Alvvays

Archie, Marry Me

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You expressed explicitly your contempt for matrimony
You've student loans to pay and will not risk the alimony

We spend our days locked in a room, content inside a bubble
And in the night time we go out and scour the streets for trouble

Hey hey
Marry me Archie
Hey hey
Marry me Archie

During the summer, take me out sailing out on the Atlantic
I won’t set my sights on other seas there is no need to panic

So honey take me by the hand and we can sign some papers
Forget the invitations, floral arrangements and bread makers

Hey hey
Marry me Archie
Hey hey
Marry me Archie

Too late to go out and
Too young to stay in
They're talking about
Us living in sin

Hey hey
Marry me Archie
Hey hey
Marry me Archie

Hey hey
Marry me Archie
Hey hey
A-R-C-H-I-E

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by echolot

12y ago

The singer Molly Rankin spoke about the song in an interview:

Rankin does not write autobiographically, and while her high-school friends are pursuing marriage, picket fences and jobs with pension potential, she craves a different kind of buzz. “It’s an open assessment on the idea of marriage,” she says, when asked about the tracks Archie, Marry Me and Adult Diversion. “Archie specifically is about this thing that you become an adult and now you should get married. Unfortunately, the love that gets no attention is the wild kind of attraction that leaves you in jail together. Nobody talks about the adventurous kind of love.”

(Taken from http://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/music/alvvays-nobody-talks-about-the-adventurous-kind-of-love/article19830336/)

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