My favorite song on El Pintor. It's just as gorgeous and lush and submersive as any of their best. Anyone who thinks Interpol has lost it hasn't heard this song. It's the perfect album closer.
I think he says, "I rely on fewer lines to let you in" which is one of the best on the record.
As for the meaning, I'll probably have to spend even more time with it. It sounds like a person taking inventory of his life and relationships. Hew looking back on his "creations" and "mistakes". The whole song sounds like an aria of sorts from a man who has found moving through life difficult. But the chorus sounds like a realization that the people with whom he is closest have had to endure the trials of knowing him far more than he'd known before.
Also, yeah, there's the signature sexual overtones in the chorus. Which, well, God bless Interpol for making even a lament sound sexy.
My favorite song on El Pintor. It's just as gorgeous and lush and submersive as any of their best. Anyone who thinks Interpol has lost it hasn't heard this song. It's the perfect album closer.
I think he says, "I rely on fewer lines to let you in" which is one of the best on the record.
As for the meaning, I'll probably have to spend even more time with it. It sounds like a person taking inventory of his life and relationships. Hew looking back on his "creations" and "mistakes". The whole song sounds like an aria of sorts from a man who has found moving through life difficult. But the chorus sounds like a realization that the people with whom he is closest have had to endure the trials of knowing him far more than he'd known before.
Also, yeah, there's the signature sexual overtones in the chorus. Which, well, God bless Interpol for making even a lament sound sexy.