Peace & Quiet Lyrics

Lyric discussion by suziestrawbs 

Cover art for Peace & Quiet lyrics by White Lies

Amazing song <3

"After the red ants, the black-out come peace and quiet Those little foot-prints fleshed out calm in my mind I lay like a compass, digits accusing the sunrise Rain-drops abseil the window and flinch through the hurt cries"

I have a feeling the "red ants" might be a bar or club of some sort and hes talking about coming home wasted, blacking out from too much alcohol. The digits refer to a digital clock and how the time is nearing morning when the sun is about to rise. The bit about raindrops is self explanitory.

"After the hunt and the sweat now come peace and quiet Your head on my heart anchored the storm in my eyes"

This line is clearly about after sex and the person has their head on his chest.

"I lay like a carcass, your lips never letting the blood dry And so I pray for tomorrow and wait listening out for a reply"

The person then leaves prematurely leaving them feel dead and alone like a carcass and they are awaiting a phonecall or text message the day after from them.

Thats my interpretation anyway but could be wrong!