| The National – Slow Show Lyrics | 11 years ago |
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I love reading about everyone's interpretations...so interesting! I got a much more tragic image in my head when I heard this song for the first time...maybe it's the ex ER worker in me. I think he is at his lover's funeral....."standing at the punch table, swallowing punch Can't pay attention to the sound of anyone A little more stupid, a little more scared Every minute, more unprepared". I think he feels he is to blame for his lover's death...the "drawers" could symbolize a coffin. "I made a mistake today Everything I love gets lost in the drawers I want to start over, I want to be winning Way out of sync from the beginning I wanna hurry home to you" I think he may have crashed a car with his lover, maybe he was showing off by speeding to impress, but sadly it ended in tragedy. Now he longs for a "slow show", and regrets thinking with his "dick". He is injured from the car crash too...."My leg is sparkles, my leg is pins I better get my shit together, better gather my shit in". He must have sustained some leg trauma from the crash, and has pins in his bones. |
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