Hands Away Lyrics

Lyric discussion by lightsick 

Cover art for Hands Away lyrics by Interpol

This song is about homosexuality. End of story. Paul himself said so in this recent interview: http://thefourohfive.com/news/article/in-conversation-with-paul-banks

<i>I doubt you understood the meaning of that song. It's so absurdist, it's an almost dreamy snapshot of a scenario that involves homosexuality, you know, like bondage and some weird sexual partnership which at the time I felt was very radical as a lyrical context for a rock song.</i>

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