| Andrew Bird – Danse Caribe Lyrics | 13 years ago |
| I (mis)heard it as "oh, ton amis" -- "your friends". Exiled all your friends, close advisers. I mis-hear a lotta Bird's lyrics. | |
| Andrew Bird – Masterfade Lyrics | 14 years ago |
| Oh no Greenlander, I didn't think he was mean or anything. He just looked crabbyed, and everyone quite politely gave him space. He had really injured his foot or ankle apparently and probably just didn't want to be bothered. But I don't think it's too much of a stretch to think that the "heavy metal gaze" he uses here could possibly be self-referential...he seems a bit of a serious lad. |:~| | |
| Andrew Bird – Masterfade Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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Had to check, and it's Armchairs...that's another one I suspect he's talking bout himself in the 2nd: you didn't write/you didn't call... |
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| Andrew Bird – Masterfade Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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TheNamingofThings writes that AB said in an interview: "I kept seeing zeros and ones in everything." Which means he's referring to himself in the second person in this song. I was thinking the same thing. Here's why: Saw AB play earlier this year -- and very nearly bumped into him quite literally as he was getting out of a taxi w/bandmates on his way into the venue, on crutches. There was a bit of a crowd gathered and clearly a number of people were keen to approach him. But no one did -- he looked so angry! Thin mouth, eyebrows practically covering his eyes. And so suddenly everyone seemed to have an urgent text message to attend to or something very important to inspect on the sidewalk. He put on a brilliant show and was about as cheery as he ever seems, so it was some time before I realised that we'd had a little glimpse of 'the heavy metal gaze' he's written about in this song. It's a terrifically apt description! I really dont' think I've ever seen a person look quite so stormy. Anyway, that makes him the one telling the other not to be afraid, and in the end taking control and fading out -- which puts the merest little sinister spin on a picture of innocent fun. I think he uses second person as a device in other songs to refer to himself, which puts an interesting twist on things. |
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