An Orphan of Fortune Lyrics

Lyric discussion by megantho 

Cover art for An Orphan of Fortune lyrics by MGMT

I think this song is about the passing of time, filled with all sorts of chaos, and eventual death. The waves, represent the chaos, just how there is so much going on all the time in your life, enveloping you, the questions you ask yourself, your doubts, your stress, it goes on, and it envelopes your "plastic mind" (plastic meaning like the plasticity of our mind, the way our mind can adapt), a mind which is "chewed" and "shrieking" - effects of the chaos and stress of life. it feels like it goes on forever, morning to afternoon to night, but "it can't stop now" it feels like it will never stop, like we'll never die, but we know that death is everyones dark eventual fate, but its times where it seems you escape the ticking clock of time, like on the threshold between one day and another, twilight, you can start to see the light, there is peace, and you can polish off the sand, the worries and the stress and the chaos, and simply become one with that feeling, and erode into the twilight

My Interpretation

I created an account just to reply to this. This is probably one of the greatest interpretations of a song I have read, and definitely the best interpretation of "An Orphan of Fortune". The ending lyrics remind me of the outro to Oracular Spectacular... "Future Reflections" where they find themselves remembering what it feel like to sit in the sunlight, all alone... At this moment they can slow down time, maybe even rid themselves of the concept itself, and become one with that feeling. Thank you, I love you.