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Band of Horses – Blue Beard Lyrics 14 years ago
The part about banana peels could be a reference to Bananadine, a fictional psychadelic drug that could supposedly be extracted from banana peels.

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The Shins – The Celibate Life Lyrics 14 years ago
Nevermind, I take it back. Listened to a live version and it is clearly the way it's written here.

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The Shins – The Celibate Life Lyrics 14 years ago
No matter how hard I listen, it sounds like "HER rival" rather than "MY rival" and "Led A celibate life" rather than "Led NO celibate life". Those two words drastically change the meaning of the song. I think the character this song is directed to is male, possibly even the narrator talking to himself. Chasing skirt means looking for female company, so "no skirt" would mean that the character in this song is leading a celibate life. In this case I would have to assume it's involuntary celibacy. The "chemicals" are most likely hormones.

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