This song reminds me of the Oliver Stone Movie "natural born killers", written by Quentin tarantino. Both this song and NBK are in a sense reinterpretations of the classic bonnie and clyde story. I think the song tells the story of a guy who is in hell awaiting the arrival of his lover and reminiscing about the "happy days" spent with his lover killing blacks and taking whatever they wanted living a life of "purity" - if you have seen natural born killers you'l knw what i mean by that. I could be wrong about him being in hell that's just how i interpret the lines:
And I ain't down here for your money
I ain't down here for your love
I ain't down here for your love or money
I'm down here for your soul
another intepretation might be that he is simply mentioning the reasons why he is in love with his girlfriend and dreaming about what the future holds in store for them, but i prefer the idea that Nick is describing events and images which have already occurred.
there is also a killer acoustic rendition and reinerpretation of this song on the b-sides album which i think is actually superior to the original
I appreciate you're interpretation - i hadn't ever thought about him possibly being dead and in hell - it actually sheds a whole new light on the song - whether this is what Nick means, i haven't the foggiest.
I appreciate you're interpretation - i hadn't ever thought about him possibly being dead and in hell - it actually sheds a whole new light on the song - whether this is what Nick means, i haven't the foggiest.
My question though is in regards to your details - "the happy days spent with his lover killing blacks.."
My question though is in regards to your details - "the happy days spent with his lover killing blacks.."
what!?
what!?
Where in the name of creeping jesus did you get that from? I almost did a spit take all over my monitor when i read that. The only thing i can even begin to imagine led you to such...
Where in the name of creeping jesus did you get that from? I almost did a spit take all over my monitor when i read that. The only thing i can even begin to imagine led you to such a conclusion is the line
"around your Ku-Klux furniture"
Which, if that's the case, i think you're taking the line way to literally - which to me is a funny image. I'm not sure what literal "ku-klux furniture" would be - whether or not the klan specially makes racist ottomans and chaise lounges is not in my bank of knowledge. I think her furniture was just covered in white sheets and Nick - being creative - calls in Ku-Klux furniture, because, well, it sounds cooler than "you had a bunch of white sheets all over your couches" - her home appears to be in disarray - moths had invaded the clock - there's no carpet - perhaps she was squatting - maybe she was planning on moving - maybe she was just poor and that why she's doing this job with the narrator - or running off with him. Whatever the case may be - i definitely don't think these two were running around killing blacks.
Great song though, and i love the fact that he refers to his gun as "This little angel" - that sort of association is frightening. Oh and hey this is fun, i just remembered this - has anyone ever seen the video for "live seeds" when about 2 bars into this song Nick falls clean off the stage and they just cut to the next song? it's hilarious.
Yeah I think I was interpreting the Klu Klux furniture literally, and I agree with your interpretation of Klu Klux furniture entirely, seems to be a more logical conclusion.
Yeah I think I was interpreting the Klu Klux furniture literally, and I agree with your interpretation of Klu Klux furniture entirely, seems to be a more logical conclusion.
This song reminds me of the Oliver Stone Movie "natural born killers", written by Quentin tarantino. Both this song and NBK are in a sense reinterpretations of the classic bonnie and clyde story. I think the song tells the story of a guy who is in hell awaiting the arrival of his lover and reminiscing about the "happy days" spent with his lover killing blacks and taking whatever they wanted living a life of "purity" - if you have seen natural born killers you'l knw what i mean by that. I could be wrong about him being in hell that's just how i interpret the lines:
And I ain't down here for your money I ain't down here for your love I ain't down here for your love or money I'm down here for your soul
another intepretation might be that he is simply mentioning the reasons why he is in love with his girlfriend and dreaming about what the future holds in store for them, but i prefer the idea that Nick is describing events and images which have already occurred.
there is also a killer acoustic rendition and reinerpretation of this song on the b-sides album which i think is actually superior to the original
I appreciate you're interpretation - i hadn't ever thought about him possibly being dead and in hell - it actually sheds a whole new light on the song - whether this is what Nick means, i haven't the foggiest.
I appreciate you're interpretation - i hadn't ever thought about him possibly being dead and in hell - it actually sheds a whole new light on the song - whether this is what Nick means, i haven't the foggiest.
My question though is in regards to your details - "the happy days spent with his lover killing blacks.."
My question though is in regards to your details - "the happy days spent with his lover killing blacks.."
what!?
what!?
Where in the name of creeping jesus did you get that from? I almost did a spit take all over my monitor when i read that. The only thing i can even begin to imagine led you to such...
Where in the name of creeping jesus did you get that from? I almost did a spit take all over my monitor when i read that. The only thing i can even begin to imagine led you to such a conclusion is the line
"around your Ku-Klux furniture"
Which, if that's the case, i think you're taking the line way to literally - which to me is a funny image. I'm not sure what literal "ku-klux furniture" would be - whether or not the klan specially makes racist ottomans and chaise lounges is not in my bank of knowledge. I think her furniture was just covered in white sheets and Nick - being creative - calls in Ku-Klux furniture, because, well, it sounds cooler than "you had a bunch of white sheets all over your couches" - her home appears to be in disarray - moths had invaded the clock - there's no carpet - perhaps she was squatting - maybe she was planning on moving - maybe she was just poor and that why she's doing this job with the narrator - or running off with him. Whatever the case may be - i definitely don't think these two were running around killing blacks.
Great song though, and i love the fact that he refers to his gun as "This little angel" - that sort of association is frightening. Oh and hey this is fun, i just remembered this - has anyone ever seen the video for "live seeds" when about 2 bars into this song Nick falls clean off the stage and they just cut to the next song? it's hilarious.
Yeah I think I was interpreting the Klu Klux furniture literally, and I agree with your interpretation of Klu Klux furniture entirely, seems to be a more logical conclusion.
Yeah I think I was interpreting the Klu Klux furniture literally, and I agree with your interpretation of Klu Klux furniture entirely, seems to be a more logical conclusion.