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Nobody Nowhere Lyrics
Make up room for the night
We got no final line
What fuel for the light?
We'll see when the sun don't shine
Fearless, nothing can cease
Knowing my part
Fearless, nobody nowhere
Holding me down
Nobody now
Nobody now
Holding me down
We got no final line
What fuel for the light?
We'll see when the sun don't shine
Knowing my part
Fearless, nobody nowhere
Holding me down
Nobody now
Holding me down
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A tall claim maybe but this song song is a newly emancipated young girls anthem and siren song, and the poetry of a prostitute. This is supported by the content of "city girl" which I'm not certain the meaning of. The song has an ominous tone, there are bells-a countdown, setting the atmosphere of the importance of time, the time is high, sink or swim, zero hour, make you mind up and act now, time is of importance etc, "make up room for the night" a person prepping with make up, a performer, entertainer, or I believe a young prostitute. "Make up room for the night" if you remove the "up" has another meaning, to make it through the night, to afford to rent a room for a night, for the first night in a new town, (this would be the experience of a young girl runaway or one looking to emancipate themselves from a former life, or moving to a new city, or a sailor which has been the subject of other jezebels songs) for another night, etc. "knowing my part" to me means having a new strong sense of conviction and responsibility brought by a new sense freedom, gotta make money, cause I just escaped to life in a big city, which is great but I gotta hustle to keep hanging here. "Fearless" is sung with such youth and vigor, and emotion of 'freedom' to me this is supposed to indicate the perspective of a young person, surprised and ecstatic by they're recent success or achievement this is the tone of a young person who achieved a great escape to a new city with opportunity, or something. This is supported by "nobody nowhere holding me down" I am free, and unstoppable, but I also have just came from being held down. Great song.
While bruhnio's interpretation is more in keeping with the general theme of most of The Jezabels' lyrics, and more likely to be the intended, my initial thoughts were quite different.
This could be seen as a commentary on the destruction us humans are causing to the earth; the lack of forethought, an individual's feelings of responsibility, and yet all the while feeling hopeless and powerless to act due to being just an individual. Horror music.