Beetles

Wow, nobody's commented on this yet. It's such a beautiful song. I saw this band open for The xx the other night and fell in love. I think the lyrics pretty much speak for themselves though.

Great song, great band. Can't wait for the album.

for me, this song is about a failure to establish and/or sustain meaningful love relationships. she wants to do better, but doesn't know how.

I was thinking sex too, the first time I heard this song I thought she was singing "I wanna milk the cock inside of me".

My correction after watching lots of videos of them performing this live:

Aeeeh I'm not prepared, I just gotta gotta get there Where am I, why can't I just get it together? Fuck it, where's my shit? Oh my God I'm mad at it Oh my God I'm mad at it

Oh my God I'm mad at it I wanna throw it out the window I wanna throw it out the window I wanna throw it out the window I wanna throw it out the door

And here I go and blame it on That thing and that thing And the other thing and that thing Oh no

Let's get naked and rip down the wall that makes me crazy, tell me how Someone hold my hand and give me lessons 'cos I wanna Melt the knot inside of it I wanna melt the knot inside of it I wanna melt the knot inside of it I wanna melt the knot

I'll never stay, love is the only way up I... oh-ohh I know when I see you I'm lucky, wait here for silence to come and take me down To see, what do I wait here for? What do I need to decide? So slow Heart heart beat beat I know that you want to, I know that you want to just tell them where your heart is Heart beat love I wait for tonight save this life braving through fire

...I am not prepared, I just gotta gotta get there, where am I, why can't I just get it together? Fuck it, where's my shit? Oh my God I'm mad at it Oh my God I'm mad at it I wanna throw it out the window Let's get naked and rip down the wall that makes me crazy tell me how Someone hold my hand and give me lessons 'cos I wanna Melt the knot inside of it I wanna melt the knot inside of it I wanna melt the knot inside of it I wanna melt the knot inside of it Someone hold my hand and give me lessons 'cos I wanna...

Ahhh! Love this song. :)

This is from an interview I read about it.. "Emily: Yeah we do too, Theresa actually wrote it. She was just really frustrated. She was moving and she had her little baby and everything was very chaotic and she was driving everywhere in a hot car. It was just to express her frustration. The first time she sang it, I just remember that Jenn and I laughed so hard, that we couldn’t stop." (from: http://www.rollogrady.com/rollo-grady-interview-emily-kokal-of-warpaint/ )

I think this song is about like being frustrated about all sorts of stuff, especially raising a baby. theresa was raising a baby so I think that's where the "throw it out the window" line comes from because babies cry alot and can be annoying and "oh my god im mad at it" is about that too. And the first line i think shes saying shes not prepared to be a mother. I think the bridge was pry written by emily because she sings it and is more her style.

This is my favorite Warpaint song, it's immediate and stream-of-consciousness, and the way Theresa Wayman sings it is so raw. I have kids and I so have been where she was in this song.

i hope she didn't want to throw her baby out the window. i think it's about being in an overwhelming situation....single mom, new baby, a complicated and broken relationship....reconfiguring your entire life and not knowing where or how to start. trying to be strong when it's easier to be mad or sad, half wanting to give up on everything but refusing let yourself do it.