| Pixies – Here Comes Your Man Lyrics | 12 years ago |
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Yeah, comical how people are like "but the atomic bomb thing fits so well!" No, it doesn't. Let's analyze it line by line: Outside there's a box car waiting - hobos travel by train in boxcars Outside the family stew - hobos eat at soup kitchens Out by the fire breathing - hobos stand out by burning trashcans to warm themselves Outside we wait 'til face turns blue - hobos are homeless, they are outside by the fire freezing and when you're freezing, your face turns blue There is a wait so long You'll never wait so long - hobos' entire lives could be seen as "waiting"... you're waiting for something, anything, whatever just to survive until finally you're just waiting for death Here comes your man - a reference to the Velvet Underground song about waiting for your man to give you your fix. The earthquake is "the man" these people who've been waiting their whole lives for (death). I know the nervous walking - hobos are nervous I know the dirty beard hangs - hobos have dirty long beards Out by the box car waiting - just waiting for death Take me away to nowhere plains - death There is a wait so long You'll never wait so long Here comes your man Here comes your man Here comes your man Here comes your man ... (makes perfect sense now, doesn't it?) |
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