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Musician, Songwriter, Sound Engineer. My life is music, beach walks, and admin.
| Neko Case – Local Girl Lyrics | 9 years ago |
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Oh and, 'God damn the time God damn the miles That take me away from you And change your face And change the way I love you' Refers to the time that has passed and her longing for that old relationship that she can't have back. |
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| Neko Case – Local Girl Lyrics | 9 years ago |
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I agree with a lot of SirenAsunders interpretation, but I think I have a couple of ideas to add. Saturn is the planet of duty, and ideas of adulthood, maturity, restriction. Saturns embrace" to me means music is now the writers job. "You'll give up some local girl" is also "You'll give up for some local girl" in some transcriptions of these lyrics. Which gives us an image of the writer looking down from stage at an old friend/lover in the crowd watching the show with their girlfriend who had given up music for a relationship. "Our lights blot out her face". So perhaps Neko is singing about a lover that she gave up for music, while facing an ex that did the opposite? "All of you lie about someday" (in some other transcriptions) may mean that people talk a big talk, have plans, and have dreams, and promises. But the passage of time has it's own ideas. But I also love the lyric ""All of you lie about something" too, as it's such a sharp observation of the human condition. These lyrics are thick with imagery. And I'm trying to work them out before I work up a cover version of the song. The chorus is one of the most sublime hooks ever written. |
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