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Punk (La Vie Anterieure) Lyrics
For a month I was punk
I remembered all my junk
Younger days in a daze
I would spend my empty days
For a week I was weak
I was humbled on my knees
Pray to God: "Make it stop
Help me find some relief"
For a year I was queer
I had conquered all my fears
Not alone anymore
But I found it such a bore
For a month I was punk
For a month I had no luck
For a drunk I was young
For a kid right to the
For a month I was punk
I remembered all my junk
Younger days in a daze
I would spend my useless days
For a week I was weak
I was down on my knees
Pray to God: "Make it stop
Help me find some relief"
For a month I was punk
For a month I was
I remembered all my junk
Younger days in a daze
I would spend my empty days
I was humbled on my knees
Pray to God: "Make it stop
Help me find some relief"
I had conquered all my fears
Not alone anymore
But I found it such a bore
For a month I had no luck
For a drunk I was young
For a kid right to the
I remembered all my junk
Younger days in a daze
I would spend my useless days
I was down on my knees
Pray to God: "Make it stop
Help me find some relief"
For a month I was
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I think the "for a year I was queer" line refers to how Bradford Cox has claimed to be asexual, before stating that he is actually gay. He said that he was afraid of rejection, and after a while with that fear you just convince yourself that you're actually asexual. I think that ties into the "not alone anymore" line. Otherwise, not too sure of the meaning.
Great way to finish off an eclectic album.
Sexual identity, but also just the effort to be "cool." Everyone can point to times in their lives when they were faking it, and maybe a few where they were at the pinnacle of hipness, but it's a relief to not be self-conscious. "Being punk" is maybe the weirdest form of being cool since it's an effort not to make an effort, a very conformist model for non-conformity.
It's also like dnddmdb points out a huge relief to come out of the closet! So this awesome mumbly song is about finding yourself and looking back on a period where you either had it, or were totally faking it.