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| Kurt Vile – Peeping Tomboy Lyrics
| 5 years ago
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Kurt Vile has penned several notable love songs in his collection, this one of them. I’m guessing this has to be about his wife. I believe he has been married for a couple decades. Is his wife tomboyish? If so, that would explain it. The song is very personal. And the choice of “peeping tom” as a description for himself in the song doesn’t seem to be intended too literally. It’s a sweet song, perhaps based on a memory. A lot of Vile’s songs express fragments of memories and thoughts that evoke personal feelings. |
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| Kurt Vile – Freeway Lyrics
| 5 years ago
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It’s probably about drugs, a common theme in Vile’s songs, and in a lot of classic rock that Vile seems to be inspired by. The second verse definitely seems to be about drug addiction. Possibly the third verse is an allegory for drug addiction as well. In the second verse, “know when to dump it” seems to refer to kicking a drug habit. So that leaves us with the catchy but confusing rhyme of “trumpet” and “dump it”. A possible touchpoint is that Vile as a kid played trumpet for a while in his school jazz band. And what “freeway” is he referring to? It’s unclear to me. Many of Vile’s lyrics are stream-of-consciousness, evoking moods and mental images and providing nice rhythmic patterns. But most of his songs seem to struggle to form coherent messages. He has admitted in interviews that he was born with attention deficit disorder. The puzzles of his lyrics will always be pleasantly mysterious. |
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| Modest Mouse – Dashboard Lyrics
| 7 years ago
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This song appears to be celebrating being alive after a car crash, and appreciating other banalities of life (going nowhere, talking about nothing) in the face of death. It’s difficult to find any explanation for the damaged car imagery (melted dashboard, broken windshield) other than a crash. And this is despite the phrase “we’ve yet to crash”. Dashboards melt for only one reason: fires. The lyrics appear to offer comfort that life’s ambitions and “schemes” amount to nothing in the end, and that life should be treasured and enjoyed, in the moment, in its little blessings. |
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