Because dire times call for dire faces- I think this means that in hard times you need someone else to be in a hard time too, with you.
So lovely dancer, call and answer- And this line refers to that too, I think 'lovely dancer' is just a term, not actually refering to a dancer, but I could be wrong.
Trade our places in the night
We're running barefoot, you and I- This, to me, is saying that both of them are in the same, kind of hurtful situation, together. This also refers back to the sticking with people in hard times.
Dead lovers salivate- I don't think this means actual dead lovers, I think it means dead relationships, even though the relationship is over they still crave each other.
Broken hearts tessellate tonight- And I think this is a symbolism for broken hearts being mended, fitting back together.
And all the kids who cut their knees on that old schoolyard fence
Were holding out for posterity and self-defense
We beat them down again
There's no fun in playing cowboys for pretend
We showed them what the backs of our hands is for
The divide is clear in the coming year
The rich will take the poor
This whole verse, I think, is about growing up. It talks about teaching kids to play' cowboys' for real, teaching the how to 'pimp slap' and teaching them that the 'rich' will always have power over the 'poor'. This is the saddest verse in my opinion, because it represents the loss of naivity and being exposed to the world, where hearts are broken and bad things happen everyday.
So, in total, I guess this song is about life, if I'm being very general. It is about hearts being broken and mended and growing up and all of that. I don't know quite how to explain it, but that's what it means to me.
Because dire times call for dire faces- I think this means that in hard times you need someone else to be in a hard time too, with you. So lovely dancer, call and answer- And this line refers to that too, I think 'lovely dancer' is just a term, not actually refering to a dancer, but I could be wrong. Trade our places in the night We're running barefoot, you and I- This, to me, is saying that both of them are in the same, kind of hurtful situation, together. This also refers back to the sticking with people in hard times. Dead lovers salivate- I don't think this means actual dead lovers, I think it means dead relationships, even though the relationship is over they still crave each other. Broken hearts tessellate tonight- And I think this is a symbolism for broken hearts being mended, fitting back together.
And all the kids who cut their knees on that old schoolyard fence Were holding out for posterity and self-defense We beat them down again There's no fun in playing cowboys for pretend We showed them what the backs of our hands is for The divide is clear in the coming year The rich will take the poor
This whole verse, I think, is about growing up. It talks about teaching kids to play' cowboys' for real, teaching the how to 'pimp slap' and teaching them that the 'rich' will always have power over the 'poor'. This is the saddest verse in my opinion, because it represents the loss of naivity and being exposed to the world, where hearts are broken and bad things happen everyday.
So, in total, I guess this song is about life, if I'm being very general. It is about hearts being broken and mended and growing up and all of that. I don't know quite how to explain it, but that's what it means to me.