| Modest Mouse – The Whale Song Lyrics | 9 years ago |
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My interpretation is probably definitely inspired by my own current relationship situation, but it's still nice to propose another meaning. There are multiple ways to interpret many of MM's songs so keep that in mind. I believe this is about a relationship that has ended and the lyrics are retrospective and full of regrets. In the end, they didn't "find a way out," and so the relationship ended. The "so everyone can find a way out" could be like "so we can be good examples to other struggling couples." "They keep us in/To pull us out" seems like it's how friends and family and so on will encourage you to stay in a relationship, but then tell you that it's a bad one and you should end it. "I'm rising up/Wish I was sinking down" could mean that he's growing distant from his partner, but he wishes he could be staying in love. The rest of the verse could mean that the relationship just suddenly ended, most likely by the other person. There wasn't a warning, it came out of the blue because they were happy then. And because they were happy then, there was no mourning prior to the end. The verse about the neighbor could mean that their neighbors were a happily married couple and their relationship would obviously be "until death do [they] part" and that he again wishes he could have found a way out of the bad times in the relationship. The part about it being the last time they were ever happy could be him projecting his unhappiness onto his ex-partner, regretting the end. Anyway, it was good to see them in concert on July 6, and I had never heard this song before they played it. It's such a nice way to be introduced to a song by hearing one of your favorite bands perform it live. |
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| Haim – My Song 5 Lyrics | 11 years ago |
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I think this song is talking about how the narrator knows that her man is cheating on her. She goes through "crazy shit I did for you," meaning all the lengths she went to make sure he was happy and he still strays from her. She's angry at herself for putting so much effort into something the other half of the relationship continuously hurt. She says that "never let it go," meaning that she will never forgive him for what he's done to them. In the chorus, she says how "I'm not going to hide it all...from you," meaning she's not going to hide the fact that she knows from him. She's "been lied to," and she's going to be the better person here by putting it all out on the table. She's leaving him. She's "never coming home again." I specially like the line "Honey, I'm not your honey pie," because it gives a bit of insight and it adds to the "insult to injury" aspect of this. He's been calling her pet names, such as "honey pie," this whole time, and she's fed up with it. She won't accept the pet names any more. She knows it was all in effort to keep up the facade. Also, in response to the title and general sound of the song, it was said to be a tribute to "garage band" days of bands. I don't remember who said it, but one of the sisters said the title is a reference to how generally when recording the raw, original sound of songs, the tracks are named something simple like "My Song #," and "My Song 5" is the original name for this track. One of the sisters said that the general sound of this song is fairly raw and that's a further tribute to where these songs originate. I heard this on a track commentary that I found on Spotify. |
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