This is one of the best songs on the 'streethawk' album I think, in terms of overall quality of music and lyrics. It is hard to get something very concrete from a Destroyer song, and I think the imagery and sound of the words become paramount when looking Dan Bejar's writing. But if I had to pull a meaning out of this song, I'd say it's clearly a love song, and probably about a young guy who is committed to someone, but has fallen in love with someone else (this person is also committed to someone else). So you get lines like "so close to closing the deal, the steal of the century" "I needed you more back when I was poor... the wealthy dowager, the patroness" and "to be a stone, a stone's throw from your thrown, no man has ever hung at the temporary age of 24, both feet on the floor."
I also think certain lines in the song are brilliant poetry: "The ethos that flew about her mind like swallows in search of a burnt down belltower church" and "It was back amongst the living, your smile was giving me a thrill."
This is one of the best songs on the 'streethawk' album I think, in terms of overall quality of music and lyrics. It is hard to get something very concrete from a Destroyer song, and I think the imagery and sound of the words become paramount when looking Dan Bejar's writing. But if I had to pull a meaning out of this song, I'd say it's clearly a love song, and probably about a young guy who is committed to someone, but has fallen in love with someone else (this person is also committed to someone else). So you get lines like "so close to closing the deal, the steal of the century" "I needed you more back when I was poor... the wealthy dowager, the patroness" and "to be a stone, a stone's throw from your thrown, no man has ever hung at the temporary age of 24, both feet on the floor."
I also think certain lines in the song are brilliant poetry: "The ethos that flew about her mind like swallows in search of a burnt down belltower church" and "It was back amongst the living, your smile was giving me a thrill."