| Dirty Projectors – Offspring are Blank Lyrics | 13 years ago |
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There was a single one Then there were ten With *ten* made a hundred And a hundred million You came and spoke to me I saw your face Your words were like raindrops From a storm in a vase Each generation different He was made *to love her* She was made *to love him* And their offspring love them And in the marriage of eagle and snake The parents are fertile But their offspring is blank The fire rages and all through the night The flame is contagious But the heat feels *all right* Can't recognize our poverty He was made *to love her* She was made *to love him* And their offspring love them There is a darkness I feel coming down And shadows that lengthen from the sky to the ground And a silence that can swallow sound He was made *to love her* She was made *to love him* And their offspring love them He was made *to love her* She was made *to love him* And their offspring love both of them |
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| The Shins – 40 Mark Strasse Lyrics | 13 years ago |
| I saw The Shins in concert and James Mercer explained the meaning behind the song. It's about a prostitute during WWII (I think in Poland), and the boy in the song is younger than her and is in love with her. They live in the same town and he watches her. She sleeps with American soldiers, hence, "Are you gonna let these Americans / Put another dent in your life?" | |
| The Shins – 40 Mark Strasse Lyrics | 13 years ago |
| I saw The Shins at the Filmore in Detroit, and that's not the story James Mercer told. | |
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