Deerhoof

L'Amour Stories

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What's that core on the floor?
What's that core on the floor?
What the devil was that for?
What the devil was that for?

What's that core on the floor?
What's that core on the floor?
What the devil was that for?
What the devil was that for?
What the devil was that for?

Try to lift him up for me
He would do harm, bad indeed
Try to lift him up for me
He would do harm, bad indeed

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Try to lift him up for me
He would do harm, bad indeed
Try to lift him up for me
He would do harm, bad indeed

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roboluncheon On May 21, 2004

This Magnificent Bird Will Rise

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RoboLuncheon

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2004-05-21 15:45:14

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by precipitate

21y ago

I love this song

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by ilysk8er

21y ago

i think this song is the best ever

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by molofan

21y ago

Deerhoof are singing about something very very deep, personal, and emo, like apples.

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by Radicand

19y ago

I think this song is a reference to Adam and Eve...but then again, who said that Deerhoof songs made any sense.

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by cobster

19y ago

Adam and Eve is definitely a possibility, since they reference the Fall (Lift him up for me), and there are number of other clues. These include: the fact that the preceding song is "Forbidden Fruits," that some voice in the lyrics asks accusatorily about a core, and that there's a mention of the devil. I think what this really is about, though, is love (l'amour), and that the song tries to suggest that just as the devil, or our darker side (whatever made Eve eat the apple) can bring us down, love can lift us back up.

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