| Interpol – Always Malaise (The Man I Am) Lyrics | 14 years ago |
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| Interpol – Lights Lyrics | 14 years ago |
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So many different ways the singer is begging to not be abandoned to ignorance and loneliness: Show me your ways Teach me to meet my desires Don't turn away and leave me won't you take me far away Please police me Teach me to grieve and conspire I wonder who this is addressed to... |
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| Interpol – The Undoing Lyrics | 14 years ago |
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My take is that the main voice has been feeling guilty about something he's set in motion, or something he's done, and he's trying to decide the best way to make it right. Or maybe he should just leave it alone. But there's another voice present here, maybe a longtime friend or comrade, and voice #1 has been found out before he has a chance to make amends, and he is justifying himself, trying to convince voice #2 that it was worthwhile, and not to judge him too quickly. *I was chased, thrilled and altered and it raised me*... like I should feel worse than I do, because by doing these 'bad' things, I learned SO much! As in, sometimes you have to break an egg to make an omelette. I have challenged the order of things and it shocks you, but look at what it yielded. Voice #2 is saddened that his friend could be so depraved, and selfish. He cannot imagine remaining close to such a person; he hardly knows him anymore. *I always thought you had great style and style was worthwhile* but I obviously underestimated your morals. You frighten me. Spot in the Clouds, thank you for the translation *I lose control in the undoing...victory does not compare to utter defeat* |
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| Interpol – Leif Erikson Lyrics | 14 years ago |
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Fantastic song about a shy, awkward girl who doesn't know how beautiful she is, and is so hung up about her inexperience she is poisoning their budding relationship. *it helps with the lights out* It really sounds like they are at couple's counselling telling a therapist about how their relationship is, and the therapist answers *you should take some time, teach each other to reciprocate* = learn to please each other, respect each other. He's more experienced and world-wise than she is, and she's judgemental rather than accepting. She will find fault with everything, even pretending the clock is wrong, even trying to change his ways and control how he should feel just because it's all new to her and she's unsure of herself. Maybe she's desperately trying to avoid intimacy. Anyway she's so wrapped up in her discomfort she doesn't even see how he's denying himself for her sake, holding certain things back to give her a chance to adjust. *she doesn't know that I left my urge in the icebox* = if she could only see the REAL me... *She swears I was prey for the female* She thinks she can control how he acts with other women, maybe ex-girlfriends that make her nervous. He answers sarcastically oh yeah, I'm totally cheating on you every chance I get. Grow up. He tells her *I've been swinging all this time, think It's time I learned your way* because maybe he IS jaded and used by her standards, and what he loves so much about her is her inexperience, her purity, the novelty of innocence. He could picture them making a serious commitment and it would be ok, despite their differences, in the jungle together. She answers *I'll bring you when my lifeboat sails through the night, supposing you don't sleep tonight* Meaning if he can sit still and pay attention to the values that make her who she is, he can come aboard. But if he can't even bother to stay awake, to put in the effort, it'll be no good. Maybe she's asking him to make concessions about their relationship, things she can't allow herself to do. He says to the therapist *it's like learning a new language* It'll be hard work. *helps me catch up on my mime* we'll figure something out, somehow. Then he says to the girl *If you don't bring up those lonely parts, this could be a good time* = She's making me slow down and get to know myself and it's hard to face the dark bits. I'm used to dulling them with sensation and she's never lived like that. It's a lot to adjust to, but I think it's worth it, I'll give it a shot. She could be amazing. She answers him *you come here to me, we'll collect those lonely parts and set them down* = you'll figure it out, trust me I'll be there for you if you'll just be patient with me. Things will be good between us. Forward in time, he muses to himself *she says brief things her love's a pony my love's subliminal* = maybe I screw around a lot and am more worldly than she is, but how I feel is genuine, sincere and perceptible, whereas she is more 'pure' and unspoiled, having lived a more sheltered life, but it doesn't mean that she loves me better. She says brief things = she's satisfied by shallow interactions. Her love's a pony = she's living this ideal of what love should be, the thing all little girls dream of, but it's not REAL. It's got no value. At least the way I am, subliminal as it may be, is true to myself and not some illusion of how I think I should be. Maybe he regrets having put in the time. Maybe he just feels tired of her judgements. I think the relationship is about to fall apart at this point. Very sad song, really. |
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| Interpol – Not Even Jail Lyrics | 14 years ago |
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Read each stanza from the POV of wedding vows being said back and forth, first the girl making certain promises, then the guy responding with some promises of his own, it makes sense. The person marrying them or the voice of wisdom warns: *remember take hold of your time here, give some meanings to the means to your end* .... so just make the best of your two flawed, errant personalities, and if you want it badly enough, you'll make this relationship work. Then we skip forward in time... they marshall in new days...they're still together, the relationship has its troubles, but he's showing restraint, sincerity and caution, and she still *shakes it right*. But she doesn't fight fair, she's airing their dirty laundry and he's kind of disgusted by that. By saying *I pretend like no one else to try to control myself* = come on, babe, make an effort. You embarrass us. If I'm the only one who's trying to hold things together... *I'm subtle like a lion's cage* (a jail for the lion - but also keeps the observer safe) = he's committed to this relationship, he's stuck in it, and she benefits, but then sarcastically: *such a cautious display* (the lion may roar and rattle the bars, but he's not going anywhere, and can't do a thing to the observer, and they both know it) = he'd like her to change, work on herself because he's given so much to the relationship and he wants it to succeed, but she's holding them back. Maybe its her voice saying *such a cautious display* with sarcasm. Like she's lost respect for him for some reason. Then *Remember take hold of your time here* is repeated... like a memory of all they promised to each other at the beginning, *I will bounce you on the lap of silence* = I'd be a good provider, you'll want for nothing. *We will prelude to the beats of science* = it is a biological inevitability that we will one day procreate. Maybe it will be together? Perhaps this is completely in left field, but I couldn't understand the title of the song at all till I plugged it into an anagram engine and turns out *Not Even Jail* is an anagram for Violent Jane... any thoughts? |
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