| Broken Bells – The Mall and Misery Lyrics | 14 years ago |
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Its strange that everyone is hearing "the dead mouths it costs to be alive". I've always heard "the debt mounts, it costs to be alive"...which makes more sense when you think about it. Have another listen, I think you'll find I'm right. Great song, that to me is about the consumerism that's taken over our country: "keys are rare and there's a dozen locks standing in your way"-no matter how you may wish to not buy into it; we're hit from all sides by the message to buy, buy, buy... "so goes the golden age of your entire life"-you can waste the best years of your life feeling less than others because of all the things you don't have... "digging for a way, you cast a spell carve a path from all the things they sell, but they don't let go"-It takes some serious effort to extricate yourself from the traps all these multi-billion dollar corporations lay for you, to keep you always wanting more... "I know what I know, would not fill a thimble"-he's cautioning us that he knows nothing, therefore can't tell us what to do; that to really be free you have to "let your mind go, straight down the runway", let your mind take flight... "does one want to get more used to, the mall and misery, the debt mounts, it costs to be alive"-do we really want our lives to be spent acquiring crap at the mall? It only brings misery in the end. Our debt mounts and mounts... And so on. I don't have time right now to go through the whole song, but this is what I've always gotten from it. Great lyrics, beautiful melody and vocals...bravo Broken Bells. |
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