| The Dodos – Fools Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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Definitely agree 0BadFaith. It's about not knowing what we have until it's gone, not appreciating our loved ones until it's too late. Nobody ever thinks that their loved one will die, but someday it is their father lying on the couch having a heart attack. The irony of the "it's just a heart attack, it's just a heart attack" really gets me, as when you try to imagine it you realize it would probably be one of the most horrible moments you would ever experience in your life. I like this song because it has a message, as does everything the Dodos write: You should make a change and be more attentive in your friendships and family. We are "fools" when we don't treasure life for what it is and "just wander". |
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| The Dodos – The Season Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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pacotaco185 I'm so glad that you saw that video also!! I actually longboard and when I saw that music video I was so haunted by the amazing song that I instantly had to find out who sang it and get the CD. I think this song is about reminiscing about times when a relationship or family was much better than it is in the present time. His "dream" in the first stanza is like his memory of a time many years ago. I think the desert is like a great expanse, a some sort of obstacle (time? distance?) that separates one person from knowing the the other person geniuinely and intimately . This could maybe be an obstacle of time - (the former love exists years in the past) - or distance (perhaps the person moved away?) Later I feel like the song moves into a metaphor about dying and what happens. It seems the two have to separate ("I cross the sand without your hand"). The person singing at the moment apparently goes back to a place the two once knew ("I go back to where you and I began".) I have NO IDEA what "I keep to myself / where I lie" means! Last I think the person is describing waking up in a stuffy house that is neglected, and the people in it are too. "I woke up in a cave / no air no light no shade" - nobody has been opening the windows to let in sunlight and fresh air, so the air in the house makes it seem like a cave. |
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