term for a vagina. Dogs, howling: more sexual imagery. Both verses involve telling a woman to go do something, basically go get lost for a while. The chorus has the narrator saying, "There are so many ways. We can take our time," while we assume the women answer, "I've got so many ways to waste our time," or the less fantastic line, "...ways to enjoy the ride." Basically, the narrator's a reluctant lover, and the women are seducing him. Either that, or the narrator's waiting to get laid, but getting everything else from women intent on wasting his time. I like this song, but man, thinking about the lyrics nearly ruined it for me. | |
| The Walkmen – My Old Man Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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Yes, this song deserves more comments. It's one of my favorites from the album. One of the best uses of a droning bass I've ever heard. There's a few things I heard differently. "I refuse to talk this out cause I don't need this now." I think that makes more sense, but maybe these are the official lyrics. The most crucial way my interpretation differs from yours is that when he says, "You're an old friend we both know. I could take you out," I think he's referring to the new lover, being one of their mutual acquaintances. And of course, taking him out would mean kicking his ass. |
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