this part of the song means, i think, that just because that they were together, all the bad things his partner were doing, weren't suddenly ok.
then he goes on to say "i think youre a contra," or, "hey, your not with me on this are you."
"Your little lies of desire
I wanna trace them to the source and the wire
But it's not useful now"
here the singer is talking about how he recognizes there were problems, and he wants to know where they came from, but it's not like it would matter as they've gone there separate ways (You’re going to watch out for yourself
And so will I).
"I think ur a contra
And I think that you’ve lied
Don’t call me a contra
Till you’ve tried"
^^this is where the beauty is, and also alot of ambiguity. this could be a call and response type thing. if that's so, the lieteral translation might be along the lines of, "you were lying to me, you were against me." "don't say that, you don't know what's going on. Until you've been in my shoes you don't know why i do what i do." the second person is trying to justify her, or his, behaviors.
BUT! if this isn't a call and response portion of lyrics, but all a single thing, its saying, "you were lying and against me, im not the one at fault, don't try and pin this on me! you haven't even tried to make this work smoothly."
the last half of the song it feels like their trying to rake out whats going on between them,
"You wanted good schools and friends with pools
You're not a contra
You wanted rock and roll, complete control
Well I don't know"
i guess it would make sense that the first couplet is not a contra,
but the second couplet is an obvious one; rock and roll and complete control are definitely contradictions. the "well i don't know" is a response as though to say "well, i know it looks that way;"
it really goes back to that Conn92 said about being two-faced.
"You said,
'Never pick sides
Never choose between two'
Well I just wanted you
I just wanted you"
here the singer seems to be explaining more on how the girl, or other person, seemed to be against him, or at least not with him, when all he wanted was that other person. it reminds me of "Fidelity" when Spektor says, "i've never loved nobody fully, always one foot on the ground."
well anyway, this song has been stuck in my head for days, and i really love it. but it's been driving me crazy trying to figure out what story it's telling. i just wanted to type down all my thoughts on it somewhere...
"When you turn away from me It's not right"
this part of the song means, i think, that just because that they were together, all the bad things his partner were doing, weren't suddenly ok.
then he goes on to say "i think youre a contra," or, "hey, your not with me on this are you."
"Your little lies of desire I wanna trace them to the source and the wire But it's not useful now"
here the singer is talking about how he recognizes there were problems, and he wants to know where they came from, but it's not like it would matter as they've gone there separate ways (You’re going to watch out for yourself And so will I).
"I think ur a contra And I think that you’ve lied Don’t call me a contra Till you’ve tried"
^^this is where the beauty is, and also alot of ambiguity. this could be a call and response type thing. if that's so, the lieteral translation might be along the lines of, "you were lying to me, you were against me." "don't say that, you don't know what's going on. Until you've been in my shoes you don't know why i do what i do." the second person is trying to justify her, or his, behaviors.
BUT! if this isn't a call and response portion of lyrics, but all a single thing, its saying, "you were lying and against me, im not the one at fault, don't try and pin this on me! you haven't even tried to make this work smoothly."
the last half of the song it feels like their trying to rake out whats going on between them,
"You wanted good schools and friends with pools You're not a contra You wanted rock and roll, complete control Well I don't know"
i guess it would make sense that the first couplet is not a contra, but the second couplet is an obvious one; rock and roll and complete control are definitely contradictions. the "well i don't know" is a response as though to say "well, i know it looks that way;" it really goes back to that Conn92 said about being two-faced.
"You said, 'Never pick sides Never choose between two' Well I just wanted you I just wanted you"
here the singer seems to be explaining more on how the girl, or other person, seemed to be against him, or at least not with him, when all he wanted was that other person. it reminds me of "Fidelity" when Spektor says, "i've never loved nobody fully, always one foot on the ground."
well anyway, this song has been stuck in my head for days, and i really love it. but it's been driving me crazy trying to figure out what story it's telling. i just wanted to type down all my thoughts on it somewhere...