| Semisonic – Closing Time Lyrics | 12 years ago |
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Ok This song is indeed about being born. Dan wilson has said so in more than one interview. He wrote it in anticipation of being a father because he was about to have a kid in real life. He disguised it as an allegory because he didn't think the band would go for a song about his kid. Many of the lyrics shown above are wrong btw. So I am going to go through this line by line, because the allegory does not break down. Every line is meant to be a metaphor for being born. "Closing time, open all the doors and let you out into the world."-Fairly obvious that this could be about being born "Closing time, turn all of the lights on over every boy and every girl"-This could be about seeing all the babies when they are put into the nursery at the hospital Closing time, one last call for alcohol..." This is more cryptic. It could be about his girlfriend not being able to drink during pregnancy, or about himself not being able to go out and party because he has a child to care for. Eg: his party days are over "Closing time, you don't have to go home but you can't stay here"-This is likely after the nursery stage, the baby can't stay there any longer than needed the chorus is more than likely just about the baby naturally wanting its mother early on "Closing time, time for you to go out to the places you will be from"-So everyone thinks this doesn't make sense with the allegory. It does, especially because the posted lyric is wrong. It's go out, not go back. The baby is now going home, and eventually this is where the child "...will be from" "Closing time, this room won't be open till your brothers..."-This is about the womb being the room. "So gather up your jackets, move it to the exits. I hope you have found a friend."-This is the toughest line for me. I don't know for sure, but I have some ideas. 1. It could be about bundling the baby up to leave the nursery and wondering/hoping if it's possible that the baby could have made friends with another baby. 2. This is probably a stretch, but the jacket could mean condoms, and the exits are a woman's lady parts. Meaning he's going back to using condoms now. 3. Similar to the first theory with bundling up the baby, but the friend part could be talking about how he met his child for the first time, and hopes the kid has met a friend. The rest of the lyrics are repeats of previous ones |
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| Semisonic – Closing Time Lyrics | 12 years ago |
| dan wilson wrote the song. He secretly wrote it about being born because he thought the band wouldn't go for a song about his kid. He has said this in MULTIPLE INTERVIEWS. Look it up. They may have said that shortly after it came out because wilson didn't tell anyone what he wrote it about for awhile | |
| Broken Bells – The Ghost Inside Lyrics | 14 years ago |
| dude your lyrics aren't even close. the posted lyrics are much closer. No way is it daughter it doesn't make sense with the rest of the song. the only posted lyric that is way off is "this gives some matter to shaking her hide." it should be "this good samaritan shakin her hard." i.e. her pimp shaking her down for money. good samaritan obviously being sarcastic. | |
| Broken Bells – The Ghost Inside Lyrics | 14 years ago |
| you got most of the lyrics right I think, but the line after she got no future just a love to endure is DEFINITELY "This good samaritan" shakin her hard,or hide, or hand. hard to tell. I'ts certainly good samaritan though. You're meanings are a little off. This song must be about prostitution. The good samaritan/modern man is the pimp who took her in, but his chivalry isn't free. from the line "you call it chivalry" until the last verse only make sense if the song is is speaking to her pimp/caregiver/crappy boyfriend or whatever. See shakepup below he got it absolutely right | |
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