Hmm, I think this song may be about a country or culture that is totally alienated and displaced by western, industrial influence.
The song starts with "top of the world, bottom of the ocean", the song also has the word "pacific", "forest", all quite natural non-urban themes.
The personna tells the individual to "drive through the forest and into the night, away from the city away from the light".
There's also the line "they gouge you out, they dug you in" the individuality of the country being taken out, then fixed into an economically stable and linear lifestyle. "They took the name right out of your mouth"- the loss of a native tongue, general cultural identity and what not.
And the whole "they buried the gold your ancestry sold and left just a residue", perhaps the foreign economic force industrially colonised this country, and once its natural resources, the black gold, was gone, they left, leaving nothing but hollowness in their wake.
The song could be a more personal metaphorical type of thing. But there is a big black gold industry in the pacific islands. With Spanish Sahara the Foals are referncing a geo political situation while weaving in personal themes. Perhaps that is what they've done here.
I'm not really sure about any of this, it's just some thoughts.
But I think it's a brilliant song :D
I thought the "into yourself, past of it" line was "inch yourself past the fear". "Inch" can be used as a verb, meaning "to move by inches or small degrees". Hence also, "inch yourself into yourself, into yourself, etc..."
I thought the "into yourself, past of it" line was "inch yourself past the fear". "Inch" can be used as a verb, meaning "to move by inches or small degrees". Hence also, "inch yourself into yourself, into yourself, etc..."
Hmm, I think this song may be about a country or culture that is totally alienated and displaced by western, industrial influence. The song starts with "top of the world, bottom of the ocean", the song also has the word "pacific", "forest", all quite natural non-urban themes. The personna tells the individual to "drive through the forest and into the night, away from the city away from the light". There's also the line "they gouge you out, they dug you in" the individuality of the country being taken out, then fixed into an economically stable and linear lifestyle. "They took the name right out of your mouth"- the loss of a native tongue, general cultural identity and what not. And the whole "they buried the gold your ancestry sold and left just a residue", perhaps the foreign economic force industrially colonised this country, and once its natural resources, the black gold, was gone, they left, leaving nothing but hollowness in their wake.
The song could be a more personal metaphorical type of thing. But there is a big black gold industry in the pacific islands. With Spanish Sahara the Foals are referncing a geo political situation while weaving in personal themes. Perhaps that is what they've done here. I'm not really sure about any of this, it's just some thoughts. But I think it's a brilliant song :D
I thought the "into yourself, past of it" line was "inch yourself past the fear". "Inch" can be used as a verb, meaning "to move by inches or small degrees". Hence also, "inch yourself into yourself, into yourself, etc..."
I thought the "into yourself, past of it" line was "inch yourself past the fear". "Inch" can be used as a verb, meaning "to move by inches or small degrees". Hence also, "inch yourself into yourself, into yourself, etc..."
If it isn't, then it should be. :)
If it isn't, then it should be. :)