Dull Life

I don't know about you guys, but this is what I hear:

Want you to stay, in a subtle way Like you’re walking again, out on me Step slowly; you know that you fall between Dark places, what a simple web we weave

We’ve seen the nightmare of the lies that you speak The beast that I lie beneath is coming in We’ve seen the nightmare of the lies that you speak The beast that I lie beneath is coming in

Know my soul! Soul! Know my soul!

We’ll all hail the prison queen Iron bars, Iron heart Iron bars, everything

‘hundred years old! a-hundred years old!

Last on the village scene (Still not sure about this line) Fall apart, Iron heart More alive than you ever have been

We’ve seen the nightmare of the lies that you speak The beast that I lie beneath is coming in We’ve seen the nightmare of the lies that you speak The beast that I lie beneath is coming in

Well, it’s a dull life, it’s a dull life It’s a dull life, it’s a dark place It’s a dull life, it’s a dull life It’s a dull life, it’s a dull life

Know my soul!

We’ve seen the nightmare of your lies… [Repeats] We’ve seen the nightmare of the lies that you speak The beast that I lie beneath is coming in We’ve seen the nightmare of the lies that you speak The beast that I lie beneath is coming in

Know my soul!

...So fierce.

Sounds like she says "boobies that I lie beneath"

Now you can't unhear it and I've ruined the song for you

regardless of what people are hearing, i don't think it's about prison specifically, i think it might just be entrapment in general, that stale cold routine that everyone gets stuck in. She may be using the prison as a metaphor for it. also it may also be relating to falling the same pattern with a certain person as well, we all have those people that we end up going in circles with For Eg Friend, Friend Back stabs/lies, you forgive them, They do it again. that sort of thing you know.

but, that's my personal interpretation. everyone gets something different for every song on this site =) After re-listening, It could also be political.

I'm hearing ambivalence, resolve. Definitely opens "Want you to stay in a subtle way/like you(re) walking again all on me." She's drawn to some guy who's bad news. "...[D]ark places/what a simple web we weave" -- she's aware of the troubled dynamic and her part in it. Yet she's ambivalent -- Karen O seems to alternate "We've SEEN the nightmare of the lies" with "we SEEK the nightmare of the lies." "The Beast..that's coming in" could be the joker she's with or her stronger, more resilient self. Then a rallying cry to that stronger self (know/oh my soul, a hundred years old, prison queen, iron heart, more alive).

Question is: why does she "want [him] to stay" in the first place -- why seek out a nightmare? Because life is dark and boring anyways. Instead of fearing it or resenting it, you rally; you invite chances to live it and summon from within your soul to handle it directly.

Man i love this songg

Es una canción maravillosa! Kudos fo' deciphering the lyrics.

I thought it was "Well, all hail the prison queen" no??

I think it could be "We sing the nightmares of the lies that you speak" but I'm not sure

love love love it!