I know this probably isn't what it's about, but it reminds me of a sexual predator.
"Sarah, settle down,
put your helmet on,"
Like he's mentally warning her to get ready for the struggle that is about to take place.
"Walk these streets of gold
with cigarettes you hand rolled"
Pretty obvious. I got the visual that this was a kid about 16 or so who is trying to be cool and caught this guy's attention.
"I don't know you,
and I don't owe you a thing."
Which makes him feel better about attacking her.
"But I smile so hard it hurts
just when things get worse.
You said you've woken from a dream,
abandoned by your mother
could this be?"
He's talking to her, and making an emotional attachment as she tells him about her problems at home. He acts sympathetic, but he's happy internally because if she trusts him, he might be able to rape her/have sex with her easier.
On the other hand...
"Satan, settle down,
keep your trousers on,
you can warm the globe
but leave my wretched soul alone."
He's fighting his inner monster.
"I don't know you
and I don't owe you a thing."
He doesn't owe "Satan" anything. He hasn't willingly sold his soul to do evil, so he wants this part of him to go away.
"But the children lose their minds
in such uncertain times."
Children = his victims, probably young girls. Minors.
Uncertain times = the aftermath of the rape.
"And I'm woken from a dream,
surrounded by my lovers.
oh, woe is me!"
His "lovers" are, again, the victims. They haunt him in his sleep.
"And a hundred thousand times a day,
the yellow lights turn red."
He wishes it would all just stop. He's given opportunities to slow down and back off, but evidently he never takes them.
"And a hundred thousand miles away,
I'm turning myself in,
oh, Christ, I am."
He wishes he had the strength to do this.
So yeah. That's my interpretation, although it's most likely wrong because he's mentioned Sara in not-sexual-predator songs. Unless this was, in reality, a part of Sara's past, and he's imagining it from the predator's point of view.
Margot and the nuclear so and sos usually leave their songs general without any specific reference , thus leaving a gap in the song for the audience to fill . to be able to make sense out of it , with flawless clarity is truly genius.
Margot and the nuclear so and sos usually leave their songs general without any specific reference , thus leaving a gap in the song for the audience to fill . to be able to make sense out of it , with flawless clarity is truly genius.
I know this probably isn't what it's about, but it reminds me of a sexual predator.
"Sarah, settle down, put your helmet on,"
Like he's mentally warning her to get ready for the struggle that is about to take place.
"Walk these streets of gold with cigarettes you hand rolled"
Pretty obvious. I got the visual that this was a kid about 16 or so who is trying to be cool and caught this guy's attention.
"I don't know you, and I don't owe you a thing."
Which makes him feel better about attacking her.
"But I smile so hard it hurts just when things get worse. You said you've woken from a dream, abandoned by your mother could this be?"
He's talking to her, and making an emotional attachment as she tells him about her problems at home. He acts sympathetic, but he's happy internally because if she trusts him, he might be able to rape her/have sex with her easier. On the other hand...
"Satan, settle down, keep your trousers on, you can warm the globe but leave my wretched soul alone."
He's fighting his inner monster.
"I don't know you and I don't owe you a thing."
He doesn't owe "Satan" anything. He hasn't willingly sold his soul to do evil, so he wants this part of him to go away.
"But the children lose their minds in such uncertain times."
Children = his victims, probably young girls. Minors. Uncertain times = the aftermath of the rape.
"And I'm woken from a dream, surrounded by my lovers. oh, woe is me!"
His "lovers" are, again, the victims. They haunt him in his sleep.
"And a hundred thousand times a day, the yellow lights turn red."
He wishes it would all just stop. He's given opportunities to slow down and back off, but evidently he never takes them.
"And a hundred thousand miles away, I'm turning myself in, oh, Christ, I am."
He wishes he had the strength to do this.
So yeah. That's my interpretation, although it's most likely wrong because he's mentioned Sara in not-sexual-predator songs. Unless this was, in reality, a part of Sara's past, and he's imagining it from the predator's point of view.
How did you come up with that? lol
How did you come up with that? lol
Margot and the nuclear so and sos usually leave their songs general without any specific reference , thus leaving a gap in the song for the audience to fill . to be able to make sense out of it , with flawless clarity is truly genius.
Margot and the nuclear so and sos usually leave their songs general without any specific reference , thus leaving a gap in the song for the audience to fill . to be able to make sense out of it , with flawless clarity is truly genius.