This song seemingly tackles the methods of deception those who manipulate others use to get victims to follow their demands, as well as diverting attention away from important issues. They'll also use it as a means to convince people to hate or kill others by pretending acts of terrorism were committed by the enemy when the acts themselves were done by the masters of control to promote discrimination and hate. It also reinforces the idea that these manipulative forces operate in various locations, infiltrating everyday life without detection, and propagate any and everywhere.
In general, it highlights the danger of hidden agendas, manipulation, and distraction, serving as a critique of those who exploit chaos and confusion to control and gain power, depicting a cautionary tale against falling into their traps. It encourages us to question the narratives presented to us and remain vigilant against manipulation in various parts of society.
Oh she's only seventeen
Whine whine whine, weep over everything
Bloody Mary breakfast busting up the street
Brothers fighting, when's the baby gonna sleep
Heaving ship too sails away
Said it's a culmination of a story and a goodbye session
It's a tick of our time and the tic in her head that made me feel so strange
So I could call you baby, I could call you, damn it, it's a one in a million
Oh it's the rolling of your Spanish tongue that made me wanna stay
Oh she's only seventeen
Whine whine whine, weep over everything
Bloody Mary breakfast busting up the street
Brothers fighting, when's the baby gonna sleep
Heaving ship too sails away
Said it's a culmination of a story and a goodbye session
It's a tick of our time and the tic in her head that made me feel so strange
Said I could call you baby, I could call you, damn it, it's a one in a million
Oh it's the rolling of her Spanish tongue that made me wanna stay
I could call you baby, I could call you, damn it, it's a one in a million
Oh it's the rolling of your Spanish tongue that made me wanna stay
Whine whine whine, weep over everything
Bloody Mary breakfast busting up the street
Brothers fighting, when's the baby gonna sleep
Heaving ship too sails away
Said it's a culmination of a story and a goodbye session
It's a tick of our time and the tic in her head that made me feel so strange
So I could call you baby, I could call you, damn it, it's a one in a million
Oh it's the rolling of your Spanish tongue that made me wanna stay
Oh she's only seventeen
Whine whine whine, weep over everything
Bloody Mary breakfast busting up the street
Brothers fighting, when's the baby gonna sleep
Heaving ship too sails away
Said it's a culmination of a story and a goodbye session
It's a tick of our time and the tic in her head that made me feel so strange
Said I could call you baby, I could call you, damn it, it's a one in a million
Oh it's the rolling of her Spanish tongue that made me wanna stay
I could call you baby, I could call you, damn it, it's a one in a million
Oh it's the rolling of your Spanish tongue that made me wanna stay
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Well it's always hard to interpret their lyrics now because they are great at making up really emotional stuff that never actually happened to them. They (or Caleb mainly) are storytellers. So the lyrics could mean nothing personal to Caleb or they could mean everything.
When i first heard it I thought of how much time they've spent in spain touring, and how he could have met a girl there, and how i'm sure age doesn't matter to people in spain as much as in the united states. She seems to act older than her age, and sure has a lot in common with caleb if she likes wine, to whine, to drink all the time, and is very wound up and mixed up. Obviously he had to leave her eventually.
I don't really get the brothers frightened line. Possibly he got her pregnant and her brothers were scared for how the baby would be taken care of. But i doubt that.
i think your spot on whiterain....<br /> possibly he wanted her to come touring with him, but his brothers were frightened it was no place for a relationship to begin and a family to be raised? hence 'whens a baby gonna sleep' when your constantly touring... <br /> ahh just a guess who knows.
Oh wow how dumb am I ... I kept thinking of it as HER brothers for some reason, but HIS brothers makes so so much more sense! You're very right.
Oh, I thought the same thing, whiterain. Haha. It really does make more sense now.
that would make sense :)
What if Caleb did get a Spanish girl pregnant? How crazy would that be.. This is the song that two years ago I said, "If that 17 song by Kings of Leon comes on my Pandora station today, then I'll buy that album." It did and I bought all their other albums and now I can't get enough KoL.. I even saw them in ATL, the gig before they canceled their tour.. AMAZING!!! LOVE THEM SO MUCH!!!