it's reasonable to believe that not every song is about drugs, but it makes more sense to me that not every song lyric is meant to mean just one thing. they wrote this song to song to sound like a love song and it's lyrics are ambiguous however if one takes a closer look:
15 centuries of dissolution and grief
to return a yellow trickster and a thief
to give up a drug that one doesn't enjoy
Yeah I found a whistle that works every time
that's when the trail escapes to nowhere
-the drug is an escape / it works every time
Yeah I found a whistle as thin as a sheet
-acid.
there is little doubt in my mind that mgmt does psychedelics. and I understand people's disappointment with 'songs about drugs' but the beauty of it is in a dual nature of lyrics. also they write to connect with an audience that has tried the drugs that they have tried
They for sure do drugs and take acid etc - they've always been honest about that and talked about it often, publicly and on record. And I'm not disappointed with the songs that are about drugs/trippin'. Andrew said that this was a love song though - not takin' the piss or joking around. I'll take that at face value.
They for sure do drugs and take acid etc - they've always been honest about that and talked about it often, publicly and on record. And I'm not disappointed with the songs that are about drugs/trippin'. Andrew said that this was a love song though - not takin' the piss or joking around. I'll take that at face value.
You're right though - pretty much all their lyrics are ambiguous. ^_^ Lots of room for individual interpretations.
You're right though - pretty much all their lyrics are ambiguous. ^_^ Lots of room for individual interpretations.
You say the Andrew said it was a love song, and that's why you deny it's about drugs. But maybe it is a love song for drugs or any other thing he loves in his life, because even if he said it was a love song, it doesn't mean it must be about a girl.
You say the Andrew said it was a love song, and that's why you deny it's about drugs. But maybe it is a love song for drugs or any other thing he loves in his life, because even if he said it was a love song, it doesn't mean it must be about a girl.
Yeah I found a whistle as thin as a sheet...DEFINITELY made me think "LSD" immediately. Before that I wasn't thinking it at all.
Yeah I found a whistle as thin as a sheet...DEFINITELY made me think "LSD" immediately. Before that I wasn't thinking it at all.
A lot of psychedelic users credit psychedelics with relationship breakthroughs/epiphanies, and even with the (sometimes astounding) closeness within their romantic relationships.
A lot of psychedelic users credit psychedelics with relationship breakthroughs/epiphanies, and even with the (sometimes astounding) closeness within their romantic relationships.
So maybe psychedelics are the magic mario whistle, as someone said before, that gets them from a bad place into a good one with their partner? WARP WORLD! Heheh. Who knows? They seem to be purposely ambiguous...oh...just all the time.
So maybe psychedelics are the magic mario whistle, as someone said before, that gets them from a bad place into a good one with their partner? WARP WORLD! Heheh. Who knows? They seem to be purposely ambiguous...oh...just all the time.
@xThousan I like your interpretation and I also like the "love song" interpretation. Some people associate "songs about drugs" with being a brain-dead loser. They don't see the mystical depths of spiritual experience which can be very meaningful, which can often only be expressed through art. MGMT definitely does that.
@xThousan I like your interpretation and I also like the "love song" interpretation. Some people associate "songs about drugs" with being a brain-dead loser. They don't see the mystical depths of spiritual experience which can be very meaningful, which can often only be expressed through art. MGMT definitely does that.
That being said, they're truly awesome musicians, composers, and songwriters who (like David Lynch) are good at creating beautiful puzzles. If their lyrics are open to interpretation, and hit your mind and heart in diverse and effective ways, that might be exactly what they want.
That being said, they're truly awesome musicians, composers, and songwriters who (like David Lynch) are good at creating beautiful puzzles. If their lyrics are open to interpretation, and hit your mind and heart in diverse and effective ways, that might be exactly what they want.
it's reasonable to believe that not every song is about drugs, but it makes more sense to me that not every song lyric is meant to mean just one thing. they wrote this song to song to sound like a love song and it's lyrics are ambiguous however if one takes a closer look:
15 centuries of dissolution and grief to return a yellow trickster and a thief
Yeah I found a whistle that works every time that's when the trail escapes to nowhere -the drug is an escape / it works every time
Yeah I found a whistle as thin as a sheet -acid.
there is little doubt in my mind that mgmt does psychedelics. and I understand people's disappointment with 'songs about drugs' but the beauty of it is in a dual nature of lyrics. also they write to connect with an audience that has tried the drugs that they have tried
They for sure do drugs and take acid etc - they've always been honest about that and talked about it often, publicly and on record. And I'm not disappointed with the songs that are about drugs/trippin'. Andrew said that this was a love song though - not takin' the piss or joking around. I'll take that at face value.
They for sure do drugs and take acid etc - they've always been honest about that and talked about it often, publicly and on record. And I'm not disappointed with the songs that are about drugs/trippin'. Andrew said that this was a love song though - not takin' the piss or joking around. I'll take that at face value.
You're right though - pretty much all their lyrics are ambiguous. ^_^ Lots of room for individual interpretations.
You're right though - pretty much all their lyrics are ambiguous. ^_^ Lots of room for individual interpretations.
You say the Andrew said it was a love song, and that's why you deny it's about drugs. But maybe it is a love song for drugs or any other thing he loves in his life, because even if he said it was a love song, it doesn't mean it must be about a girl.
You say the Andrew said it was a love song, and that's why you deny it's about drugs. But maybe it is a love song for drugs or any other thing he loves in his life, because even if he said it was a love song, it doesn't mean it must be about a girl.
Yeah I found a whistle as thin as a sheet...DEFINITELY made me think "LSD" immediately. Before that I wasn't thinking it at all.
Yeah I found a whistle as thin as a sheet...DEFINITELY made me think "LSD" immediately. Before that I wasn't thinking it at all.
A lot of psychedelic users credit psychedelics with relationship breakthroughs/epiphanies, and even with the (sometimes astounding) closeness within their romantic relationships.
A lot of psychedelic users credit psychedelics with relationship breakthroughs/epiphanies, and even with the (sometimes astounding) closeness within their romantic relationships.
So maybe psychedelics are the magic mario whistle, as someone said before, that gets them from a bad place into a good one with their partner? WARP WORLD! Heheh. Who knows? They seem to be purposely ambiguous...oh...just all the time.
So maybe psychedelics are the magic mario whistle, as someone said before, that gets them from a bad place into a good one with their partner? WARP WORLD! Heheh. Who knows? They seem to be purposely ambiguous...oh...just all the time.
@xThousan I like your interpretation and I also like the "love song" interpretation. Some people associate "songs about drugs" with being a brain-dead loser. They don't see the mystical depths of spiritual experience which can be very meaningful, which can often only be expressed through art. MGMT definitely does that.
@xThousan I like your interpretation and I also like the "love song" interpretation. Some people associate "songs about drugs" with being a brain-dead loser. They don't see the mystical depths of spiritual experience which can be very meaningful, which can often only be expressed through art. MGMT definitely does that.
That being said, they're truly awesome musicians, composers, and songwriters who (like David Lynch) are good at creating beautiful puzzles. If their lyrics are open to interpretation, and hit your mind and heart in diverse and effective ways, that might be exactly what they want.
That being said, they're truly awesome musicians, composers, and songwriters who (like David Lynch) are good at creating beautiful puzzles. If their lyrics are open to interpretation, and hit your mind and heart in diverse and effective ways, that might be exactly what they want.