In regards to the meaning of this song:
Before a live performance on the EP Five Stories Falling, Geoff states “It’s about the last time I went to visit my grandmother in Columbus, and I saw that she was dying and it was the last time I was going to see her. It is about realizing how young you are, but how quickly you can go.”
That’s the thing about Geoff and his sublime poetry, you think it’s about one thing, but really it’s about something entirely different. But the lyrics are still universal and omnipresent, ubiquitous, even. So relatable. That’s one thing I love about this band. I also love their live performances, raw energy and Geoff’s beautiful, imperfectly perfect vocals. His voice soothes my aching soul.
Your western homes are locked forever
The new frontier is not that near
Magnetic screens that fold in backward
Will only bring you years of fear
This is what I always wanted,
A new home with a place to breathe
Bring your congregation someday
And you will never
Never see what I want
I can't see what I want
Can't see what I want
I can't see what I want
What I want
Can't see
The new frontier is not that near
Magnetic screens that fold in backward
Will only bring you years of fear
This is what I always wanted,
A new home with a place to breathe
Bring your congregation someday
And you will never
Never see what I want
I can't see what I want
Can't see what I want
I can't see what I want
What I want
Can't see
Lyrics submitted by weezerific:cutlery
Western Homes Lyrics as written by Stephen Malkmus Scott Kannberg
Lyrics © Hipgnosis Songs Group
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Are you saying Pueblo was shit? The last two songs are a bit weak, could have done without them. Pueblo ends the album well IMO.
dude, Half a Canyon is one of the best songs on Wowee and has the most massive stereolab jam at the end. Western Homes should have been swapped for 'Mussle Rock', but Malkmus was just picking the weirder songs because he seems to be highly critical of the bands simpler songs - (Date with Ikea, Elevate me Later - which he said sounds just like Loretta's Scars+She Believes)
The strumming guitar at the end reminds me of the lift-off part of 'Washing Machine' by Sonic Youth released the same year if I'm correct.
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It's about California, like a lot of their songs. A lot of the immigrants to California were only looking for a new home, a place to breed, a congregation. Now the dream has gone wrong--their homes are "locked forever."
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Something about advancements in technology, and how they're taking control of our life
to me, this song meant that s.m. was giving up too much control or just being lazy. the last ten or so minutes of this, otherwise amazing album, were shite.
This song wasn't written by SM, it's Spiral Stairs.