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Take me home
Make it perfect and real
Because it's everything
No everything was never the deal
So we can shut the door
Oh, shut the door on terrible times
And head again into space
So you can carry on
And carry on, and fall all over the place
That we can break the laws
Until it gets weird
But under lights, we're all unsure
So tell me
What would make you feel better?
And love and rock are fickle things
And you know it
Yeah, you know it
Yeah, you know
This is your last chance now
And we can break the rules
Like nothing will last
Forget the sound of a voice
Still you should not forget
Yeah, don't forget
The things that we laughed about
And thankfully, a few make sure that you get home
And you stay home
And you better
Yeah, you're afraid of what you need
If you weren't, yeah you weren't
Then I don't know what we'd talk about
So i guess you're already there
No one opens up when you scream and shout
But it's time to make a couple things clear
If you're afraid of what you need
Look around you, you're surrounded
It won't get any better
I guess This Must Be The Place.
haha. awesome. i thought of the same thing when i heard this song.
haha. awesome. i thought of the same thing when i heard this song.
that's really really weird i came on to talk about how it reminded me of this must be the place as well both it looks like the two of you guys beat me to it. defo the best song on the album. amazing!!
that's really really weird i came on to talk about how it reminded me of this must be the place as well both it looks like the two of you guys beat me to it. defo the best song on the album. amazing!!
i think this song's about coming to the realization that home is not what you think it was. Home being you, what you're comfortable with, what you want to do. I think the entire album is about growing older, transitioning from the never-ending party of your 20s to your 30s, where partying every night may not really be what you want to do. so the whole album's about trying to find your place again. cool stuff, awesome song. it's a toss up between this one and dance yrself clean for best song on the album
I think this song is about LCD's breakup/retirement. In the music video the robot is the band. They know that they should move on (for whatever reason,) but they know they'll regret it. (afraid of what you need.)
Staying together won't solve anything because even though it's fun partying and being a band and having everyone fawning over you, inevitably the whole experience just becomes dirty and unattractive. they feel like they have a connection with their audience, but no one can actually have a relationship with a crowd of people. (Yeah no one ever knows what you're talking about, so i guess you're already there. No one opens up when you scream and shout)
It's time to move on. It is also fitting that this is the last track of the last album.
I think you have it right and I'm surprised that you're the only one giving this interpretation.
I think you have it right and I'm surprised that you're the only one giving this interpretation.
First off this is the last track of their last album. It is quite unusual for a band to break-up in the midst of such success and they had to explain why they retired. Well, this track is the answer.
First off this is the last track of their last album. It is quite unusual for a band to break-up in the midst of such success and they had to explain why they retired. Well, this track is the answer.
"Take me home"
"Take me home"
They want to go back home, they are tired of travelling around.
They want to go back home, they are tired of travelling around.
"Because it's everything, no everything was never the deal"
"Because it's everything, no everything was never the deal"
They don't want their life to be LCD Soundsystem. Their life is more than that...
They don't want their life to be LCD Soundsystem. Their life is more than that and at the moment it's the only thing that matters.
"So grab your thing and stumble into the night so we can shut the door on terrible times"
They've probably have had great experiences but they also had some very bad times that they want to put behind now.
Then he starts to talk to us:
"But under lights, we're all unsure, so tell me, what would make you feel better"
Here he's aware that us fans will be disappointed when they retire, but what can he do?
Then there's a mistake in the lyrics here, it's:
"And love and rock are fickle things", meaning:
The love between a rock star and his audience is a fickle thing that you cannot hold onto.
Then he merges the experience of loving a band with the real relationships that we have in our lives and this is where I think this song is so powerful. What I think he says is this:
The memories and good times will never be forgotten, whatever happens. So the love of the band, like the love of a girl/boy will never cease to exist. The same way that you can remember the good times you had with a past love, you can remember the good times you had listening to their albums and going to their concerts, this will be eternal.
There's a movie that goes very well with this song: 'Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind'. A must see.
The official video for this song does seem to align with this assessment. The robot who becomes famous, starts playing bigger and bigger shows, gets gang raped in a hotel room, etc.
The official video for this song does seem to align with this assessment. The robot who becomes famous, starts playing bigger and bigger shows, gets gang raped in a hotel room, etc.
It's such a great video - especially the first house party the robot goes to. Brings a tear to my eye.
It's such a great video - especially the first house party the robot goes to. Brings a tear to my eye.
To me, this song sums up all your varied experiences with friends--the bad, when you "shut the door on terrible times," and the good when you're "rolling on the floor" (laughing). But no matter whether the times you had were great or awful, the constant is that you always come home.
I just graduated from high school this year and I considered this my "graduation song," listening to it on my drive home from graduation and on the drive home after every night I saw my friends for what could be the last time before they shipped off to college. Some lines felt really poignant from that angle.
The meaning is clear. More importantly than the meaning is how badass this song is. I give it a 6 out of 5.
this song is about life in general..friends, love, mistakes, drugs/alcohol.. making the best of what we have in our life.. it says it in the last line..
If you're afraid of what you need If you're afraid of what you need Look around you, you're surrounded It won't get any better
not to look at it in a negative way..but to realize that what we have been offereed in this life is beautiful..and to make the best of it.. :]
this was the song of the year for me and a couple friends..well exfriends now.. i hope that one day 'you' and i can come together again.. i miss you. 'Home' <3
This album is like every awesome party I've ever been to, packed into an hour or so. And of course this is how I feel when I'm trying to get home after some sort of shenanigans. Brilliant.
"Home is where I want to be But I guess I'm already there" --from This Must Be the Place
This song is like a the [modern-day] answer to David Byrne's [only] love song. The the speaker and the subject are in love, but the subject is unsatisfied. I think the song is meant to depict the complicated mix of emotions involved in love, whereas Byrne's vision of being there (home) was rather myopic. You can be there and still be apprehensive. One may call it "settling," but I think it's more about readjusting our unrealistic, overly simplified expectations about the complexity of love (and life--I do feel this theme is also intended to apply more generally to the confusion and complexity of being human and trying to relate to others but still feeling alone).
The last line ("until the night") is especially indicative of the premise that life and love are only simple and easy in one's dreams.
if i were to ever become a dj at a club or something, i would obviously close the night with this. its the Closing Time for electronic music, not to mention that its a much better song than Closing Time
Hmm, I always thought it was "And love and rock are fickle things." That sounds more correct to me than "pick up things," which makes no sense.