| fun. – Some Nights Lyrics | 13 years ago |
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I think people are watching the music video and then trying to understand the song from the video. From what I know about Nate Ruess' writing style both from Fun. and The Format is that he doesn't write many figurative songs. Most of them directly stem from his personal life. This, like most of the songs, on Some Nights are about being at a cross-roads in his life with Fun. Many of the lines are about the aftermath of The Format, moving from Arizona to New York...etc I get this as kind of his midlife crisis, where he doesn't know what he's doing with music anymore. He doesn't know what his purpose is. I think you can take this song as a pretty literal picture of Nate's life since the first Fun. album. |
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| fun. – Be Calm Lyrics | 13 years ago |
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I'm pretty sure this song is about the aftermath of The Format breaking up. The move from Arizona to New York, trying to write new songs without Sam. He talks about the stress of leaving his family both in this song ("Besides, you lost your band. Left your mom") and in Some Nights on the new album ("I washed my hands of that for this? Left my mom and dad for this?"). That might be due to his father's health issues (which is talked about in The Format song "On Your Porch"). He essentially lost everything and tried to start over. Being all alone in the middle of a new city with no one would probably give me anxiety, too. Regardless, I always listen to this song when I start to have a break down. It always gives me perspective and calms me down. |
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