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Andrew Bird – Heretics Lyrics 13 years ago
I'm surprised no one has got this meaning out of it but it seems obvious to me. It is about someone who wants to kill themselves because they are tired of the way the world is patterning out. And these parts: How about some credit now
Where credit is due
For the damage that we've done
We have brought upon ourselves and others
With a slow and vicious gun
And although pratfalls can be fun
Encores can be fatal


Wait just a second now
It's not all that bad
Are we not having fun
You make your mountains of handkerchiefs
Where the mascara always runs
So be careful when you're done
You're bound to get post-natal
What did I just hear you say?

is the voice of someone trying to make sense of all of the world problems for the person who wants to kill herself. That might just be me though.

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Andrew Bird – Imitosis Lyrics 13 years ago
I think that this song is talking about how people it can seem like there are no positive relationships. And I think that it is also calling out the people who aren't mean for being shy, I think that the word choice for the part "And why do some show no mercy while others are painfully shy?" was intentionally painfully shy rather than just saying nice or kind or something like that. He, to me anyway, is saying there are kind people but they don't express it as opposed to mean people who are just mean.

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