| Local Natives – Heavy Feet Lyrics | 12 years ago |
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My interpretation is that the song is about an alcoholic friend, lover or loved one, who is near death or just passed. Reminiscing about drinking in their youth this person remembers them talking like their invincible living forever. “Powder in your hair Staples in your jeans Fireworks at the water You were holding a styro-foam cup Held between your teeth Telling me how you're going to outlive your body” They turn into an alcoholic and this person is writing down everything were saying to them when they were drunk good or bad cause they can’t remember. But I lean more towards bad because of the lines “Gathering your storm I talk to fill the space You know where so and so was When they were our age And every night you seem To talk me out of everything” And at this point the person is drunk and verbally seriously hurting them “Careful what you say next, Don't waste a sin-gle drop What you said I wrote it down, Won't say, won't speak the same” The chorus I think circulates their entire relationship which ever kind it is family, friend, lover and all the time, chances and energy lost. |
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