New Terrain

On the daytrotter live session (08-24-09), Jonas sings:

Soft sheets, What's this about? Inside your mahogany cyprus, as long as we're me and you We should not lose terrain Wild and young, we got seasick on your seventh (?) cheek that sits with her and the warmth of it splatters

We all can wring her neck First, we gain new terrain When we're young, we get seasick on your seven soft sheets

Repeat (x3)

I'm new to Mew, but does anyone see a parallel between Nervous and New Terrain? It seems like a relationship between a girl and a guy but a third party (parent? affair?) comes in and the guy loses his love to this third party.

The guy does not want the third person involved (We all can wring her neck) and he's terrified/nervous of this third person ruining their relationship.

By telling his love: As long as we're me and you/ We should not lose terrain

it's an assurance that there'll be nothing to harm them, but

They're out to get you In a way i couldn't see you.

The third party wants to destroy their relationship, yet his love decides to face this outsider and she is harmed.

And then you regret And they're not safe buildings Should have stayed at home in bed When the walls are out of focus

He wishes he could save her and thoroughly regrets hesitating and living in the denial that what they have would not be ruined.

(As long as we're me and you/ We should not lose terrain)

(Nervous instead And I wish that I could save you Each time)

Also, to 'gain new terrain' could mean to start anew, maybe something the speaker yearns for, a place of innocence and safety.

What do you guys think?

Here are the official lyrics

Soft sheets, What's this about? Inside your mahogany cyprus, As long as we're me and you We should not lose terrain Wild and young, we got seasick On your seven Get off cheap That sits with her And the warmth of it splatters We all can wring her neck First, we gain new terrain When we're young, we get seasick On your seven

We're upset, real tush Ooh why I sneeze like no one Like most, you snip soft sheets What's this about Inside your mahogany cyprus, As long as we're me and you We should not lose terrain Wild and young, we got seasick On your seven soft sheets

Straight from the booklet:

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A mahogany cyprus is a type of table; whether this is what he is really singing about beats me. Here is an example: http://laplaceusa.com/mahcontab.html

If this is what he is referring to I would guess the point is that this is a fancy grown-up furniture sort of thing you would see in your aunt's house. It is generally used to store napkins and table linens ("sheets").

Which means this could be the first of the many songs that reference Johan leaving the band for the family life. Is the mahogany cyprus something he saw when "they took us in to see their new apartment?" And is there maybe a bit of anger there toward Jonas' girlfriend for taking him away from the band? "We all can wring her neck." Yep.

"It means we're on new terrain/While we're young we got seasick/On your seven..."

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Should be "We should not lose terrain/Wild and young, we got seasick/On your seven soft sheets..."

:)

Also, in Nervous I can't hear the parts written in red. Is it just me?

i cannot stop listening to this song. its goddamn miraculous.

lyrics are very close, though i cant do much better as i cant say what he actually says. some things are more clear in the live version though ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u7GicMQz5Rg&feature=related ) - whoever recorded it missed a little bit of the beginning, but its still incredible.

at the 'he dances with her' part i hear whatever (from the previous line) 'on your seven ___ that sits with her', dont know if that helps anyone else out though..

also, in the live one, he definitely switches off and says 'when we were young we got seasick' and 'while we're young we get seasick'

lovelovelovelovelovelove mew to death though. very much hoping to see them open for nin in a month in chicago.

New Terrain is such a great opening to No More Stories... Creepy yet comforting. As soon as I heard it, I knew that the rest of the album would be awesome. No More Stories... is different but still undeniably Mew.

I agree with couleurs in his/her interpretation of this song and I too believe that there's a certain parallel between this song and Nervous. In general, I think this song is about finding true love (gaining new terrain) and then finding out it's not as pure and true as u imagined.

on your seventh, milk tree- lol

i dont think its supposed to sound like this good way to make song those, see what sounds like words then make it so

This song talks about the same thing as in the song "Nervous". The persona says her girlfriend has been stalked by someone else. That "someone else" is making them "lose terrain". Because of the stalking, the relatioship is getting tough. (Obviously.) When is said "first we gain new terrain", what is meant is "going to somewhere far from the stalker".

Well... I think this is it.