| The New Pornographers – Moves Lyrics | 14 years ago |
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ok after listening more I have corrections. Slow down (please?) Slow down it's broken up because these are what the alarms are saying. They are mimicing the sound of alarms. Then it says these things get louder, as by saying the alarms are getting louder. I think it is saying, slowed to a sing along call. That is why it is the repetative rhythmic portion. This is so you can feel the sing alongness. This is also why the oh, oh, oh, oh part is in there. Obviously it is all mediphoric, but I would think the "oh, oh, oh, oh" part is the actual alarms (even though they don't exist) and the "Slow down Please" is what he is interpreting. Like the song says "slowed to a sing along" this is why that line is scattered everywhere, to make them sing along. They can be removed without loosing context. What is left should be the meaning. Also at the end, it probably does say, "you will find moves" The alarms are what find moves so I suppose this is the big part of the song where you realize that you, the listener, and all people are the alarms. He feels that we are all telling him, or society is telling him to slow down. Hense, "I live among the alarms" I believe You’ve had some- Thing that’s mine all this time Fork it over. I live among the alarms Where I trip Where they sing Hey come over. Up the hill Goes the time Righteous beat of my step Undiscovered. And all the years At quarter speed Haloed at trembling cleat Turning over. The live alarms And your true Villain loved Are kept at bay Like you wrote this. Will the beams Be broken cross Motion sense It’s our heat It’s not over. You will find moves. So here is the break down. The song is about his music carrer and life. We are the alarms. He wants us to trip and bring people to him to better his music carrer, (maybe.) He wants to get his music out. That sort of thing. where they trip. where they sing "hey come over" This is you. ritcheous beat of my step, undiscovered. this is him not being discovered as a musician or more But the alarms are saying "Slow Down Please." I think this is a generalization of our society. Even getting a building permit is the slowest thing in the world. He is pushing ahead and the faster he goes the slower he is told to go. He feels like he is moving at quarter speed, and although he is loved for his music and we would love to hear more, He is the villain and is kept at bay. The last part is saying that even if he trips the "alarms" he wont give up. I imagine he is having trouble with the bureacracy of his music carrer. Maybe he is having trouble supporting his music carrer because of free downloaded music and that is the "hey come on over" part. People telling others but he isn't getting anything for it. "like you wrote this" and the download websites are he true villans alternately the music industry. Also could just be society in a more general term, or trying to do all the day to day of getting copywrites, copywriting images for cd labels. Getting art for the labels. etc. hopefully this is enough to get everyone thinking. |
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| The New Pornographers – Moves Lyrics | 14 years ago |
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I really don't think those are the lyrics. I'm getting this... and I don't know if the word is "come" either. This is the best I got. Might be "call" or "crawl". I think come makes the most sense lyrically though. I believe You’ve had some- Thing that’s mine all this time Slowed to a sing along, “Come!” Fork it over. I live among the alarms Where I trip Where they sing Slowed to a sing along, “Come!” Hey come over. Up the hill Goes the time Righteous beat of my step Slowed to a sing along, “Come!” Undiscovered. And all the years At quarter speed Haloed at trembling cleat Slowed to a sing along, “come.” Turning over. Slow down ME Slow down These things get louder These things get louder The live alarms And your true Villain loved Are kept at bay Slowed to a sing along, “Come!” Like you wrote this. Will the beams Be broken cross Motion sense It’s our heat Slowed to a sing along, “Come!” It’s not over. Slow Down Me Slow Down These things get louder These things get louder Slowed to a sing along, “Come!” Slowed to a sing along, “Come!” You with my moves |
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| Pixies – Debaser Lyrics | 15 years ago |
| I think he's being sarcastic. It sounds like people are teaching this as an "artsy film." He probably thinks of himself as truly a raw artist and is sarcastically saying, he also wants to grow up to make crapy art. I'm assuming it's the irony of the world, that the "scholarly" failed artists, proclaim the richness of this nonsense while he was relatively unrecognized at the time and doing something real. Also it fits in with the bands dark centricity. | |
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