| Kings of Leon – Trani Lyrics | 12 years ago |
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To me, the song is a ballad telling a story. I believe the song indeed refers to a transvestite, a social outcast (lower on the social ladder than even the cheap hookers at the bus station) who is confused and alone, and whose only solace is in "a pack of smokes and a little bump of cocaine." The first verse sets the tone: a small town full of young people without opportunities and futures, just kind of wasting their lives away with coke, vulgarity, and prostitution. The second verse refers to the "bubbas," the adult counterparts to the "bare chested boys" who waste away their time in a bar or strip club getting shitfaced and looking to pick up a cheap date. They're sexually indiscriminate (don't know what they love or deserve to get...) and will basically f**k anything with a pulse. Perhaps the Trani, seeing this and longing for sexual fulfillment, goes home with one. These hopes end in blood as the song climaxes into the guitar solo; a fight ensues once his real gender identity is revealed (cops on the call... freaks... spitting out his teeth). The chorus is a little more ambiguous, but as some others have said, the "Ol' Pa" part may be the Trani describing his alter-ego in the third person. "Oscillating on the ground, blowing white noise sound, like a trani on ten" could be a double meaning; the transvestite on the floor shaking and screaming after overdosing on coke/having a nervous breakdown/being beat up and abused, much like a transistor radio turned all the way up blowing static. |
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