| Vampire Weekend – Unbelievers Lyrics | 11 years ago |
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Okay, but what about "is this the FETE that half the world has planned for me"? Fete, noun: a celebration or festival. |
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| The Antlers – Parade Lyrics | 11 years ago |
| I don't think this is what it's /actually/ about, but to me it's an endearing and sarcastic look at optimistic Brooklyn hipsters. They're pretty white kids who've never had to really worry about anything serious before. They were ill prepared for the recent blizzard that hit New York, but also kinda saw it has a valuable life experience. They're out of touch with the real problems of the world. They think they've suffered already but now life is starting to get a little too real and they're interpreting their small-time hardships as much worse than they are from an outsiders perspective. Eventually they can't pay rent because their frivolity didn't leave time for a job and mom and dad are done footing the bill, so they're homeless, living in a car, but they don't really mind because they see it as being really cool and bohemian. They're really making the best of it and are now earning a bit of that much needed perspective on the world. From a distance they look very pretentious and privileged and whiny, but they don't really care, besides, they've got this close support network of all their hip friends to lean on and they're optimistic about the people they're gonna become. These kids are gonna do alright. | |
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