The whole concept behind the Stripes is that they're "children" The first album, being very primitive, is very childlike in nature, and take "white blood cells" and "elephant" which sound more adolescant in tone.
But my point, imagine in this song that Jack is say, 3 or 4 years old singing this song, and it might make a little more sense to you.
the REd Shoes is a Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale about a selfish girl who makes her mother buy her red shoes, and after that, she doesn't pray or pay any attention to the service. Then her mom gets sick but she goes to a party in her shoes instead of church. Then she starts dancing and her feet won't stop even after she's tired. So she has an executioner cut off her feet, and she tries to go to church, but the shoes follow her and stop her from going in. So she stays home and prays, and...
the REd Shoes is a Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale about a selfish girl who makes her mother buy her red shoes, and after that, she doesn't pray or pay any attention to the service. Then her mom gets sick but she goes to a party in her shoes instead of church. Then she starts dancing and her feet won't stop even after she's tired. So she has an executioner cut off her feet, and she tries to go to church, but the shoes follow her and stop her from going in. So she stays home and prays, and after that she's able to go to church again. She has a troubled life, but when she finally dies she goes to heaven and is never asked about or bothered by the shoes again. Very dogmatic fairy tale, if you ask me.......
Oh and I think this song might be about kids who are in trouble but nobody cares or pays attention ((wtf) just a theory)) except for the little boys with 25 cents and nothing on their minds.
Oh and I think this song might be about kids who are in trouble but nobody cares or pays attention ((wtf) just a theory)) except for the little boys with 25 cents and nothing on their minds.
The whole concept behind the Stripes is that they're "children" The first album, being very primitive, is very childlike in nature, and take "white blood cells" and "elephant" which sound more adolescant in tone.
But my point, imagine in this song that Jack is say, 3 or 4 years old singing this song, and it might make a little more sense to you.
the REd Shoes is a Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale about a selfish girl who makes her mother buy her red shoes, and after that, she doesn't pray or pay any attention to the service. Then her mom gets sick but she goes to a party in her shoes instead of church. Then she starts dancing and her feet won't stop even after she's tired. So she has an executioner cut off her feet, and she tries to go to church, but the shoes follow her and stop her from going in. So she stays home and prays, and...
the REd Shoes is a Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale about a selfish girl who makes her mother buy her red shoes, and after that, she doesn't pray or pay any attention to the service. Then her mom gets sick but she goes to a party in her shoes instead of church. Then she starts dancing and her feet won't stop even after she's tired. So she has an executioner cut off her feet, and she tries to go to church, but the shoes follow her and stop her from going in. So she stays home and prays, and after that she's able to go to church again. She has a troubled life, but when she finally dies she goes to heaven and is never asked about or bothered by the shoes again. Very dogmatic fairy tale, if you ask me.......
Oh and I think this song might be about kids who are in trouble but nobody cares or pays attention ((wtf) just a theory)) except for the little boys with 25 cents and nothing on their minds.
Oh and I think this song might be about kids who are in trouble but nobody cares or pays attention ((wtf) just a theory)) except for the little boys with 25 cents and nothing on their minds.