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Rope Lyrics

You're gonna need more

Don't ask me to kick any chairs out from under you
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Cover art for Rope lyrics by Low

This song makes me chuckle so much. I don't think it's about not wanting to help someone commit suicide, per se. It seems very sardonic to me, maybe even daring this person to do it, or not caring one way or the other if they do it or not. It sounds to me like the person being addressed (the would-be suicider) is maybe an attention whore who frequently threatens suicide, or maybe just goes around feeling sorry for themselves and takes their misery out on others, or acts like some martyr. The speaker has had enough of this, so offers them instructions on how to hang themselves effectively ("you're gonna need more...rope"). The last part, about not kicking out any chairs, I think is saying that if you want to wallow in your misery, fine, but I won't be attending your self-pity party.

Cover art for Rope lyrics by Low

This song makes me chuckle so much. I don't think it's about not wanting to help someone commit suicide, per se. It seems very sardonic to me, maybe even daring this person to do it, or not caring one way or the other if they do it or not. It sounds to me like the person being addressed (the would-be suicider) is maybe an attention whore who frequently threatens suicide, or maybe just goes around feeling sorry for themselves and takes their misery out on others, or acts like some martyr. The speaker has had enough of this, so offers them instructions on how to hang themselves effectively ("you're gonna need more...rope"). The last part, about not kicking out any chairs, I think is saying that if you want to wallow in your misery, fine, but I won't be attending your self-pity party.

Cover art for Rope lyrics by Low

It's about not wanting to help somebody to commit suicide...

 
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