| The War On Drugs – I Don't Live Here Anymore Lyrics | 4 years ago |
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I'm the first to comment, so be kind. Understanding art requires many people and I'm the first to dip my toe. The melody and guitar at the onset is unmistakably a call back to the Eagles, "Boys of Summer". In the Eagles version, our hero, Don Henley, is late to the beach. It's fall and his love is gone leaving a memory. He is a boy of summer, he doesn't live there anymore. The song has a larger reach. Seeing Bob Dylan is a memory. And.." Time surrounds me like an ocean My memories like waves Is life just dying in slow motion Or getting stronger every day?" There's a confusion about time. He's harking back to a time where there was a multitude writing and singing about how he's feeling. But it's gone. "I don't live here anymore". He's singing about a relationship's death but it cannot be understood outside the death of rock and roll. |
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