It's a good song and all, although they seem to be turning into U2 (not a good thing IMHO). But I don't understand the line about the top of her lungs driving him crazy. How can he see/ feel the tops of her lungs so they drive him crazy? Is he like Gunther von Hagens the loony pathologist or Hannibal Lecter and sliced her up or something? Is she like blown to bits by a bomb in the beautiful war? Am I missing some cute metaphor? Help me out!
I think when he sings "top of your lungs..." he is refering to her screaming at him from the top of her lungs and its making him crazy. These people fight a lot!
I think when he sings "top of your lungs..." he is refering to her screaming at him from the top of her lungs and its making him crazy. These people fight a lot!
Thanks Hollie. So the person (actually the sex is unclear) is shouting at the top of their voice but with the tip of the tongue sticking out. That's a pretty odd combination, usually with this arrangement the fingers would be in the ears (not mentioned). But there is another more likely explanation - I think I get it now. As you say these are people who fight a lot in a Beautiful War. This is a song about the New Zealand All-Blacks Rugby Team. Before their matches they perform a Maori dance called a Haka, which includes...
Thanks Hollie. So the person (actually the sex is unclear) is shouting at the top of their voice but with the tip of the tongue sticking out. That's a pretty odd combination, usually with this arrangement the fingers would be in the ears (not mentioned). But there is another more likely explanation - I think I get it now. As you say these are people who fight a lot in a Beautiful War. This is a song about the New Zealand All-Blacks Rugby Team. Before their matches they perform a Maori dance called a Haka, which includes just those moves - shouting with tongue out. In England, Association Football (soccer) is known as "The Beautiful Game". So maybe in Nashville, Tennessee where the Followills all live, Rugby Football is "The Beautiful War". That would fit, rugby being a much more physical game than soccer. I would think that the lines about the warmth of the body is to do with the rugby scrummage where they all gang up together, linked, to fight over the ball. The only part we now have to explain is "shattered and cold"; there are fatalities in rugby but rare. It may be a weather reference; rugby being a winter game, and "shattered" meaning exhausted after 45 minutes each way plus injury time.
You may also be interested in my deconstruction of "The Tiger Who Came to Tea" by Judith Kerr. (Husband is gay, unable to maintain marital obligations, wife has lover in who drinks all beer and eats all food, she has to invent Tiger as explanation)
I took that line to refer to an argument between the couple. "The tip of your tongue, the tops of your lungs" referring to a sharp tongue and yelling. The fighting driving him crazy because he knows they still love each other bit can't get past a certain argument, but their love outweighs the warring/arguments.
I took that line to refer to an argument between the couple. "The tip of your tongue, the tops of your lungs" referring to a sharp tongue and yelling. The fighting driving him crazy because he knows they still love each other bit can't get past a certain argument, but their love outweighs the warring/arguments.
I took it as something more intimate, the tip of her tongue on his and the top of her lung would be a sigh. I thought he meant those little sexual moments between them.
I took it as something more intimate, the tip of her tongue on his and the top of her lung would be a sigh. I thought he meant those little sexual moments between them.
It's a good song and all, although they seem to be turning into U2 (not a good thing IMHO). But I don't understand the line about the top of her lungs driving him crazy. How can he see/ feel the tops of her lungs so they drive him crazy? Is he like Gunther von Hagens the loony pathologist or Hannibal Lecter and sliced her up or something? Is she like blown to bits by a bomb in the beautiful war? Am I missing some cute metaphor? Help me out!
I think when he sings "top of your lungs..." he is refering to her screaming at him from the top of her lungs and its making him crazy. These people fight a lot!
I think when he sings "top of your lungs..." he is refering to her screaming at him from the top of her lungs and its making him crazy. These people fight a lot!
Thanks Hollie. So the person (actually the sex is unclear) is shouting at the top of their voice but with the tip of the tongue sticking out. That's a pretty odd combination, usually with this arrangement the fingers would be in the ears (not mentioned). But there is another more likely explanation - I think I get it now. As you say these are people who fight a lot in a Beautiful War. This is a song about the New Zealand All-Blacks Rugby Team. Before their matches they perform a Maori dance called a Haka, which includes...
Thanks Hollie. So the person (actually the sex is unclear) is shouting at the top of their voice but with the tip of the tongue sticking out. That's a pretty odd combination, usually with this arrangement the fingers would be in the ears (not mentioned). But there is another more likely explanation - I think I get it now. As you say these are people who fight a lot in a Beautiful War. This is a song about the New Zealand All-Blacks Rugby Team. Before their matches they perform a Maori dance called a Haka, which includes just those moves - shouting with tongue out. In England, Association Football (soccer) is known as "The Beautiful Game". So maybe in Nashville, Tennessee where the Followills all live, Rugby Football is "The Beautiful War". That would fit, rugby being a much more physical game than soccer. I would think that the lines about the warmth of the body is to do with the rugby scrummage where they all gang up together, linked, to fight over the ball. The only part we now have to explain is "shattered and cold"; there are fatalities in rugby but rare. It may be a weather reference; rugby being a winter game, and "shattered" meaning exhausted after 45 minutes each way plus injury time.
You may also be interested in my deconstruction of "The Tiger Who Came to Tea" by Judith Kerr. (Husband is gay, unable to maintain marital obligations, wife has lover in who drinks all beer and eats all food, she has to invent Tiger as explanation)
What an interesting take on the song...
What an interesting take on the song...
I took that line to refer to an argument between the couple. "The tip of your tongue, the tops of your lungs" referring to a sharp tongue and yelling. The fighting driving him crazy because he knows they still love each other bit can't get past a certain argument, but their love outweighs the warring/arguments.
I took that line to refer to an argument between the couple. "The tip of your tongue, the tops of your lungs" referring to a sharp tongue and yelling. The fighting driving him crazy because he knows they still love each other bit can't get past a certain argument, but their love outweighs the warring/arguments.
I took it as something more intimate, the tip of her tongue on his and the top of her lung would be a sigh. I thought he meant those little sexual moments between them.
I took it as something more intimate, the tip of her tongue on his and the top of her lung would be a sigh. I thought he meant those little sexual moments between them.