After the glow, the scene, the stage
The sad talk becomes slow but there's one thing I'll never forget
Hey, you gotta pay your dues before you pay the rent
Over the turnstiles and out in the traffic
There's ways of living, it's the way I'm living, right or wrong
It's all that I can do and I wouldn't want to let you be
I want a range life if, I could settle down
If I could settle down, then I would settle down
I want a range life, if I could settle down
If I could settle down, then I would settle down
Run from the pigs, the fuzz, the cops, the heat
Pass me your gloves, this crime, it is never complete
Until you snort it up or shoot it down, you're never gonna feel free
Out on my skateboard, the night is just humming
And the gum smacks are the pulse I'll follow if my walkman fades
Well, I got absolutely no one, no one but myself to blame
Don't worry, we're in no hurry, school's out, what did you expect?
I want a range life if, I could settle down
If I could settle down, then I would settle down
I want a range life, if I could settle down
If I could settle down, then I would settle down
Yeah
Out on tour with the Smashing Pumpkins
Nature kids, I, they don't have no function
I don't understand what they mean and I could really give a fuck
Stone Temple Pilots, they're elegant bachelors
They're foxy to me, are they foxy to you?
I will agree they deserve absolutely nothing, nothing more than me
Dreaming, dream, dream, dream, dream, dream, dream
The sad talk becomes slow but there's one thing I'll never forget
Hey, you gotta pay your dues before you pay the rent
Over the turnstiles and out in the traffic
There's ways of living, it's the way I'm living, right or wrong
It's all that I can do and I wouldn't want to let you be
I want a range life if, I could settle down
If I could settle down, then I would settle down
I want a range life, if I could settle down
If I could settle down, then I would settle down
Run from the pigs, the fuzz, the cops, the heat
Pass me your gloves, this crime, it is never complete
Until you snort it up or shoot it down, you're never gonna feel free
Out on my skateboard, the night is just humming
And the gum smacks are the pulse I'll follow if my walkman fades
Well, I got absolutely no one, no one but myself to blame
Don't worry, we're in no hurry, school's out, what did you expect?
I want a range life if, I could settle down
If I could settle down, then I would settle down
I want a range life, if I could settle down
If I could settle down, then I would settle down
Yeah
Out on tour with the Smashing Pumpkins
Nature kids, I, they don't have no function
I don't understand what they mean and I could really give a fuck
Stone Temple Pilots, they're elegant bachelors
They're foxy to me, are they foxy to you?
I will agree they deserve absolutely nothing, nothing more than me
Dreaming, dream, dream, dream, dream, dream, dream
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No, Tina and I didn't fall in love to Pavement, but years later, she's gone, probably a lawyer or some other crap. I'm a professional temp, but I bet I have more fun.
And what about STP, they're foxy to me, are they foxy to you?
Chartstopper wrote:
>>The title "Range Life" appears to be Malkmus's translation of the French term "une vie rang�e," which means an ordered, structured life. A range life would be an ordinary life, an "arranged" life, a comfortable life, a life of shady lanes perhaps. Malkmus probably studied French at UVA. I realized that he must have been referring to "une vie rang�e" when I encountered the term in a poem I studied in a French class a few years ago. From what I've heard, he finally found his range life with his wife, his kids, and his well-established career. Maybe that's why his music doesn't do much for me anymore. There was so much emotion in his voice on those old Pavement records. <<
I think this sums it up, but I always considered it to relate to an American idiom from "Home on the Range."
Something like this:
Oh, give me a home where the buffalo roam,
Where the deer and the antelope play,
Where seldom is heard a discouraging word
And the skies are not cloudy all day.
Home, home on the range,
Where the deer and the antelope play;
Where seldom is heard a discouraging word
And the skies are not cloudy all day.
So the meaning is the same - the narrator yearns for a quaint, quiet, peaceful life - but not right now. Maybe the French idiom relates to the American song (?????)
But there's another thought, also, in Elevate Me Later:
Those who sleep with electric guitars
Range roving with the cinema stars
And I wouldn't want to shake their hand
Cause they're in such a high protein land
Is this also what SM means by "Range Life"? Probably not - but just a thought.
To be honest, I always thought that lyric was alluding to the Range Rover, the ridiculously expensive SUV. The second generation of the Range Rover came out in '94.
Food for thought.
"So the meaning is the same - the narrator yearns for a quaint, quiet, peaceful life - but not right now."
There goes the narrator (like many) likening stability to boring. There goes the stereotyping. If I fell for a wild crazy woman, I would kick her to the curb if she changed once I entered her life. We fall for those who will accept us for who we are, providing we are working toward our full potential. Give a woman a recliner, a remote, and she gives us her friends...and I'd show her the door!
Corgan had a bogus reason too...he didnt like Malkmus, he demanded they be dropped from the tour or else he would leave.
"People dont fall in love to Pavements music, they fall in love while listening to Smashing Pumpkins." -Billy Corgan
Meaning of the song is pretty clear..its about the band on tour, no question.
He recently launched a ridiculously insulting and blatantly transphobic tirade against effects pedal designer Devi Ever.
"you ugly piece of shit...if i ever run into you, anywhere, at anytime, for as long as i live, i will knock your fucking lights out. don't ever come near me, and if i hear even one more peep out of you in public about me, or the band, or the members of the band, i am gonna sue you for so much you'll never be able to afford so much as to even make a fucking guitar cable."
ANYWAY, this is one of my favorite Pavement songs ever. I don't care what it means, and with Pavement ... who fucking knows anyway?
I think the song is about living life and having all this excitement in your life and enjoying that but at the same time wanting to settle down
I have. I have had my heartbroken to Pavement, and then had it sewn back up to Pavement.
The Pumpkins have not made a significant dent in the life of anyone with whom I'm familiar or my own. Pavement thought, has honestly changed mine.
Corgan has NOTHING on Malkmus.
:/ But Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain was their sophomore outing. So it is an old Pavement record.