| As Tall as Lions – A Break, A Pause Lyrics | 11 years ago |
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Ok this song is amazing enough where I can throw down some thoughts. To me this song is about a one night stand that messed with the singer's head. "You look like someone tongue-tied Finding the word goodbye Baby I hope that you get a clue Soon before you die" This suggests that the girl probably did have feelings for him as well because she's struggling to find a way to tell him to leave. He realizes this, but he knows she's not changing anytime soon. "You're only good when you're on your back You evening virgin cotton nymph Then we'll see who's kidding who now You're an overpaid actress" This line is badass. It's such a subtle way of calling her a slut while still making it poetic and kind of tongue-in-cheek. Only good when she's sleeping with him and it's like she's an "evening virgin" in that the evening is new, she plays the charming role for one night. Cotton, referring to cotton sheets in bed, I just wanted to point that out because there were some weird mythical wood tree cotton shit theories going on up on the board earlier. He's talking about cotton sheets, people. She's good in bed. "I'm an anthropophobiac A wolf from the steppes With pills in my coat And wine on my breath" Favorite line. Favorite. He's socially unavailable he became so tied up in this girl and it is a reference to the steppen wolf. Although he is quite literally speaking of pills in his pocket, this line is fantastic because if you take a second to realize he referred to himself as a wolf and continue the personification, you can see where "pills in my coat" is a play on words describing pills, or knots, in the fur of a wolf's coat as well. Beautiful. "A good night's rest On the floor, near the bed, Where I rest my head Through the door someone said let the dead bury the dead" Still kind of goes along with the wolf personification, this time in a defeated dog-like way. "A good night" is very sarcastic sounding to me. "Let the dead bury the dead" is very hitting and blanket enough to be taken in many ways. To me it describes taking drugs and alcohol most especially from people. The ones selling the drugs (the dead) will end up burying the people taking them (the dead). It's a vicious cycle of becoming depressed by depression. "Unplug the phone, stop eating and sleeping Can't get over your love I bought some drugs that I'd never heard of And asked what the damage was" Clear statement of depression. He's become obsessed with his thoughts of her and they have consumed his mind more than the drugs he's been taking. And because they are drugs he has never heard of, he's only using drugs at this moment as a desperate last attempt to stop feeling. "Asked what the damage was" is very literal to me. He bought some drugs and asked how much they cost. "You're lost in your mind I believe that anyone can see it For only one time we can be together if you want it" He knows she wants more than what she's doing but she is playing the part and is only interested in one night stands. He's bitter that he could only have her once and it was only when she wanted to that he did. "I know what you want But baby what you want I just don't got it Get away from my door I heard you sell the truth but I don't buy it" This is the perfect last line. She just wants sex, she wants no strings attached but he's just too invested in her emotionally to be able to give her that. He finally realizes that by ordering her away because he sees the lies that she has been convincing herself and others and he's done accepting it. Wonderful song. |
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