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And the heat came down
I knew I was living in a long, long dream
when you fed me the black ice cream
and the heat rose up
I heard the loud loud buzzing of our son's go-kart
and the ice cream was blacker than the devil's heart
It was august the 19th, 1957
I fixed my eyes on you, fixed my eyes on you
I knew I was living in a long, long dream
when you fed me the black ice cream
and the heat rose up
I heard the loud loud buzzing of our son's go-kart
and the ice cream was blacker than the devil's heart
It was august the 19th, 1957
I fixed my eyes on you, fixed my eyes on you
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whenever i hear this, i think maybe there's a black and white picture of his parents, or someone's parents, outside in the summer, eating what looks like black ice cream, and their son is in the background driving his go-kart. and people used to write the dates on photos a lot more than they do now.. i don't know, i always think maybe he just wrote a song about some picture, and made it mean something different. seems like something darnielle might do.
i think that is a really good interpretation of this song, makes sense