Mercury

Wow i love this new song. I hope they perform it in Philadelphia next month. God i don't know... This one kinda follows along the lines of a political song. Can't tell what the illusion is.

I know exactly what you're saying bpb07. I was actually shocked at how much everyone hates this, than again, I really shouldn't have been.

People don't appreciate music anymore. It's a kind of, "If it's not the new ringtone than it's pure shit," ideology. The music industry's going down hill, and there's nothing we can do but watch it burn. sad.

Awesome song. It's something to do with astrology... Google 'mercury retrograde' and you get all sorts of links to astrology, and saying how it signifies bad communication or something. I can see how this fits into some of the song, but not all of it.

Mercury in retrograde refers to the 3 times of year when Mercury appears to rotate backwards from earth. In astrology it refers to times when we direct our thoughts inward and have trouble expressing our thoughts outward....

I don't think this is a political song at all. In fact the music video makes me sick.... another Bush is a monster video....

anyways the mercury in retrograde makes sense in the way he seems to be reflecting in on himself and how he has trouble expressing his feelings...

When I saw you last night, I wanted to say, ‘Run away with me, away from the cynics That this could be the start of something truly real’ But all that I could say was, ‘hey’, Was, ‘hey’, was, ‘hey’, was, ‘hey’

The music video for this song is weird as hell...

I was not sure about this song when i frist heard it, but now i love it.

I was a bit disappointed on how they singed it live, but he put on a good show, comeing into the crowd.

bloc party hmm new it when I heard the song.. nice song :)

I always thought this song was about drugs.

Hey, I wasn't sure of all the lyrics, so feel free to make suggestions.

This song is gonna be a hit for sure with the fan base and i think we're finally seeing that the band definitely embraces the electronic influence - especially since this is the first thing directly after Flux.

And I love how this song has a lot of references to cities in America where as the last album talked about London. But I feel that the song is addressing certain scenes in cities that is completely unfeeling.