| Aesop Rock – Gopher Guts Lyrics | 13 years ago |
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The title is basically a reference to him getting personal... a gopher (underground type) spilling its guts. The whole song is pretty much about about how he lost a lot of friends (in the wake of an amicable marooning) by failing as a person("nevermind the misanthrope vying for affection", whole 3rd verse). I don't think it's just repentance though... there's a touch of accusation to his tone, like how nobody is ever 100% wrong or right. As far as the hooks, they seem like a comment on someone who pays lip service to a friend ("you are x, you are y, you are z") while offering them no real support whatsoever ("then I let 'em go") and being surprised when they crash and burn alone ("oh") . I just don't know whether he's saying he's guilty of that, or whether the snakes/frogs/crabs represent him... F-in resonates either way; people can get pretty detached from the people closest to them. |
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| Aesop Rock – Cook It Up (feat. Party Fun Action Committee) Lyrics | 13 years ago |
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Pretty straightforward... he's a fake wannabe mack daddy trying to kick game (poorly) at some girl. He overplays the pimp role, acts like she's just supposed to fall for it, contradicts himself at the end ("I mean it's not like I'm sweating"), and after all that he just ends up embarrassed. The hook clearly shows that he's a pimp in his own bizarro world, but really he's just another do-nothing, go-nowhere loser ("If you love television & manic depression, get a carton of cigarettes and we can make it happen") |
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