| Frightened Rabbit – The Woodpile Lyrics | 10 years ago |
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@[benjam326:4115] This is definitely what he is getting at. Good insight. |
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| Frightened Rabbit – The Woodpile Lyrics | 10 years ago |
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@[Jam1310:4114] The use of fire door is literal - he's talking about a fire door at the club he is at. He's having trouble getting over his ex-girlfriend so is uncomfortable with the situation he's facing at the club and so is backing away from the dance floor into a corner of the room. By saying that he is looking for a fire door he is saying that he is looking for a quick escape from the situation he's found himself in. |
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| Frightened Rabbit – The Woodpile Lyrics | 10 years ago |
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Much of this album was written following the lead singer's break-up with his girlfriend. It seems to me that things song is written about being out at a club at some stage after this break up. Having previously been in an relationship for what we can assume was a considerable amount of time (as alluded to by the use of "secret tongues", which indicates that they were together for long enough that they developed a certain way of speaking to each other that only they used; as many couples do) the singer finds himself out in a club, without a partner, conscious that many people are simply there on the dance floor looking for someone to sleep with. He calls this the "red meat market", utilising a fairly raw and vivid metaphor. It conveys his dislike for the way in which the "electric floor" (dance floor) acts as market for meat (women) to be consumed by men. Having being in a relationship for so long, he finds the situation very uncomfortable ("trapped in a collapsing building") as he hasn't had to relate to girls like this in some time. He's obviously having some trouble moving on and is finding it hard to converse and dance with girls ("struck dumb by the hand of fear"). The ensuing cry for his ex-girlfriend to come "into my corner" tells us that he isn't fully over his girlfriend and so is not prepared to enter into any kind of relations with a woman ("there's no spark on the dampened (dance) floor"). This use of strong metaphors e.g. red meat and the woodpile convey the writer's intense emotion. This is a very powerful song. -Rob |
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