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Dots On Maps Lyrics
Remarkable as it seems, turns out the night was much shorter than you wanted to believe.
But we’re only in Dakota, dots on maps, en route to bigger cities.
And the ebbs of traffic patterns recede and we played our only record front to back, infinity.
When it’s dark like this all that I can see is the whites of her green eyes.
When she says, “Oh, tell me is this all it’s gonna be?”
And I say “Oh, I don’t know just how it’s gonna be”
And she says “Oh, tell me is this all it’s gonna be?
There’s a trigger somewhere let’s pull it, there’s a trigger somewhere let’s pull it.”
Thinking back to all the days when we were kids,
Playing games and dropping hints and getting wide eyed at a glimpse
But now you’re about as turned on as a bottomfeeder likes the sun.
And the twist is finally gone up with the rest, like some long extinctly creature that we’ve never seen in flesh and you suppose that ever reigning champ eventually meets his burden.
And she says “Oh, tell me is this all it’s gonna be?"
And I say “Oh, I don’t know just how it’s gonna be."
And she says “Oh, tell me is this all it’s gonna be?
There’s a trigger somewhere let’s pull it, there’s a trigger somewhere let’s pull it.”
And she says “Oh tell me is this all it’s gonna be” and I said “Oh, I don’t know just how it’s gonna be” and she sais “Oh, tell me is this all it’s gonna be? "There’s a trigger somewhere let’s pull it. There’s a trigger somewhere let’s pull it. There’s a trigger somewhere let’s pull it." Oh.”
But we’re only in Dakota, dots on maps, en route to bigger cities.
And the ebbs of traffic patterns recede and we played our only record front to back, infinity.
When it’s dark like this all that I can see is the whites of her green eyes.
And I say “Oh, I don’t know just how it’s gonna be”
And she says “Oh, tell me is this all it’s gonna be?
There’s a trigger somewhere let’s pull it, there’s a trigger somewhere let’s pull it.”
Playing games and dropping hints and getting wide eyed at a glimpse
But now you’re about as turned on as a bottomfeeder likes the sun.
And the twist is finally gone up with the rest, like some long extinctly creature that we’ve never seen in flesh and you suppose that ever reigning champ eventually meets his burden.
And I say “Oh, I don’t know just how it’s gonna be."
And she says “Oh, tell me is this all it’s gonna be?
There’s a trigger somewhere let’s pull it, there’s a trigger somewhere let’s pull it.”
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To me it seems like it's about a guy and a girl; the guy has trouble committing because the "magic" has gone. The trip is an allegory for the relationship; she wakes up from a dream and realises that they're not as far along as she thought they were, and then confronts him with it "is this all it's gonna be?". The guy can't commit "Oh I don't know", so she says "There's a trigger somewhere let's pull it", meaning one of two things; a) let's get married, or b) let's just end it. Either way something has to change.
Decomposed: turns out the nap was much shorter than you wanted to believe - she thought the relationship was further along than it actually was nap - represents the "dream" state of the relationship only in Dakota - We're actually nowhere en route to bigger cities - she thought they were going somewhere, ie: marriage we've played our only record front to back infinity - we've been together a long time and have been over everything before, and we're kind of getting bored now Thinking back to all the days when we were kids Playing games And dropping hints And getting wide eyed at a glimpse - he's remembering back to the early days of the relationship when things were great and he used to be so excited about her But now you're 'bout as turned on as a bottom feeder likes the sun - But now our feelings for each other have died and he feels nothing anymore
"There's a trigger somewhere let's pull it, there's a trigger somewhere let's pull it." Believe there is a slight "if" before each of those. "If there's a trigger somewhere let's pull it"
"and you suppose that ever reigning champ eventually meets his burden." Should be: "and you suppose that ever reigning champ eventually meets his better."