This is about bronies. They communicate by stomping.
Your house that sits behind me
Is covered in ivy green
The windows that we watch from
Are old and chipping at the beam
It takes me away
Takes me away
Takes me away
It takes me away
Takes me away
Takes me away
The scent you wear moves in lines
From your apartment into mine
You act like you don't know me
My god, you tempt my anxious mind
And it takes me away
Takes me away
Takes me away
It takes me away
Takes me away
Takes me away
Would it be much better if I knew, nothing about you
Would it be much better if I knew, nothing about you
Would it be much better if I knew, nothing about you
Would it be much better if I knew, nothing about you
I'll go, I'll go, I'll go I
I'll go, I'll go, I'll go I
I'll go, I'll go, I'll go I
I'll go, I'll go, I'll go I
I'll go, I'll go, I'll go I
I'll go, I'll go, I'll go I
I'll go, I'll go, I'll go I
I'll go, I'll go, I'll go I
I'll go, I'll go, I'll go I
I'll go, I'll go, I'll go I
I'll go, I'll go, I'll go I
I'll go, I'll go, I'll go I
I'll go, I'll go, I'll go I
I'll go, I'll go, I'll go I
I'll go, I'll go, I'll go I
I'll go, I'll go, I'll go I
Is covered in ivy green
The windows that we watch from
Are old and chipping at the beam
It takes me away
Takes me away
Takes me away
It takes me away
Takes me away
Takes me away
The scent you wear moves in lines
From your apartment into mine
You act like you don't know me
My god, you tempt my anxious mind
And it takes me away
Takes me away
Takes me away
It takes me away
Takes me away
Takes me away
Would it be much better if I knew, nothing about you
Would it be much better if I knew, nothing about you
Would it be much better if I knew, nothing about you
Would it be much better if I knew, nothing about you
I'll go, I'll go, I'll go I
I'll go, I'll go, I'll go I
I'll go, I'll go, I'll go I
I'll go, I'll go, I'll go I
I'll go, I'll go, I'll go I
I'll go, I'll go, I'll go I
I'll go, I'll go, I'll go I
I'll go, I'll go, I'll go I
I'll go, I'll go, I'll go I
I'll go, I'll go, I'll go I
I'll go, I'll go, I'll go I
I'll go, I'll go, I'll go I
I'll go, I'll go, I'll go I
I'll go, I'll go, I'll go I
I'll go, I'll go, I'll go I
I'll go, I'll go, I'll go I
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1957 Lyrics as written by Graham Fink Andrew Heringer
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I just discovered this song AND I LOVE IT! This song is very cool and its video is also very interesting. I love the lines:
the scent you wear moves in lines from your apartment into mine you act like you don't know me my god you tempt my anxious mind
and
Would it be much better if I knew nothing about you
I just came out of a relationship with an international student and for some reason this song really reminds me of our time together. How we were once each other's most important other... and now we act as if we have never known each other. It's sad really. Anyway, great song!
I think Coldplayme's description is rather fair, but I like mine better. It's about two people singing to each other about their something or other. There is some weird string of thought or experience which ties them together. A conclusion is made that "it would be much better if I knew nothing about you". Then it's decided "i'll go ... i'll go"
I like that. People getting awkward. It's funny.
When I learn about stuff like this song...
It takes me away...
To take someone away means to bring them from their home to an institution such as a hospital. When in the chorus they say "it takes me away" they consider themselves as in need for being hospitalized. In other words, the person is crazy about and infatuated with somebody.
That somebody is in fact the singing person's neighbor or somebody alike. "Your house that sits behind me is covered in ivy green", this how the song starts. The second verse starts with "the scent you wear moves in lines from your apartment into mine", which indicates that they are neighbors. That neighbor is acting as if they didn't know the singer.
"It takes me away" is the main message of this song, which means that the singer is insane about somebody, and needs to be hospitalized, literally. Likewise, "would it be much better if I knew nothing about you" means because of you, I became an insane, literally. Hence, in order to become sane again, the singer is going for treatment. "I'll go, I'll go, I'll go, I".
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1957 is the year when psychiatrist Humphry Osmond coined the term psychedelia. This term is derived from the ancient Greek words psuchÄ“ “mind” and dÄ“lÅsÄ“ “manifest”, translating to “mind-manifesting”. See wiki for psychedelia. The music video for this song does not comply with the plot of this song's lyrics.
This comment may be a part of the general meaning of this song, but this comment is not subjective.
To me, the line "takes me away" references how the thoughts of her ex take her back to these memories of their relationship, which make her nostalgic - both happy and sad. But I'm guessing mostly sad. So she asks "would it be much better if I knew nothing about you?" That way she doesn't have to deal with those memories causing her to hurt or obsess over the relationship anymore. Then she decides that she'll gladly go back to that place in her mind because the memories are better than having nothing at all. Kind of like the quote (tis better to have loved and lost than never to loved at all). <br /> <br /> God I love this song though. Makes my heart happy and sad all at once.
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Of course this comment is subjective. You are not the artist. "1957" was not chosen for the year 'psychedelia' was defined, but because it was the address of the space the band was working in when they did this song. The lyrics are sufficiently vague that this could be interpreted many different ways, your own cognitive bias is showing.<br /> <br /> Here's my take: it makes much more sense that this is about a "May-December" relationship. The video aligns quite well with that view. The first verse describes a place out of time...covered in ivy, old windows. The girl connects the object of her affections with this time period. It "takes her away" into recollections that she can't possibly have -- she is too young -- but somehow she catches glimpses through him.<br /> <br /> The second verse indicates that the two have had some sort of relationship: she's very familiar with the scent he wears. While she is infatuated, he's not sure if the relationship is a good idea. Outwardly, he acts as though they don't know each other. But since this "tempts her anxious mind" we can assume that this isn't truly the case. So at this point, she's left to wonder: should she have ever gotten to know him so closely? Would it be much better if she had never known him?<br /> <br /> Notice that while the lead voice is female, a male sings along with most of it, even taking the lead on a few lines...this might indicate that they are both, privately, pining for each other, left with the same questions, encountering the same obstacles.<br /> <br /> Then there's the final declaration "I'll go I'll go I'll go," sung loudly by both: they'll go, they'll forget the other if it's going to cause too much pain.
This song reminds me of a joke I once told. It's not a new joke. It's quite circular actually. Nobody really wins in these kinds of jokes.
The meaning for me is a tarnishing relationship.
Yet still close (house sitting right behind) it's not the same anymore. Little by little our lives are growing yet unshared/unseen by each other (covered in Ivy and green) I imagine a house hidden by growing plants.
And the windows are our eyes and how we see each other (old and chipping at the beam :v)
So you turn and ignore the person. You don't message, you don't check their social media. (It takes me away)
But history can't be erased and when memories come it's like a scent (The scent you wear moves in lines From your apartment into mine)
And sometimes you message something random to each other, and someone might just see it and reply all late. Driving each other mad (you tempt my anxious mind)
So you get tired, begin feeling and wondering if (Would it be much better if I knew, nothing about you)
Finally deciding to be the one to make the call (I'll go I'll go)
Infatuation, idolizing fantasy such as placing a romantic interest on a high pedestal in your mind.. I think that is what this song is mostly about. Particularly when it is said that it would be better that I knew nothing about you. AND/OR.... I think it could be about forbidden love, as well. The video has that sort of feel about it.