Air Aid

dbsabres06 i completely disagree. this fits in seamlessly with the rest of the album. i think that the songs on friend and foe are about dealing with some sort of internal struggle. in this song, he is not talking about some literal air raid, but a concern about the way people are remembered. specifically, he mentions a girl who commits suicide being remembered as having her fate "brought upon herself." he also mentions ben franklin as being remembered as an inventor.

i think the song is talking about how after people die, "people of the future" ignore (Cover your ears, cover your eyes, cover your mouth silence, blindness tasteless) the important things about the deceased ("people of the future won't remember names) but instead define them by one action.

in the song, the decision to commit suicide, the discovery of electricity and "betrayal" are all specifically defined traits that people are remembered for.

throughout the rest of the album, songs like "muscle 'n flo" and "running" deal directly with mortality, the subject of "muscle 'n flo" feels life is too long and he has already met his goals and the subject of running is dealing with mortality as well, but in a far more direct way.

my, my continues with a similar line of questioning, except instead of talking about other people's pasts he's asking am i defined by my past? and he interjects various reasons that his past is important.

so many other themes unite this song with the rest of the album... i just don't understand how you could possibly make that statement after having heard a single other song on this album.

having said this, i will say that though there are uniting themes (religious references, mortality, the past, burden of success, etc) the lyrics for these songs are not all written by one member of the band, i have read in interviews that the members write chunks of lyrics and put them together later, so don't worry, i wouldn't dare suggest this is anything as simple as a concept album.

it's a clever idea, really- by putting together their lyrics in each song, they have a sense of flow between songs, but don't close themselves off into one niche of writing.

The lyrics in this song are amazing. The way they set their lyrics to the music is just perfect. That being said, I have no clue what this song is about.

but...maybe something to do with a post-apocalyptic future society discovering the ruins of our present-day civilization. Just a guess.

Yeah I dunno what it's about. I think the "cover your ears.." part is like "see no evil, hear no evil.." and the "bring me a kite.." is a benjamin franklin reference. The kite with the key in the lightning storm...

"People of the future won't remember names But they're betrails (something else after)"

I think this song is how people will only recognize people that have died or those still alive by their faults and not things they've done right.

i think it's:

"people of the future won't remember names but their betrayal smells the same"

great song.

i think it's:

"people of the future won't remember names but their betrayal smells the same"

great song.

Air Raid has something to do with war.

"Cover your ears, cover your eyes, cover your mouth silence, blindness tasteless violence" this phrase i think has something to do with the society we live in how we keep quiet and dont try to make a difference on the earth

The key could making reference to benjamin franklin one of the founding fathers of the united states. During the revolutionary war times.

Her fate maybe they are personifying america and they are saying the u.s is killing itself.

I dont know, seems that i may have over interpreted????

Air Raid has something to do with war.

"Cover your ears, cover your eyes, cover your mouth silence, blindness tasteless violence" this phrase i think has something to do with the society we live in how we keep quiet and dont try to make a difference on the earth

The key could making reference to benjamin franklin one of the founding fathers of the united states. During the revolutionary war times.

Her fate maybe they are personifying america and they are saying the u.s is killing itself.

I dont know, seems that i may have over interpreted????

The CD has just been released in Europe and we don't understand that there is any doubt about what the song is about. Let's just state: keith s is absolutely right!

I saw them perform last night at Webster Hall and they were so goddamn good.

But I always thought this song was called "Air Raid", not "Aid". either way, this song sounded EXCELLENT.