Foreground Lyrics

Lyric discussion by lilblig7 

Cover art for Foreground lyrics by Grizzly Bear

I always picture doctors and nurses at a hospital when I hear this song.

"Take on another shift, palms in the middle, hands in the middle"

Someone has taken another shift and as it starts everyone working creates a huddle and just hopes for a good shift.

"I’m afraid this is, Ten detected, nine in a wreck and…"

Nine in a wreck is a mass car crash that the hospital has to deal with, and it will "take all evening."

Combining it with cagilette's interpretation, this is the narrator's "foreground" or life.

My Interpretation

There was an ad in New Zealand about Starship Childrens hospital that was quite depressing, that used this song expertly well. I too associate this song with doctors and patients now: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sObhOXwCbrg