The List Lyrics

Lyric discussion by O Avalanche 

Cover art for The List lyrics by Metric

I agree with contusion, but I also think when she says, "But you and I have been through that and that is not our fate/ Give my face to the back of your head/ loyal in your shadow/ yeah yeah yeah/ broken accidental stars," she is saying how she and her friends (and previous projects) are loyal to who they are as musicians, and it will never be their fates to be blonde, mainstream dolls. And she feels this way even though they've been tempted by having "seen some success." She compares that "success" of getting into the parties and having publicity to a Camaro. She's saying she's been tempted to dress flashy and buy expensive things to show off and be noticed, but instead she has stayed true to who she is, and she won't sell out like so many others have.