Desire Lines Lyrics

Lyric discussion by airron14 

Cover art for Desire Lines lyrics by Deerhunter

I think this song is mostly about how desire, and the subsequent fulfillment of that desire, can just make you desire more. "When you were young,and your excitement showed,but as time goes by,does it outgrow. Is that the way things go? Forever reaching for the goal"

It's a cycle (desire lines), that he wants to free you from: "walking free,come with me" It sounds very similar to Buddhist philosophy.

Song Meaning

"Ultimately one loves one’s desires and not the object one desires." -- Nietzsche seems somewhat relevant