| Low – Pissing Lyrics | 11 years ago |
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I tend to interpret most of Low's songs through a Mormon standpoint (since they're Mormon, as I am too). The first verse strikes me as being about someone (in my head being 20's-ish) who has left the church for a partying/drinking lifestyle (hence the "pissing on my toes"). One thing that is said in the church is not just knowing it's true, but knowing that you know it is. Therefore, the juxtaposition of "pissing on my toes" with "knowing what I know (that) I know." The second verse I'm pretty sure is "Michael blow your horn," instead of "like a loyal whore." So the narrator (or just Alan, I suppose) is "waiting" for the second coming. As for the rest, your guess is as good as mine. Sometimes I feel like Low's lyrics contain a paragraph's worth of material in one line. So going on with the second coming theme "under every stone" could refer to there being no secrets that will remain hid, thus everything "under a stone," or hidden, will be shown. A bit of a stretch. It does seem like that line goes into the next one though, that under every stone you will find lovers sleeping alone, which could refer to it being a prevalent occurrence. At the very least, the final line goes with the first verse as far as the "things aren't as they should be" theme. |
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