this song is about a dude who became distracted by the vapid (but fun) people and things in his (and Fiona's) social periphery - but!
she alludes to horses/horse racing a lot in the song - I can't believe no one has mentioned it yet
periphery = horses wear blinders so that they don't get distracted by whats going on in their peripheral vision
bite to bear = a horse bit is placed in the mouth to control the animal
celebrate your name = racing horse names are silly
have 'em forge you a pedigree = a pedigree is "the record of descent of an animal, showing it to be purebred"
run the races lame = ...
I don't appreciate people who don't appreciate = not sure about the horse thing, but I think she might be using "appreciate" to mean "increase/improve value with time"
You let me down = losing the bet (or maybe putting a horse down?)
More even-tempered air = he went for a calm, well behaved animal rather than a wild horse
Good family man = I think Family Man was the name of a horse in the Kentucky Derby years ago
I don't really know anything about horses but I was listening yesterday (for the thousandth time) and the horse thing really stuck out to me.
this song is about a dude who became distracted by the vapid (but fun) people and things in his (and Fiona's) social periphery - but!
she alludes to horses/horse racing a lot in the song - I can't believe no one has mentioned it yet
periphery = horses wear blinders so that they don't get distracted by whats going on in their peripheral vision
bite to bear = a horse bit is placed in the mouth to control the animal
celebrate your name = racing horse names are silly
have 'em forge you a pedigree = a pedigree is "the record of descent of an animal, showing it to be purebred"
run the races lame = ...
I don't appreciate people who don't appreciate = not sure about the horse thing, but I think she might be using "appreciate" to mean "increase/improve value with time"
You let me down = losing the bet (or maybe putting a horse down?)
More even-tempered air = he went for a calm, well behaved animal rather than a wild horse
Good family man = I think Family Man was the name of a horse in the Kentucky Derby years ago
I don't really know anything about horses but I was listening yesterday (for the thousandth time) and the horse thing really stuck out to me.