Watch out Cupid
Stuck me with a sickness
Pull your little arrows out and
Let me live my life
You better watch out Cupid
Stuck me with a sickness
Pull your little arrows out and
Let me live my life
The one I gotta lead
All the blondes are fantasies
And we looked at them eleven ways
You said, "Look at me". And looked away
And you wrote the song I wanna play
I'll write you.... harmony in C
Everybody everybody just wanna fall in love
Everybody everybody just wanna play the lead
Everybody everybody just wanna fall in love
Everybody everybody just wanna play the lead
Everybody everybody just wanna play the lead
Everybody everybody just wanna play the lead
Watch out Cupid
Money is a sick muse
Pull your little arrows out and
Let me live my life
She said, "I'm with stupid"
Money is a sick muse
Pull your little arrows out and
Let me live my life
The one I gotta lead
All the blondes are fantasies
And we looked at them eleven ways
You said, "Look at me". And looked away
And you wrote the song I wanna play
I'll write you harmony in c
Everybody everybody just wanna fall in love
Everybody everybody just wanna play the lead
Everybody everybody just wanna fall in love
Everybody everybody just wanna play the lead
Everybody everybody just wanna play the lead
Everybody everybody just wanna play the lead
Stuck me with a sickness
Pull your little arrows out and
Let me live my life
Stuck me with a sickness
Pull your little arrows out and
Let me live my life
The one I gotta lead
All the blondes are fantasies
You said, "Look at me". And looked away
And you wrote the song I wanna play
I'll write you.... harmony in C
Everybody everybody just wanna play the lead
Everybody everybody just wanna fall in love
Everybody everybody just wanna play the lead
Everybody everybody just wanna play the lead
Everybody everybody just wanna play the lead
Money is a sick muse
Pull your little arrows out and
Let me live my life
Money is a sick muse
Pull your little arrows out and
Let me live my life
The one I gotta lead
All the blondes are fantasies
You said, "Look at me". And looked away
And you wrote the song I wanna play
I'll write you harmony in c
Everybody everybody just wanna play the lead
Everybody everybody just wanna fall in love
Everybody everybody just wanna play the lead
Everybody everybody just wanna play the lead
Everybody everybody just wanna play the lead
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I always assumed this song was about how money-driven the music industry is and the pressures it can create for artists. The message is straightforward--money is a "sick muse" and shouldn't serve as an inspiration or motivator. The song could be entirely observational, but the lyric, "Cupid stuck me with a sickness / Pull your little arrows out and let me live my life," suggests that the speaker (possibly the band) was temporarily ruled by money and now wants to reclaim agency over life and artistic pursuits. Lines such as "I'll write you harmony in C" and "Everybody just wanna play the lead" could refer to pandering to the higher-ups and measuring success by industry standards.
*This would also make sense with Metric's decision to release Fantasies on their own label and Emily's admission that she considered giving up music.
*This would also make sense with Metric's decision to release Fantasies on their own label and Emily's admission that she considered giving up music.
I agree with the idea of the money-driven aspect of the music industry and its pressures. It reminds me of how often, one of the pressures is when someone is offered a solo deal, or something of the sort. The line "She said I'm with stupid: money is a sick muse" makes me think of a lead singer leaving the band (or, 'stupid') for a solo opportunity, motivated by the sick muse, more money. Another idea I think of is maybe "stupid" is the genre, or the image of the band, and the sick muse, money, is supposed to...
I agree with the idea of the money-driven aspect of the music industry and its pressures. It reminds me of how often, one of the pressures is when someone is offered a solo deal, or something of the sort. The line "She said I'm with stupid: money is a sick muse" makes me think of a lead singer leaving the band (or, 'stupid') for a solo opportunity, motivated by the sick muse, more money. Another idea I think of is maybe "stupid" is the genre, or the image of the band, and the sick muse, money, is supposed to motivate the band into transforming itself for the sake of selling more albums, etc.
It's hard to measure success when you're independent and lack the tools to do so. This is one of Metric's challenges. Also since pressures of the music industry reflect consumer demand, they are willingly turning-down a larger market. But all this focus and creativity just makes them stronger in the end, like fine gold tempered in a furnace.
It's hard to measure success when you're independent and lack the tools to do so. This is one of Metric's challenges. Also since pressures of the music industry reflect consumer demand, they are willingly turning-down a larger market. But all this focus and creativity just makes them stronger in the end, like fine gold tempered in a furnace.
I know that this is just the sort of thing I am drawn to, and the more I witness money being used to take the easy way out in life, the more I am repulsed by it, by people who cling to...
I know that this is just the sort of thing I am drawn to, and the more I witness money being used to take the easy way out in life, the more I am repulsed by it, by people who cling to it, who've eagerly chained themselves to the wrong gold.
Huh, I always heard it as MOMMY is a sick muse. Which given the references to Cupid (and muses, another element of greek mythology) would refer to Aphrodite, Cupid's mother, and thus to love as a whole.
Huh, I always heard it as MOMMY is a sick muse. Which given the references to Cupid (and muses, another element of greek mythology) would refer to Aphrodite, Cupid's mother, and thus to love as a whole.
