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Ultima Esperanza Lyrics
Downloading doves on your fancy computer
You're shooting for love in the dark
Hey Jude you've found her now go instant message
Her name is a pretty good start
Ultima sits in her bedroom in Texas and
Waits for her hamsters to touch
She lost her legs in a car crash three years ago
She doesn't get around much
but she is hoping someday
Somebody will take her away
now that you got her a dress you can send her
A matching attachment and face
Slick rhododendrons you make out of paper
With flowers that never lose shape
you have a video camera strapped to
Your forehead in case she is true
Smiling rewind as we die in slow motion
(as if its not happening to you)
don't blow it all at one time
Some girls are harder to find
don't be afraid of the dark ages darling,
The stage has been set and your carriage is waiting
To take you away from this place
Where you'll meet your bride face to face
Knowing her name is enough: ultima...
Foks trotting globes rotting under your fingertips
Tapping for oil in vain
Surely you won't think to hold it against her
She can't help that that's where she came
From
Someone is hoping to find
Her limbs in an auction online
Knowing her name is enough:
Ultima esperanza
You're shooting for love in the dark
Hey Jude you've found her now go instant message
Her name is a pretty good start
Waits for her hamsters to touch
She lost her legs in a car crash three years ago
She doesn't get around much
Somebody will take her away
A matching attachment and face
Slick rhododendrons you make out of paper
With flowers that never lose shape
Your forehead in case she is true
Smiling rewind as we die in slow motion
(as if its not happening to you)
Some girls are harder to find
The stage has been set and your carriage is waiting
To take you away from this place
Where you'll meet your bride face to face
Knowing her name is enough: ultima...
Tapping for oil in vain
Surely you won't think to hold it against her
She can't help that that's where she came
From
Someone is hoping to find
Her limbs in an auction online
Knowing her name is enough:
Ultima esperanza
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I think the song is about net dating, but moreso having an internet crush that you really shouldnt, or not knowing what they look like. The ultimate hope is that they are who they say they are, and thus comes the name Ultima Esperanza.
I also believe this song is about internet dating, and that maybe when you don't meet by being face to face, you're less likely to judge someone by outer appearances. I'm thinking this because of the 'She lost her legs in a car crash three years ago/She doesn't get around much' part. Like, she...lost her legs, yeah, and the 'she doesnt get around much' bit could refer to actually moving, or to - I'm thinking - making relationships, because some people can have a hard time accepting that sort of thing enough to make a real relationship and all.
Basically about internet dating, I'm guessing.
I agree, there are some mentions of internet dating. But I think it's the darker, more obbsessive side of net dating. Oh, and Esperanza is Spanish for hope... I'm not sure if that impacts the meaning of the song... Maybe hoping that the person you think is dating over the net really loves you, or hoping that the person is really who they says they are?
This is a true story...
a specific true story? or just, happens all the time?
and btw, its called 'Ultima Esperanza', not 'UltimaTE esperanza'.
I don't know much Spanish, but I think it means "Last Hope". This suggests that the people doing internet dating have been unsuccessful in other kinds of relationship and the net is their last chance of finding true love (so they think).
'now that you got her a dress you can send her a matching attachment and face slick rhododendrons you make out of paper with flowers that never lose shape'
Sounds like the old tradition used by men coming over to another country to work for money and wanting a traditional bride from their own country. So they used to send home for their family to match them up with a girl, marry them by proxy while their bride remained in their country, then paid for the girl to come to where they are. Usually all they'd seen of the bride beforehand was a picture.
Perhaps reflecting a more modern version of the old tradition.
despite the fast pace, this sounds like a really sad song. the internet dating idea works, and basically i agree with what everyone's said. it remends me of me a bit. how amazing is Amanda's voice at the end!! :O