Why are you like that?
Oh, wonderful one
Why are you like that?
That's how we do it
Glow in the darkness
That's how we do it
That put you to sleep after
Why are you like that?
Oh, wonderful one
Why are you like that?
That's how we do it
Glow in the darkness
That's how we do it
That put you to sleep after
Just like the stars up on your ceiling
That put you to sleep after
Put you to sleep after
Put you to sleep after
In your room
In your room
It's bandaged from the top
Clinging with your fears
Clinging with your tears–fear
Again and again
Again and again
And it doesn't make sense
So put away your jewels then
At your libation
You've died
Don't you tell them what you found out
This time
Oh wonderful one why are you like that? Oh wonderful one why are you like that?
Glow in the darkness that how we do it Glow in the darkness that how we do it
Just like the stars upon your ceiling that, put you to sleep afterrrrr.
Oh wonderful one why are you like that? Oh wonderful one why are you like that?
Glow in the darkness that how we do it Glow in the darkness that how we do it
Just like the stars up on your ceiling bed, put you to sleep after.
Just like the stars up on your ceiling bed, put you to sleep afterrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr Put you to sleep afterrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr Put you to sleep after
I'm surrounded in darkness of the room in the room in your room
where your head is bandaged from the top [echoes] top top top clinging with your feet clinging with your tears fears
We are apart but not again, and again again and again
Nothing makes us So put away your jewels, now I'll be at your drowning at your libation [sung as if to mean LIE -bation] you cannnnnn
and in the end they ask you for....your reply don't you tell them....what you found out this time
A guy is confiding in to his best childhood friend/former girlfriend w/benefits He's getting married and wants her approval/opinion She can't tell him how she really feels hence the lines "at your drowning" "at your libation" referring to the expected drunkenness to follow the after wedding ceremony
She knows something about her but can't tell him cause he wouldn't believe her that is what the last verse is about She knows everyone would think she was just being a past jealous/jilted lover It is sung from this place of sadness....
Why has no one commented yet?! I don't know what it's about, but it's a lovely song. :)
First of all, what a wonderful song :)
I think this song is about a girl, who has a casual relationship with a guy, but she is already secretly in love with him. She is not contented since they can’t be more than what they are now (maybe the guy is permanently with another girl). She is deeply hurt, but still chooses to live like this because it’s the only way she could be with the one she loves.
Their relationship is compared to the glow in the dark stars on the ceiling. The girl thinks that her desire is unreachable, just like those stars. However, to the guy, their affair is just like the habitual gesture of looking at those stars before going to sleep.
I’m really not sure about the meaning, but this is how I see it.
This was the song Warpaint opened with when I saw them live in Toronto last year. Right after a throwaway comment by Theresa, I think, that she had a roach stuck to her shoe. Anyways, that's the meaning of the song: this is their ode to the joint. Think about it: "glow in the darkness" "put you to sleep after". They're describing a late-night bake session.
its pretty chill
I think this song creates the image of those glow in the dark stars that every little kid ever has on their walls and ceilings; i mean they glow, they're on a ceiling, and they put kids to sleep. I didnt realize there were so few lyrics when listening to it, great song writing!
There aren't actually so few lyrics, like half the song is missing, maybe more
There aren't actually so few lyrics, like half the song is missing, maybe more
Babies/kids are stars to their mothers - the wonder of life that comes out of you, that's a copy of you but not you. And kids sometimes have stars on their ceilings to soothe and amuse them as they go to sleep. So on the surface, it's about the connection and wonder (the "glow") that a parent feels watching their child fall asleep. But it's much deeper too, because it's not only the baby that glows (mysteriously with a unique life) in the darkness, but the song says all of us do too ("glow in the darkness, that's how WE...