She used to be a party girl no?
Well if this song is autobiographical (as are many of her other songs involving bags of drugs and keeping one eye on the door) perhaps she is saying she has HIV or AIDS. Think about it:
"Watch out Cupid, stuck me with a sickness Pull your little arrows out and let me live my life"
cupid can be another word for love. Think about it.
anyone know what 'and we looked at them eleven ways' means?
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My take on it
My take on it
And we looked at them eleven ways You said, "Look at me". And looked away And you wrote the song I wanna play I'll write you harmony in C
And we looked at them eleven ways You said, "Look at me". And looked away And you wrote the song I wanna play I'll write you harmony in C
This whole part seem filled with music methaphore
This whole part seem filled with music methaphore
///////////////////////////////////////////////// In music (wikipedia source) The interval of an octave and a fourth is an 11th. A complete 11th chord has almost every note of a diatonic scale.
///////////////////////////////////////////////// In music (wikipedia source) The interval of an octave and a fourth is an 11th. A complete 11th chord has almost every note of a diatonic scale.
One could compare it to and we looked at them eleven ways /// and we look at them almost every way /////////////////////////////////////////////////
One could compare it to and we looked at them eleven ways /// and we look at them almost every way /////////////////////////////////////////////////
Also
Also
I'll write you harmony in C In music its...
I'll write you harmony in C In music its common belive that harmony in C are almong the easyest to create and could be associated to the more acessible/more commercial music /////////////////////////////////////////////////
So for me,
the whole thing is about a relationship that is not working (personal, music or something else, things with metric is that one can see diferents meaning in there song and its ok)
And we looked at them eleven ways // We look at it from every angles You said, "Look at me". And looked away // There a pull and push pattern And you wrote the song I wanna play // You still an object of desire and in control I'll write you harmony in C // So Ill play the role of the backup
Everybody just wanna fall in love // Acknowledge the problematic Everybody just wanna play the lead // Opposed to write the harmony in C
ahhh you beat me to it. but i finish them first!
Watch out Cupid, stuck me with a sickness, Pull your little arrows out and let me live my life. You better watch out Cupid, stuck me with a sickness, Pull your little arrows out and let me live my life,
The one I better lead All the blondes of Fantasies
And we looked at them eleven ways You said, 'look at me', I looked away And you wrote the song I wanna play I'll write you harmony in C
Everybody, everybody just wanna fall in love Everybody, everybody just wanna play the lead Everybody, everybody just wanna fall in love Everybody, everybody just wanna play the lead Play the lead Play the lead
Watch out Cupid, money is a sick muse Pull your little arrows out and let me live my life. She said: I'm with stupid. Money is a sick muse Pull your little arrows out and let me live my life
The one I better lead All the blondes of Fantasies
And we looked at them eleven ways You said, 'look at me', I looked away And you wrote the song I wanna play I'll write you harmony in C
Everybody, everybody just wanna fall in love Everybody, everybody just wanna play the lead Everybody, everybody just wanna fall in love Everybody, everybody just wanna play the lead Play the lead Play the lead
I'll write you harmony in C
Everybody, everybody just wanna fall in love Everybody, everybody just wanna play the lead Everybody, everybody just wanna fall in love Everybody, everybody just wanna play the lead Play the lead Play the lead
I agree with Cupid... that falling in love whilst beautiful and sought after, can be a mind-fuck.
there's a book of short stories by richard yates called 'eleven kinds of loneliness' and i always tell myself the line 'we looked at them eleven ways' is a reference to it. highly unlikely that it is, but that's always what springs to mind when i hear it.
Everybody, everybody just wanna play the Wii Play the Wii Play the Wii
You guys crack me up, seriously, I almost lost my lunch at the initial Wii comment here.
You guys crack me up, seriously, I almost lost my lunch at the initial Wii comment here.
i'm with stupid
i'm with stupid
Not sure if anyone said this already, but along the lines of this being about money's control over the band, the line "And we looked at them eleven ways" could refer to the eleven songs on this album. Just throwing that out. Love this song/album.
these lyrics aren't entirely correct, but i'm sure they will be fixed once metric's new c.d comes out. this is the titled song, and i really love it from what i've seen of concert/ youtube footage, especially the acoustic version of just emily on piano and james on guitar. i hope that the version on the album will be some semblance of that.
i think the lyrics are brilliant as well, possibly about falling in love with someone but it being an inconveinance and perhaps even getting in the way of a career, and maybe it's about "pulling those arrows out" and choosing that loneliness for the sake of the career and then having to watch other people being in love with each other. i think a fairly negative portrayal of love can be seen in this song, and in the acoustic version the chorus sounds very sad.
regardless, it's bound to be a good one and i can't wait to see what other people think when traffic picks up.
this song is actually called "Sick Muse" on the new album...
this song is actually called "Sick Muse" on the new album...
and these are mostly wrong.
and these are mostly wrong.
Yeah sorry about the lyrics being wrong, although i don't think they're that off. I will update them the day i get the lyric booklet.