All the Rage Back Home Lyrics

Lyric discussion by xby45 

Cover art for All the Rage Back Home lyrics by Interpol

Frustrated anger messing up his creative ambitions? Source of anger is memory of the distant past, coming to realisation that his lovers didn't really love him, then rejects rational thought to ease the sense of loneliness and lost hope, goes back to a romantic picture of the past. Can't get what he wants the way he wants it; stuck between wanting the truth to feel dissolved and free from the concepts of either/or, and his fear that such a state would dissolve love too and that it might not be such a good idea even if it ends various troubles, and an inescapable overall need for love. Finally, he can't tell what's what and decides he came at it all wrong, blaming his propensity for anger. Great tune, whatever it means.

@xby45 Yes! He struggles with himself to feel so close to someone. It brings up a lot of conflict for him. Ultimately to bring forward is healing, painful healing of deep wounds, and the title a trite reference to his past (baggage). Which he thinks he should be over by now.. But Alas! They make us who we are.