What a waste, I could've been your lover
What a waste, I could've been your friend
Perfect love is like a blossom that fades so quick
When it's blowing up a storm in May

Travel south until your skin turns, woman
Travel south until your skin turns brown
Put a language in your head and get on a train
And then come back to the one you love

Yeah you're great, you're just part, of this lifetime of dreaming
That extends to the heart of this long summer feeling
Quiet night, you see the TV's glowing
Quiet night, you hear the walls are awake

Me and you are getting out of the party crowd
Can I see what's underneath your bed?
Can I stay until the milkman's working?
Can I stay until the cafe awakes?

Do you hate me in the light?
Did you get a fright?
When you looked across from where you lay

Yeah you're great, you're just part, of this lifetime of dreaming
That extends to the heart of this long summer feeling
All the history of wars I invent in my head
Little Lou, Ugly Jack, Prophet John

All the history of wars I invent in my head
Little Lou, Ugly Jack, Prophet John

What a waste, I could've been your lover

What a waste, I could've been your friend


Lyrics submitted by bunnychiuchiu, edited by steve11494, emilierein, Undert0ad, middledistancerunner

Little Lou, Ugly Jack, Prophet John Lyrics as written by Christopher Geddes Bob Kildea

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    My Interpretation

    What drunkenrivers says sounds super interesting and raises the song's grade for sure. steve11494 I agree, is about one-night-stand lost loves! Norah sings the emotional part and interestingly this part is aware that this is a dream, a long summer feeling. She begins in her room: "Quiet night, you see the TVs glowing Quiet night, you hear the walls are awake"

    Then moves to a party: "Me and you are getting out of the party crowd"

    And finally to his place: "Can I see what's underneath your bed?"

    She realises she's fallen in love, and tries to extend the moment, looking under the bed, stay more time with guy, maybe until the milkman's working or the café' awakes. She doesn't understand why she has to wake up from this great dream, why this awesome feeling can last longer. So in this metaphor the guy is waking her up, and again she asks why so much love in the dark and so much indifference ("hate") in the light, a contrast is brought up with Suart's voice. Stuart sing a different point of view, not the guy's point of view, but rather her point of view but from a zoomed-out perspective, perhaps more rational or colder.

    There's another album with the same idea but not only on a single track but the whole concept of the album is a "Teen Dream", from Beach House. Another excellent song is Gotan Project's "Érase una vez", which basically says the same thing but in electrotango.

    Comments greatly appreciated!

    balpoon December 05, 2014   Link

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