| Softlightes – The Microwave Song Lyrics | 13 years ago |
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I dunno, I think some parts' meanings are mixed. Honestly I think there's a reason it's called The Microwave Song beyond the kitchen appliance, but what powers it - microwaves. Just some thoughts: "I'm just a light boy Looking for a lighter day And it's a cold wet Wednesday We had days in the sun But they added up to none It's just the fate of the atomic age There were lights in my head But they lost their place I'm not good enough for Saturdays We had days in the sun But they added up to none It's just the fate of the atomic age" Well, see the sun (light boy looking for a lighter day, having days in the sun, lights in my head) emits microwave radiation, but barely any of it gets through the Earth's atmosphere - almost none. Microwaves work in clumps of electrons all at once, rather than a stream of electrons (fate of the atomic age?). Perhaps it's about spending time with someone, trying to get through to them, and it not working so less and less time is spent with the person, and the time that's spent isn't good enough, so he feels like just a microwave trying to get through to Earth's barrier somehow. "I think I've heard these words before They made me blue I'm looking at you from your tennis shoe But I'm stuck to the sound Of your merry-go-round You're just a beautiful kind of blue" Not sure what the first three lines mean in terms of microwaves, maybe it's him feeling insignificant again and getting rejected, and he feels small. The last three lines, however, remind me more of the sun and the Earth, with the planets rotating in a merry-go-round kind of way... and the Earth is blue, so maybe that would be like... feeling more and more distant since he cannot get through to whoever he's singing to. "And there's a lot of us" There's A LOT OF MICROWAVES, everywhere, but the microwaves from the sun get stuck in Earth's atmosphere as I mentioned. Likewise, it goes for people - people that don't feel important enough or feel insignificant with someone they hold so important, and they feel like a speck. I dunno. For a while I thought it was a silly song about kitchen appliances, but I'm not sure, this is just about as loosely based. |
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