Babies/kids are stars to their mothers - the wonder of life that comes out of you, that's a copy of you but not you. And kids sometimes have stars on their ceilings to soothe and amuse them as they go to sleep. So on the surface, it's about the connection and wonder (the "glow") that a parent feels watching their child fall asleep. But it's much deeper too, because it's not only the baby that glows (mysteriously with a unique life) in the darkness, but the song says all of us do too ("glow in the darkness, that's how WE do it"). The song expresses wonder in how we are all shining stars, all different and all alive, glowing in the darkness of an inexplicably enormous and dark universe.
The first line always make me think of twinkle twinkle little star but maybe that's just me...
I know this probably doesn't make sense at all, but I feel like they are talking about fake people surrounding you, and how you're a cool person and should try to remain real.
or maybe its just the drugs talking.
i think this song is about an affair
I think some of these interpretations are correct in stating that this is about a clandestine romance, but they're wrong about what kind of clandestine romance. This is a song about being queer and closeted and in a relationship.
"Glow in the darkness, that's how we do it Just like the stars upon your ceiling that Put you to sleep after"
"Glow" as in that kind of glow when people get in relationships. They are not allowed to "glow" in the "light", or in the public eye. They can only glow in the dark, where they're hidden. The stars that "put you to sleep after", I'm assuming are putting the partner to sleep after sex. This line sort of indicates that they're in a serious enough relationship to be sleeping next to each other or having sex or both.
"Oh wonderful one why are you like that?" Perhaps the vocalist is asking her girlfriend why she's not being open about their relationship, perhaps indicative of a desire to be open with their friends and family about their relationship.
"Cause here We are Apart but not Again And again" They're together in a relationship, in love, but they're apart in front of their family and friends. They're apart in public. They can't openly show love to each other.
"Let me show" Basically, "let me be open about us"
"And in the end they ask you for Your reply Don't you tell them What you found out There's time" Perhaps a family member or friend asking the partner in this scenario "are you gay/bi/etc.?" They want her reply. "Don't you tell them what you found out. There's time." She can stay closeted if she chooses, even though she's found at that she's into women. But if she lets it out in the open, then there's no turning back.
I like your interpretation, but I don't understand why this has to be about sexuality. Plenty of relationships are closeted, probably a lot more straight than homosexual (plus all of the band are straight), and I don't get why you had to pull homosexuality into the mix here. Otherwise, a sound interpretation.
I like your interpretation, but I don't understand why this has to be about sexuality. Plenty of relationships are closeted, probably a lot more straight than homosexual (plus all of the band are straight), and I don't get why you had to pull homosexuality into the mix here. Otherwise, a sound interpretation.
@kaioreilly - If I've read enough about Warpaint, I'm to understand some of the band members are not straight. Also - who says that all lyrics are personal? They are a creation. They can be anything a lyricist wants them to be. And yes, there exist clandestine straight relationships. But queer relationships have another layer it, because you have to conceal your identity often times. Straight people never have to conceal their sexuality. Also, if I am to understand correctly, not all members are straight, or at the very least, recent pictures of Warpaint at Coachella suggest otherwise.
@kaioreilly - If I've read enough about Warpaint, I'm to understand some of the band members are not straight. Also - who says that all lyrics are personal? They are a creation. They can be anything a lyricist wants them to be. And yes, there exist clandestine straight relationships. But queer relationships have another layer it, because you have to conceal your identity often times. Straight people never have to conceal their sexuality. Also, if I am to understand correctly, not all members are straight, or at the very least, recent pictures of Warpaint at Coachella suggest otherwise.
This was the song Warpaint opened with when I saw them live in Toronto last year. Right after a throwaway comment by Theresa, I think, that she had a roach stuck to her shoe. Anyways, that's the meaning of the song: this is their ode to the joint. Think about it: "glow in the darkness" "put you to sleep after". They're describing a late-night bake session.
This was the song Warpaint opened with when I saw them live in Toronto last year. Right after a throwaway comment by Theresa, I think, that she had a roach stuck to her shoe. Anyways, that's the meaning of the song: this is their ode to the joint. Think about it: "glow in the darkness" "put you to sleep after". They're describing a late-night bake session.