Cold Blooded Old Times

sad song indeed, but i can stop hearing it in the morning like a breath of hope. so cool track

"though how can I stand and laugh with the man who redefined your body?"

This song was in the movie High Fidelity. If I remember right, it plays around the time the John Cusack character is talking to the Tim Robbins character, who he knows is screwing his (Cusack's) girl friend (the beautiful Iben Ijejle). And Robbins knows Cusack knows.

Cusack is trying to talk somewhat normally to a smirking Robbins, even as he fantasizes about his friends and he beating Robbins to death.

Robbins has redefined Ijejle's body for Cusack. A big part of the movie is how Cusack overcomes his changed feelings and resumes his relationship with Ijejle.

"mother came rushing in she said we didn't see a thing we said we didn't see a thing"

When I heard that I remembered what Tommy saw in the rock opera Tommy, but here I think the song is just describing marital fighting.

The song illustrates how people become cold blooded in 3 aspects: kids witnessing marital strife, kids comprehending a lot more of what is going on in a family than their parents believe (even as a little squirrel), and adults dealing with feelings of betrayal in a romantic relationship.

this is a good one, no comments?

a boy seeing his parents fight, physsically, apprently by how the song ends. This effecting the boys view of life and more specifically his father.

wow, i thought this song would have had more postings i have sat with my brother and lots of wine and tried to interprett his song maybe we got to deep and dont see the easy answer

the reference 'although you were a little squireel' could it be his sister who saw it all and she understood it as well

although the lines about the man who redefined your body.... probably about a lover. i thought it was maybe about a step father/father had molested the sister and she had asked him to forget about it for what ever reason... and him saying i cant i really thought it was deeper than a message to sean marshal but i guess it makes sense

this is sooooooooooooo fucking amazing

I would suspect this is about Domestic Violence. Interesting to hear about the Cat Power link, though.

At first it seems like a kid witnessing a murder, thought to not have understood what was going on when in reality they did.

But the

"though how can I stand and laugh with the man who redefined your body?"

does make it sound like it is referencing a molestation.

At first it seems like a kid witnessing a murder, thought to not have understood what was going on when in reality they did.

But the

"though how can I stand and laugh with the man who redefined your body?"

does make it sound like it is referencing a molestation.

Fatal Attraction?