My interpretation is that Honey Bunny is addressing a girl, perhaps "girls in general", and men, to give them some advice on girls.
"Hello dirt, goodbye innocence,
Catch me a drop of dew.
Goodbye hope, hello elegance,
You've got a lot to prove."
The parallel phrasing here puts together "innocence" and "hope" (probably in a reference to childhood), but strangely, it also puts together "dirt" and "elegance". This could be a jab at some unnamed girl that is quite elegant (in terms of fashion or whatever) but who is in a sense "dirty" as well -- perhaps spiteful or of poor character or virtue, according to MGMT. I don't know what to say about "dew", but dew has been historically considered as something that "fertilizes" if you know what I mean.
"Sunshine beach, you've got sandy toes,
race to the perfect beach, I owe you,
thanks a lot, thanks for everything,
you are a weasel shit."
The only way I can find to ascribe meaning to this part is if "beach" is being used euphemistically for "bitch". If that's the case, these four lines are just a straight-up insult without a lot of meaning.
"Oh my God! What have we done?
I killed your mama, you better run!
You better skip, on outta here,
We'll miss this place, Gonna disappear."
This stanza evokes eloping. Now how that fits in with the attitude of the rest of the lyrics, or with the literal or metaphorical mother-killing, I have no idea.
"Fucking weasel, you've lost your touch.
Skinny as hell, but it's not enough."
The girl is a "fucking weasel" who the speaker is no longer attracted to. Incidentally, she's quite slender, but the speaker wishes that she were even more so (perhaps to the point of starvation?)
"Life is a mineshaft of love.
But don't dig too deep."
I really love these final lines. The meaning is clear -- a large part of our lives are in the pursuit of love, but it's possible to cause ourselves ruin if we get involved with the wrong girls or somehow in the wrong way.
To go on past the basic meaning in a metaphorical explosion that may or may not have been intended by MGMT, I like to think about civilization depends on what comes out of mines -- coal, metals, uranium, and all that -- to survive. Is MGMT saying that we, then, as individuals need love to survive? Now, if the mines are "dug too deep", a couple bad things could happen. The mine itself could collapse, killing workers. Or, to go to a global scale, mining too intensely without regards for sustainability could cause civilizations to flounder for want of resources. One could think about how these "too deep" scenarios might work for love.
My interpretation is that Honey Bunny is addressing a girl, perhaps "girls in general", and men, to give them some advice on girls.
"Hello dirt, goodbye innocence, Catch me a drop of dew. Goodbye hope, hello elegance, You've got a lot to prove."
The parallel phrasing here puts together "innocence" and "hope" (probably in a reference to childhood), but strangely, it also puts together "dirt" and "elegance". This could be a jab at some unnamed girl that is quite elegant (in terms of fashion or whatever) but who is in a sense "dirty" as well -- perhaps spiteful or of poor character or virtue, according to MGMT. I don't know what to say about "dew", but dew has been historically considered as something that "fertilizes" if you know what I mean.
"Sunshine beach, you've got sandy toes, race to the perfect beach, I owe you, thanks a lot, thanks for everything, you are a weasel shit."
The only way I can find to ascribe meaning to this part is if "beach" is being used euphemistically for "bitch". If that's the case, these four lines are just a straight-up insult without a lot of meaning.
"Oh my God! What have we done? I killed your mama, you better run! You better skip, on outta here, We'll miss this place, Gonna disappear."
This stanza evokes eloping. Now how that fits in with the attitude of the rest of the lyrics, or with the literal or metaphorical mother-killing, I have no idea.
"Fucking weasel, you've lost your touch. Skinny as hell, but it's not enough."
The girl is a "fucking weasel" who the speaker is no longer attracted to. Incidentally, she's quite slender, but the speaker wishes that she were even more so (perhaps to the point of starvation?)
"Life is a mineshaft of love. But don't dig too deep."
I really love these final lines. The meaning is clear -- a large part of our lives are in the pursuit of love, but it's possible to cause ourselves ruin if we get involved with the wrong girls or somehow in the wrong way.
To go on past the basic meaning in a metaphorical explosion that may or may not have been intended by MGMT, I like to think about civilization depends on what comes out of mines -- coal, metals, uranium, and all that -- to survive. Is MGMT saying that we, then, as individuals need love to survive? Now, if the mines are "dug too deep", a couple bad things could happen. The mine itself could collapse, killing workers. Or, to go to a global scale, mining too intensely without regards for sustainability could cause civilizations to flounder for want of resources. One could think about how these "too deep" scenarios might work for love.