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Our words move aimlessly through empty city squares,
Collecting into mobs and angry like their prayers.
They breathe the air we fought to leave behind.
This kind of blank adventure happens all the time,
Because nobody knows the wreck of the soul the way you do, the way you do.
We fought to find our thoughts, the runway walked us through.
The swimsuit portion of the evening canceled due to rain.
The pageant's called again. You'll find this kind of blank adventure happens all the time,
Because nobody knows the wreck of the soul the way you do, Miss Teen Wordpower.
The way you do.
Miss Teen Wordpower, Miss Teen Wordpower.
So we float through the streets, breathe city lights, claims of the crown forgotten.
So we float through the streets, breathe city lights, claims of the crown forgotten.
So we float through the streets, breathe city lights, claims of the crown forgotten.
So we float through the streets, float through the streets,
The way you do, The way you do,
Miss Teen Wordpower.
Nobody knows the wreck of the soul the way you do, the way you do,
Miss Teen Wordpower, Miss Teen Wordpower.
Collecting into mobs and angry like their prayers.
They breathe the air we fought to leave behind.
This kind of blank adventure happens all the time,
The swimsuit portion of the evening canceled due to rain.
The pageant's called again. You'll find this kind of blank adventure happens all the time,
The way you do.
Miss Teen Wordpower, Miss Teen Wordpower.
So we float through the streets, breathe city lights, claims of the crown forgotten.
So we float through the streets, breathe city lights, claims of the crown forgotten.
So we float through the streets, float through the streets,
Miss Teen Wordpower.
Nobody knows the wreck of the soul the way you do, the way you do,
Miss Teen Wordpower, Miss Teen Wordpower.
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Submitted by
velouria On May 08, 2004
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I think it's about Miss teen South Carolina 2007. The New Pornographers called it ahead of its time.
It's about the way music and art can inspire people, and how songs can exist separately from their creators.
This refers to a song - "our words" - which has gotten popular and maybe been taken up as a sort of anthem for a group or cause.
The artist has had experiences, including some bad ones, and now that they are over he's written songs about them. People discovering his music, probably younger people, enjoy hearing about these experiences and often romanticize them.
The "blank adventure" refers to the way a song or piece of art can be interpreted in many different ways. The artist's music is a blank slate of words for his audience to see their own thoughts and adventures written on.
I'm not too sure about the second verse, though "We fought to find our thoughts" is probably meaningful (the NP can be so cryptic sometimes!), but "Claims of the crown forgotten" means that he's stopped trying to claim his intentions when writing the song as the best or true interpretation, if indeed he ever did.
Finally, "Miss Teen Wordpower" and "nobody knows the wreck of the soul the way you do." These are essentially the reason why his songs are popular - they talk about the suffering and experiences that people go through better than the people themselves can explain. The audience feels as though he is speaking from their own souls, in a way, so they love his songs and claim them for their own.
I think that this song is about a girl who gossips horribly.
"because nobody knows the wreck of the soul the way you do".
I would think that gossip wrecks souls. Also, she is "Miss Teen WORDpower". Gossip is using the power of words, and gossip is a very teenage thing to do. She may or may not be an actual pagent queen. I don't know. But she definitely gossips.
I think you are probably right, I was thinking the same thing.
i was thinking that it was someone who was intelligent and logical but completely overemotional and dramatic. i.e "nobody knows the wreck of the soul the way you do". someone who almost enjoys having a low-self esteem and getting pitied/ getting attention because they're sad.
i'm not sure about that.
clearly part of the imagery involves somebody who lost a beauty contest and is bitter about it. but maybe losing the beauty conest is a metaphor for something else - like a failed relationship or sexual encounter. but it seems that the narrator of the song means to get over it but the subject of the song, who lost the contest, dwells in the despair.
but honestly i have no idea.
it seems like "miss teen wordpower" is having to deal with disappointment for the first time and the narrator is saying get used to it - "you'll find this kind of blank adventure happens all the time" - quit feeling so sorry for yourself
It's about Feist. They all know each other - those two Canadian supergroups - Broken Social Scene and TNP
hahhhahhahahhahaha you got that right diehard