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Warrior Lyrics
When it's missing and you want it more
It isn't right
Turning, turning out the door
And back to this
Leave it like it was before
And let me out
Must've been the end of the story
Giving it all
Giving it all away
You're going to wake up someone
Study it all
The wings, they crowd your face
You're going to end up like one
Trouble at home
Travel away you say
The road don't like me
Travel away
Travel it all away
The road's going to end on me
Men, they like me
Because I'm a warrior
A warrior
Stand on my feet
Danced the warrior
The warrior
Where would I be?
I'd be a warrior
A warrior
Now the strangers have caught on
And they're riding in the back seat
The river's going to wash all
Yeah, the river, it spoke to me
It told me I'm small
And I swallowed it down
If I make it at all
I'll make you want me
Trouble at home
Travel away, you say
The road don't like me
Travel it all
Travel it all away
The road's going to get all me
And I'm small
The road's going to get all me
If it gets it at all
The road's going to end all me
Like a warrior
A warrior
Danced the warrior
The warrior
first, i'd like to say that this is by far the best the yeah yeah yeahs have in my opinion. i'm not totally sure what it means, but i think it's an outcry from Karen O about how insane she has to be in her music/performances and how ppl expect a certain level from her everytime. but again, just my opinion.
i sort of think of this song in existential terms. like the whole "travel the road" thing is a metaphor for life. i don't really think it's about love that much. i think she's saying that life is tough. she's saying that she's trying to be herself but other people aren't. i don't know. i think in saying she's a warrior, she's saying that she has to go out on her own, but that it's hard doing so .
ooo karen o! i love this song. what i think it means is a lover trying to leave her or take a break because of trouble in the relationship (at home). She's sort of warning him, like, "once you leave me, you are going to miss me. you may say that the road doesn't like me, and therefore you need to go off on your own, but the road is going to end eventually and its going to end right back on me. It's going to bring you back to me, and somehow, someway because I am a warrior, I am going to stay strong and believe this, no matter who tries to tell me i'm small, and tell me to forget you and get over it. I WILL MAKE YOU WANT ME."
awesome. awesome. awesome song.
I usually hate people that post without talking about the meaning of the song, but I absolutely have to do so for this track. Friggin amazing!!!!!!
I totally agree. The very, very beginning is really what makes it my favorite song, though. The little chime-y sounding guitars are beautiful.
I totally agree. The very, very beginning is really what makes it my favorite song, though. The little chime-y sounding guitars are beautiful.
My new favorite Yeah Yeah Yeahs song.
This song definitely lives up to the standard of Fever to Tell.
The only remains of the fantastic fever to tell =( damn!! I get nostalgic everytime I hear it
I love this song, and I think it's about the road being a metaphor for SOMETHING. Maybe the story, since she said something about the end of the story, but I always think of it as a person. I don't know. Or maybe it's about some bad luck, not having the road like her while she wants to leave. So she can't leave? o.o I'm bad at interpreting songs, but this song is the best! :O
i'm not as keen on this one..