| Mother Mother – Business Man Lyrics | 8 years ago |
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Wow, seriously no comments? Always been on of my favorites from Mother Mother. This song is either a bash on capitalism, or a bash on the social expectations to conform and go into a good paying job such as "business". Continuously the businessman is juxtaposed against a rock/punk band which might be a symbol of nonconformity. The life of a musician isn't stable or "practical" but a businessman is "a devil in a Sunday hat". Evil intentions masquerading as holy, supposedly seen as a good person by society as a businessman has conformed. Businessmen are polite and formal, follow all the rules and may appear pleasant enough but of course, as corrupt capitalism sometimes results in, a businessman also "spit(s) on the poor man" but not like "a punk band". A punk band, which is usually looked down on by society, may be more virtuous than a corrupt yet outwardly pure businessman. The irony. The coma perhaps symbolizes a society asleep to reality, judging by similar themes in other Mother Mother songs like Cry Forum. "They speak in a code I don't understand" probably refers to political jargon and business policy. |
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| Mother Mother – Ghosting Lyrics | 8 years ago |
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@[kendra05:12634] I love this interpretation! I think the song itself points more to a specific person in the diction though, but the beauty of lyrics is the infinite way to interpret them and this one made my day! "Hey, would it be so bad if I stayed I'm just a ghost out of his grave And I can't make love in my grave I won't put white into your hair I won't make noises in your stairs I will be kind and I will be sweet If you stop staring straight through me" These are all very intimate descriptions. They don't seem applicable to a mass of people or something as general as society. "I can't make love in my grave" nudges the song's meaning more towards a romantic one while the rest refers to one home, which is later supported by the lines, "And this is why I have decided To leave your house and home unhaunted You don't need poltergeist for sidekicks You don't need treats and you don't need tricks" the use of poltergeist to me seemed something always related to latching onto one specific house, object, or person. A sidekick is only a sidekick to one person. Yet I suppose saying "poltergeist for sidekickS" brings it arguably more in line with your interpretation as being about the entirety of Mother Mother. Multiple sidekicks for multiple superheros, yet it still remains a more personally attachment. Anyway, that's what it seems to me. c: |
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| Mother Mother – Neighbour Lyrics | 8 years ago |
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Since nobody's given an interpretation, this is a great song from the perspective of a peeper. A next door neighbor who spies through a peephole to watch the life of the person next door. It seems the peeper starts to fixate on the neighbor. "And when you're crying I see your tears fall down They're making oceans That in I Sink and drown" He empathizes with the neighbor and over time, feels as though he's actually a part of their life, even though he's just a creepy peeper. "I feel I know you I feel I know you well I saw you go through I saw you go through hell I was there when you First let euphoria Spill on your bed sheets I could feel What you felt" I love this part. I believe "euphoria" spilled on the bed sheets refers to masturbation of sex. An organism basically and from "I could feel what you felt" it suggests that the peeper probably wanked to this. What a great, subtle way to describe it, honestly great lyrics. I think the peeper realizes how creepy his actions are as it says: "Do you feel used? Well I would too, I would too" Yet he justifies it with: "Oh,And would you use me Like I did you? Oh you would too" In the end, the neighbor moves away, perhaps without ever realizing the person next door's intimate knowledge of them, and the peeper is left alone with his "empty peephole". |
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| Mother Mother – Aspiring Fires Lyrics | 8 years ago |
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@[pseudonymrod:12632] Interesting interpretation. I disagree, I always thought it was about one of the people ignorantly wanting to see their partner's "crazy side" thinking they can handle it and that it will perhaps be interesting. I think here crazy is used quite literally and the speaker in the song actually is a bit off and has held it back or medicated it around their partner. Media's representation of insanity is sometimes romanticized. I think this is what the lines "Maybe, you're watching too much TV, (ooh) Because crazy in the box, is everything that crazy's not" is referring to. Insanity is sometimes portrayed as exciting and dangerous, alluring for its taboo, when in reality there's a lot more than that to it. So the speaker is understandably pretty hesitant to comply when their partner requests to seem their insanity with all the misconceptions about it. "Baby, you wanna see me crazy Well I show you what that's like, And then I wave goodbye as you run for your life" The speaker is afraid that once their partner sees their crazy, they'll realize it's nothing they imagined. Not exciting, just scary. The speaker's afraid of losing another person to fear, and is struggling with their partner's ignorant request. |
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| Mother Mother – Ball Cap Lyrics | 8 years ago |
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First song I ever heard by Mother Mother, which became my favorite band. I really love this song and Mother Mother as a whole and while some of their lyrics at times just seem like they were put there because they sound good, I believe most parts of their songs are trying hard to say something. This one was short on lyrics, yet there's a pattern of comparison. At the beginning the speaker speaks about what they are like: the tree tops, brambles, weeds, rooster, people in the street. Then there are the lines: I wear my ball cap to hide my big eyes You wear your black dress to hide your big thighs Oh, baby, baby, I'll lose my ball cap Well, only if you expose your lose fat This part seems to be talking about vulnerability. Why be vulnerable if the other person isn't willing to be as well? With the lines, "You know that beauty's only skin deep/ Well, baby, baby, come on and skin me" there's more discussion of insecurity, saying in a way, make me ugly. Do it. Skinning someone is also another way of laying someone bare, vulnerable. The last bit there where it says, "I like the biggins only cuz they make me look real thin" is followed by the impactful "yeah" which is sang much deeper suddenly than the rest of the song, bringing it from whimsy to melancholic reality. He basically says he likes fat people because they make him feel skinny. An acknowledgment of superficiality and another indication of insecurity. Anyway, that's how I always saw it. Feel free to discuss~ |
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| Jeffrey Lewis – Don't Be Upset Lyrics | 8 years ago |
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This song is interesting in that it starts off with a sweet boyfriend calming his seemingly easily-scared girlfriend down. It goes on to describe the little things the narrator does for his "darling", painting a picture of a patient and attentive boyfriend catering to a fussy and irritable girl. The final part of the song the boyfriend breaks down and lets out all that's been weighing on his mind and the girl responds by comforting him in a similar way he did to her... except she doesn't. She complains even more. The interesting bit about the way the narrator tells this part is what I think many people seem to be overlooking and taking at face value, though I could be wrong. This way of presenting the girl's reaction is pretty passive aggressive on the narrator's part, and while many of us are left with an impression of an energy sucking abusive girlfriend and an ever-comforting boyfriend who never stands up for himself and his feelings the way the ending is written almost contradicts the boyfriend/narrator's image as a doormat who only thinks of her. He's throwing hella shade, to put it bluntly. He's clearly salty, yet he ends the song as a martyr, comforting his girl at the expense of his own feelings and needs. This can be interpreted in several different ways. We can either see this as Jeffery Lewis setting up a song reflecting on a past relationship and how he let himself be taken advantage of and shouldn't have, or we can see it as only the narrator's perspective of the relationship. (Of course neither are wrong) Some of the girlfriend's complaints at the very end actually have substance, but when compared to her actions in the rest of the song she seems like a bitch. The writer set her up in a very specific context that he took great pains to construct throughout the song, this is important and should not be overlooked. This is very likely a passive aggressive saccharine sweet diss, and a very well thought out one at that. This song carefully paints the narrator as the blameless victim and the girl he tends to as the obvious villain. This is a well-written song regardless,yet it makes one wonder what actually happened and whether or not there was another side to this story. |
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