The lyrics are typically abstract of Mogwai. However, when I look at the words of this song, I see it as being applicable to a disfunctional relationship. It breaks down to me personally--and very specifically-- as follows:
WHAT HAPPENED AFTER THE STORM, WAS EVERYONE OK?
after the argument, are we still ok together?
I TRIED TO CALL AGAIN, I THINK THEY'VE GONE AWAY
i tried to call you but you didn't answer. I think the bad things that plague my temper are gone.
WE'LL COME BACK THE OTHER WAY
we'll get it together
I DREAMT OF AN ICE AGE TODAY, COLD AND WHITE TO SEE
i thought of a bleak world without you today
I WALKED FOR MILES AND MILES, THEY CAME BACK THE OTHER WAY
i went for a walk, and the "bad things" came back to me.
WE LEARNT THEM AS WE WENT, FORGOT THEM STRAIGHT AWAY
we learned how to deal with eachother's personalities day by day, but in the heat of a clash, these things we learnt seemed to vanish in our minds
THE ONES WE LEFT BEHIND
some lessons we forgot
THE ONES WE SENT AWAY
some lessons we dismissed as nonsense
WE'LL COME BACK THE OTHER WAY
we'll get it together
The lyrics are typically abstract of Mogwai. However, when I look at the words of this song, I see it as being applicable to a disfunctional relationship. It breaks down to me personally--and very specifically-- as follows:
WHAT HAPPENED AFTER THE STORM, WAS EVERYONE OK? after the argument, are we still ok together?
I TRIED TO CALL AGAIN, I THINK THEY'VE GONE AWAY i tried to call you but you didn't answer. I think the bad things that plague my temper are gone.
WE'LL COME BACK THE OTHER WAY we'll get it together
I DREAMT OF AN ICE AGE TODAY, COLD AND WHITE TO SEE i thought of a bleak world without you today
I WALKED FOR MILES AND MILES, THEY CAME BACK THE OTHER WAY i went for a walk, and the "bad things" came back to me.
WE LEARNT THEM AS WE WENT, FORGOT THEM STRAIGHT AWAY we learned how to deal with eachother's personalities day by day, but in the heat of a clash, these things we learnt seemed to vanish in our minds
THE ONES WE LEFT BEHIND some lessons we forgot
THE ONES WE SENT AWAY some lessons we dismissed as nonsense
WE'LL COME BACK THE OTHER WAY we'll get it together