Vagabond

"This is a song about innocence lost," is what it sounds like he's saying at the start.

From whatever perspective Wolfmother was adopting, he was taking on first-person of being a Vagabond. At the beginning of the song when he says "this is a song about innocence lost", he is referring to the girl he is love with. No, she wasn't raped. Trust me; if she was raped, we would know by the tone of the song, which doesn't suggest that at all. He seems to refer most frequently to the connection he feels when he looks "into her pretty little eye" or "Yes, girl I can see you, can you see me?" Maybe they have known each other for a long time and have felt a long-life connection until they grew parted their ways? He saying he can still feel the connection by saying "I can see you". He recognizes her for entirely what she is and nothing else, and he's wondering if she can see him too. He has found wisdom ("Go and see the sorcerer look into the ball, you might the answer written on the wall, the left was a dancer, can you see the answer") and freedom ("I'll tell you everything about being free") in being a vagabond, and he wants the same kind of freedom for the girl he loves. But by the lack of response from her in the song, he seems to insinuate that is her response. Maybe this entire song is only what he wishes he could say to her? When he says, "put in a mansion on top of the hill, please don't make her do things against her will", it sounds like he's telling someone what to do. Maybe her lover/husband? At this point, the song has taken a swing; at the beginning it sounded like he was talking to her, and at the end it sounds like he's giving someone advice for how to take care of her...

Well, whatever this song means, it has inspired me to become a vagabond! You may never hear from me again! :D

Their most white stripey song imo and wakrusami wtf? I don't thnk this is about rape... It's to happy...

I love how this song was used in (500) Days of Summer. And I like how Tom was just aimlessly bouncing the tennis ball and suddenly he started bouncing it to the beat of the song, symbolizing that he's starting to get back into the rhythm of life.

And since the song is talking about "being free", it's only suiting that they would use this as Tom is getting over Summer and be a free man.

I think it's about a vagabond who meets a girl and falls in love with her. They spend some time together and he opens her eyes to his lifestyle, which she is attracted to in a rebellious sort of way. In the end, the Vagabond accepts that she isn't meant for that life and allows a more responsible suitor to have her instead, even telling him to be kind to her, hence the mansion and the advice, while still being in love with her. The last line would then reflect sorrow yet peace with his decision. "Cause I'll tell you everything about being free."

I can't get over how much Andrew's voice sounds like Devendra Banhart in this song. Great stuff though, whole album rocks.

He's always using very strange lyrics... probably metaphors that I'm much too lazy to decipher at the moment.

His voice is different in this one. I mean different compared to most of his other songs, because he voice in general is unique (I LOVE IT!!!).

I'm pretty sure it's "Cause I'll tell you everything about living free". (Living, not Being)

No big deal though.

Kezdump, I completely agree. I really hear Devendra Banhart in this song, maybe that's cause I just listened to "Little Yellow Spider".

Isn't it: Cause I'll tell you everything about living free, Yes I can see you girl can you see me,

that is, until the last line