Say Hello to the Angels

This song is not about sex, hornballs. It's really quite sweet and romantic. Here we go:

I want your silent parts the parts that the birds love (He wants inside her head. Where we go off in the clouds. He literally means birds...not dirty birds.)

I know there's such a place I had my back turned, you didn't realize I'm lonely (He's glimpsed/heard her psyche, while his attention was on a stale relationship. He was listening and she didn't know he was lonely.)

You lack the things to which I relate But I see no harm. (They're different, but she interests him.)

Come away, come away, come away It's over. And 1, 2, 3 (He wants her to go with him because his relationship is over. He wants her.)

When I'm feeling lazy, it's probably because I'm saving all my energy to pick up when you Move into my airspace Move into my airspace (He's preparing for her)

Somethings coming over me I see you in the doorway I cannot control the part of me that swells up when you Move into my airspace Move into my airspace (When he sees her his heart swells...maybe his other organ, too. ;) But, this is really referring to all those intense feelings of attraction that swell up when we see someone we're in love with.)

But each night, I bury my love around you (People, if this part was about penetration he would have buried his love INSIDE her not AROUND her. He's dropping hints of his love for her, but he's still hiding it)

Oh each night, I bury my love around you You're linked to my innocence (Purity)

This is a concept This is a bracelet This isn't no intervention (I agree...this portion stinks, but here's what I think...Interpol reminds me of the police. He makes references in his songs like, "Please, police me." One of the meanings for the definition of braclet is "handcuffs". So it could mean, that this is an idea to restrain her from looking elsewhere. It's not to delay her or come in between whomever she may be interested. He wants her to quit looking and wait for him. There's no need for him to intervene because he knows he is the right one for her.)

This isn't you yet What you thought was such a conquest (When she realizes he wants her, she's gonna be more fulfilled with him and the guy she was aiming for won't seem like such a conquest anymore.)

Your hair is so pretty and red Baby, baby, you're really the best (Flattery)

Can I get to this way, I think so Can I get to this way, I think so Can I get to this way? Can I get to this way? Can I get to this way? Can I get to this way? (He's trying to figure out how they can be together.)

We should take a trip now to see new places I'm sick of this town and I've seen my faces change (He's stressed out and restless, he wants to go explore the world with her.)

Say hello, say hello to the angels Say hello, say hello to the angels (He thinks she is an angel from Heaven and is saying to greet the other angels where she is at.)

It seems to me that he was in a break up, but wants the person back, because there's nobody better.

"I want your silent parts the parts that the birds love" means that he was attracted to her physically, rather than emotionally at first.

"I know there�s such a place I had my back turned,you didn�t realize I�m lonely" He knows what love feels like, but he didnt realize how good he had it, and now he's lonely without her.

"You lack the things to which I relate But I see no harm.Come �way, come �way, come �way It�s over. And 1, 2, 3" Means that they didnt connect well at first, just pure physical attraction, but it still worked. And then, suddenly she ended it.

"When I�m feeling lazy, it's probably because I�m saving all my energy to pick up when you Move into my airspace Move into my airspace" means that when his lover walks into the room, he gets a burst of energy from them, like butterflies.

"Something�s coming over me I see you in the doorway I cannot control the part of me that swells up when you Move into my airspace Move into my airspace" means that he can't control how he feels for her, he gets the butterflies as he/she moves into the room.

"But each night, I bury my love around you Oh each night, I bury my love around you You're linked to my innocence" He still thinks about her every night, and is his first true love, the one he will never get over.

"This is a concept This is a bracelet This isn�t no intervention This is a concept This is a bracelet This isn�t no intervention" Means that he doesnt want to mess up the relationship/way of life his lover's in right no, but he wants to tell her how he feels.

"This isn't you yet What you thought was such a conquest Your hair is so pretty and red Baby, baby, you're really the best" She hasnt told him how she feels, but he's in love with her-in beauty&more. And theres nobody that competes.

"We should take a trip now to see new places I'm sick of this town and I've seen my faces change We should take a trip to see new places I'm sick of this town, I've seen my faces change (each night I bury my love around you)" He wants to start over, he's sick of all the other small relationships he's tried out after her. He's still in love with her.

"Say hello, say hello to the angels Say hello, say hello to the angels" The future: him starting over with her.

Atleast this is what this song means to me...

beautiful. with very subtle sexual undertones. look closer. they're there.

it reminds me of this boy i adore very much. therefore, i enjoy listening to it twice as much.

it's so fast-paced... kinda like that adrenaline rush you get when you're close to hookin up with someone.... :)

"I cannot control the part of me that swells up when you Move into my airspace"

i don't see how that's subtle at all.

this is the most sexual song I've ever read/heard, no question about subtlty, though it's nice that they wrapped it under at least one layer of inuendo. I love that climax though, right toward the end, "This isn't you yet, what you thought was such a conquest, etc." It's amazing how this song so efforltessly trivializes sex. "You lack the things to which I relate, but I see no harm," is such a perfectly phrased line, but it shows how far from art and beauty is sex. I don't know. Maybe it's just me. And no fair calling me a virgin loser who doesn't know what he's talking about, cuz I'm six feet tall at the waist and I get girls like all the time.

But seriuosly, does any one else think that Interpol are pro-absinance or something like that?

I think that this song is a morbidly sexual story hidden in a punky tone so people dont get too freaked out by it. I think that it starts out with, you guessed it, masturbation. "I had my back turned, you didn’t realize I’m lonely" It starts out with that and then leads to pedophilia. He seems to be telling the person he is with what love is, showing her youth and naivity. Also, she is linked to his "innocence", which could show his guilt of rape. BUT IT GETS BETTER! I believe that the ending has to do with murder. He seems frantic when he is trying to get there, possibly the burial point:Can I get to this way, I think so Can I get to this way, I think so Can I get to this way? Can I get to this way? Can I get to this way? Can I get to this way? " Also, he says that he wants to run away in the lines directly after. Finally, and most obviously, he tells her to say hello to the angels, which shows her death (the murder idea), her innocence (the child rape idea), and lastly his guilt (masturbation and murder). Maybe I should stop watching Law and Order SVU.

As I reread the lyrics I see a lot that I missed, mostly more ennuendo and masturbation evidence.

dance, dance, dance your ass off

I always thought the line 'You're linked to my innocence' referred to the fact that he had lost his virginity to this person?