| Metric – Breathing Underwater Lyrics | 13 years ago |
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Anyone else think she's saying "I'm the weight, you're the kite" ? "Wind" makes more sense, but if that's really what she's singing, she's pronouncing it really weird. Anyways, I don't have a great grasp of what this song is about. The only thing I can pick out from it is that there's a sense of not being where you belong. "Breathing underwater" suggests that in itself. The phrase "fish out of water" comes to mind. "Out of place all the time/In a world that wasn't mine to take" - more on feeling out of place, not belonging. I dunno, that's all I've got. This song is absolutely beautiful. |
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| Metric – The Void Lyrics | 13 years ago |
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I'm pretty sure the background parts are as follows: All night (made a plan, it was grand, but you're still in the void) All night (sing along with the band, but you're losing your voice) All night (made a plan, it was grand, but you're bored by choice) All night (sing along with the band, but you're still in the void) |
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| Metric – Speed The Collapse Lyrics | 13 years ago |
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Taking into account that Emily Haines/Jimmy Shaw said in an interview that "Youth Without Youth" is about the current economic situation and how it's screwing over today's youth, I think this song is along those same lines. I think it's specifically about the housing crash. "Distant lightning, thunder claps /Watched our neighbor's house collapse/Looked the other way." That's happening all over the place - our neighbors' houses are foreclosing, and we're just looking the other way. "Built a mansion in a day" - sort of a double interpretation here. 1) It could mean people buying into homes they can't afford, essentially "building a mansion in a day," not foreseeing that they won't be able to afford said mansion. Or 2) "In another mansion built to last" - the 1%, if you will, chillin' in their mansions, watching as the 99% are dealing with the "storm overhead," having to "auction off their memories" (memories made in their homes). I dunno, I'm probably reading way too much into it, being way too specific. |
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| Metric – Lost Kitten Lyrics | 13 years ago |
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I'm not sure if the line "I was looking for a hooker when I found you" is literal or metaphorical, but either way it's an awesome line. The way I like to interpret it, this song is about liking someone so much that you overlook all the bad things about them (something everyone can relate to). You start to make excuses for all the shitty things they do; you start to "cover it up" every time they "lie, hide, cry," and "come undone." They're like a "lost kitten in the street" to you - so helpless and adorable you can't help but coddle them, make excuses for them. In this case, I think the line "You've got my eyes... You'll never be mine but you've got my eyes" is something along the lines of really liking someone, not being able to take your eyes off of them, but maybe they don't like you/won't take you seriously, so they'll never be yours. ___ On the other hand, taking the "hooker" line literally, this song is a lot like "Hustle Rose" in that there are shifting viewpoints (between hooker and her customer in "Lost Kitten;" between stripper and her customer in "Hustle Rose"). Whatever it means, I love this song. It's my favorite on the album by far. |
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