by far the best of all the "a weekend in the city" b-sides... possibly the best bloc party song to date.
i agree with cj 17 about the song being"...about being cut down from a position of power and fame (the boy who was once king), but vowing to make a social comeback (the future king)." and that it is about a band.
"Well I guess. This will be dismissed. As bitterness. And sour grapes" is about how the singer is talking down "the present king" or however you'd like to put it, and people are passing it off as him being bitter because no one likes him anymore. and he thinks he is better and that his name should be on their lips = "It should be my name on their lips. But it's not"
"And I will wait
For my turn to come round again
And I will wait
However long it takes
However long it takes" is him talking about how he will be #1 again and he'll wait however long it takes for that to happen.
"See you're gonna; Be the next big thing; All the young girls; You could ever want. I heard your song on the radio; Like a fire-brand on my skin; So the war has begun; A pox on your houses" is about the other band/ person being the best and how it annoys the singer and he wants to be the best again/ get back at whoever is better than him.
and the end of the song "I say round of applause (Objection, overruled)" i think is about how the singer is trying to come back and wants people to "applaud" for him but he is still no good. so in that sense "Success has been cruel to [him]" but he says that in the end "[his] time will come again" and that he will still wait for however long it takes.
by far the best of all the "a weekend in the city" b-sides... possibly the best bloc party song to date.
i agree with cj 17 about the song being"...about being cut down from a position of power and fame (the boy who was once king), but vowing to make a social comeback (the future king)." and that it is about a band.
"Well I guess. This will be dismissed. As bitterness. And sour grapes" is about how the singer is talking down "the present king" or however you'd like to put it, and people are passing it off as him being bitter because no one likes him anymore. and he thinks he is better and that his name should be on their lips = "It should be my name on their lips. But it's not"
"And I will wait For my turn to come round again And I will wait However long it takes However long it takes" is him talking about how he will be #1 again and he'll wait however long it takes for that to happen.
"See you're gonna; Be the next big thing; All the young girls; You could ever want. I heard your song on the radio; Like a fire-brand on my skin; So the war has begun; A pox on your houses" is about the other band/ person being the best and how it annoys the singer and he wants to be the best again/ get back at whoever is better than him.
and the end of the song "I say round of applause (Objection, overruled)" i think is about how the singer is trying to come back and wants people to "applaud" for him but he is still no good. so in that sense "Success has been cruel to [him]" but he says that in the end "[his] time will come again" and that he will still wait for however long it takes.