| Arctic Monkeys – One For The Road Lyrics | 10 years ago |
| I didn't get rapey vibes from this at all. It sounds like he's anticipating the comedown from cocaine. The "shake, rattle, and roll" is the perfect description of that anxiety. He's in a quiet, tired headspace as the dawn approaches ("cracks in blackout blinds"), and this person is still high and chatty. I don't know, it definitely recalls that moment of disappointment when you know the nite is ending and you're about to come down ("don't get that sinking feeling, don't fall apart"). He's wondering if this person (who he's done this with before) will pour him a drink to ease the pain of it before he has to leave. | |
| Beirut – Goshen Lyrics | 10 years ago |
| I grew up in a neighborhood called 'Goshen', and this song makes me unfathomably sad. | |
| Interpol – Twice as Hard Lyrics | 11 years ago |
|
My favorite song on El Pintor. It's just as gorgeous and lush and submersive as any of their best. Anyone who thinks Interpol has lost it hasn't heard this song. It's the perfect album closer. I think he says, "I rely on fewer lines to let you in" which is one of the best on the record. As for the meaning, I'll probably have to spend even more time with it. It sounds like a person taking inventory of his life and relationships. Hew looking back on his "creations" and "mistakes". The whole song sounds like an aria of sorts from a man who has found moving through life difficult. But the chorus sounds like a realization that the people with whom he is closest have had to endure the trials of knowing him far more than he'd known before. Also, yeah, there's the signature sexual overtones in the chorus. Which, well, God bless Interpol for making even a lament sound sexy. |
|
| Arctic Monkeys – Why'd You Only Call Me When You're High? Lyrics | 11 years ago |
|
I had a friendship like this. Any time he did blow, he'd call and go on and on like he was emptying his head. At first, it was exciting and even inspiring in a way. But it got old after a while, and I realized that any promises he made or ideas he had while he was high were going to be empty. So I'm probably projecting when I say that Ithink this song is about a guy who is annoying the hell out of a woman with whom he used to be close. Now he only calls her when he's got the artificial courage. I think it's a pretty common scenario. The song has a cocaine-y feel, though. I don't see pot here. |
|
| Interpol – All of the Ways Lyrics | 13 years ago |
|
I don't think that it's just about jealousy. Sure, he sees his girl with someone else after they've broken up, but he's certain that this woman will come back. He's pissed that she's run off with someone he considers less interesting than he is. Maybe their relationship was really intense and tumultuous, but he knows that the other guy won't be able to satisfy her intellectually or sexually: This twee neophyte Does he know that I'll wait for all time Does he leave you to the flames That you like When he says "who is this guy?" it sounds like he means, "Why would you settle for someone less than me?" He even sounds like he's mocking the guy: Tell me you're fine Tell me it's hard to fake it time after time Who is this guy Does he say that he'd like to know you Does he say that he wants to know Does he say that he wants to know The way he talks about how she will "make it up" to him is really sexy and arrogant. Almost like he's saying, "Yeah, you won't get off easily when you come back to me. You'll have to make it up to me." I think it works really well with the last song "The Undoing" in that he's been stripped of his confidence. She's not coming back. It wasn't really about the "twee neophyte" at all. She's moved on and he's only just begun to realize that they truly are done. |
|
* This information can be up to 15 minutes delayed.