| Vampire Weekend – Hannah Hunt Lyrics | 11 years ago |
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I don't think this is necessarily about a break-up. It's obviously about a couple or two friends who live outside the society. They travel across the country, possibly on the run from something, and sleep next to a campfire. Hannah seems to be faltering, and conforming to her old life, wishing she could just forget their life philosophy and live a normal life with a job and a house and everything. Hence: "Damn it Hannah if I can't trust you.." Ezra Koenig has apparently stated that the narrator in this song could be the same narrator as in their song "Run", which depicts the pains of living with a dull job and an average life. The narrator in that songs dreams about "running away", so this could be the story of that escape from society. A lot of room for interpretation here though, and I think it's cool how everyone can find their own way of seeing it. Great song. |
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| The Antlers – Palace Lyrics | 11 years ago |
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I get the vibe that the narrator is singing to a friend or a lover or even a family member who's been the object of some sort of abuse, and now has trouble finding happiness again. This is the key part to me: "He left the tallest peak of your paradise buried in the bottom of a canyon in hell, but I swear I’ll find your light in the middle, where there’s so little late at night, down in the pit of the well." The narrator is promising that he'll help him/her find their inner beauty and happiness again, even though it's been buried deep beneath the scars of abuse and being treated badly. "Then when heaven has a line around the corner, we shouldn’t have to wait around and hope to get in if we can carpenter a home in our heart right now and carve a palace from within." This to me sounds like even the narrator has had a rough patch, and they both find solace in each other. They shut out the world and find happiness in exile, together. Absolutely beautiful. I think it's the best thing they've done since Hospice. Can't wait for the new album. |
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