Oslo Novelist Lyrics

Lyric discussion by iangurteen 

Cover art for Oslo Novelist lyrics by Grand Archives

I'm pretty sure about all these lyrics; some slight doubt about the line with "ribbons" in (typewriter ribbons = novelist ?) - it's a bit weird and utterly beautiful. I saw that when Mat was asked "Why Oslo?" he said he had no idea, they just made it up as they went along!

Song Meaning

Made a few changes, the ribbons line was right but several other were wrong, beautiful version at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qh85uHIA1Pk was very helpful!

Now I think about it, this must partly describe the way the band ripped up all their lyrics and pretty much made them up as they got into the studio, so that would make the Oslo Novelists... themselves!

could it be "oh, the ribbons are dry"?