| Wolf Parade – I'll Believe in Anything Lyrics | 15 years ago |
| Correction: "Ultimately, I think it's a song about wanting the conflict to end, but..." | |
| Wolf Parade – I'll Believe in Anything Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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I'd like to offer a different, and far more radical, interpretation of the song. I believe it, at least on some level, is about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. (To those strongly attached to the idea of it being a love song, it could very well have to do with a relationship, using the conflict as a metaphor, or so on). I'm not trying to make this a political debate, but let me offer my evidence for this: "Wait for the scary day / We both pull the tricks out of our sleeves". Referring to waiting around for an inevitable conflict. Both Israel and Palestine seem to have "tricks up their sleeves" in how they respond to/initiate violence. "I'd share a life and you'd share a life". Bringing peace in the region means sharing life. "I could take a hit for you / Or I could take away your trips from you". Talking about the good and bad that can be done in an advantageous position. Israel can "take a hit" from Palestine by not retaliating, in the interest of peace. Or, it could "take away" Palestine's trips, by blocking all roads out of areas like Gaza and the West Bank (which it's done). "I could take away the salt in your eyes / or take away the sweet assault in you". Again, Israel could stop its heavy retaliation that ends up hurting many civilians, taking away the "tears" or "salt in your eyes". "And I could offer my apologies / By handing over all the olive trees / and I could take away the shaking knees / by handing over all the olive trees". One of the biggest economic blows to Palestine has been Israel confiscating or destroying the olive trees in the area, which the Palestinians traditionally use to make olive oil, a major export for them. If Israel wanted to "apologize", it could give back the olive trees (which have become somewhat of a symbol for the conflict. For example, Thomas Friedman's book, "The Lexus and the Olive Tree"). "Shaking knees" referring to the general fear that Palestinians have as tanks drive through their country every day, and so on. "I'll believe in anything, You'll believe in anything / because nobody knows you, and nobody gives a damn anyway". Both Israel and Palestine have clung to their individual ideologies pretty strongly, for different reasons that both basically stem from the fact that nobody seems to care much about Palestine or the Palestinian people. Ultimately, I think it's a song about wanting the conflict, but I think it is just as likely that the conflict is also being used as a metaphor for a type of relationship, wherein one person abuses another out of a sense of misguided rationalization. Again, I honestly don't mean to turn the comments into a political debate, but I think it's worth looking at in this way, as there is plenty of evidence. Additionally, if this IS one of the meanings of the song, it certainly gives it a whole new air, and, in my opinion, is quite genius on the parts of Wolf Parade. |
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| Mew – She Came Home For Christmas Lyrics | 17 years ago |
| Has anybody heard the version of this song on their "A Triumph for Man" album? I think I like that version better than the one on "Frengers" (which is still amazing). | |
| Animal Collective – College Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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Avey Tare has said on numerous occasions that he really didn't enjoy college while he was going to it. While I agree that "you don't have to go to college" could be a beautiful way of saying "you don't have to leave me", I also think there's another theme on the album, which is generally that of finding happiness outside of societal norms (like "Who Could Win a Rabbit"). Perhaps it has duel meanings: You don't have to leave me, because you're happy here, not at a place you're going to out of obligation to look "successful". How can you not love a band who evokes 19 responses to a song with a single line of lyric? :) |
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| Animal Collective – Tikwid Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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I think the song is (generally) about different aspects of a relationship with somebody. I'll pick some lines out to specifically analyze: "If they come for us."/"If they bawl": when people don't approve of your relationship or are jealous or whatever "Thumb piano": Remote control. Becoming that couple that just stays in all the time. "Red in our clothes": Being outcast for the relationship. Possibly a Scarlet Letter reference? "Drying your bones": Sex "When we're good and ready we can swim in the flood": Knowing that the relationship can move at the rate YOU want, not what other people expect (i.e. "when are you guys getting married?") And my favorite line, "Lean on me, and we can watch the sun build home": Another way of saying "we'll watch the sun rise" I love this song to death. :) |
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| Sunset Rubdown – Us Ones in Between Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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There's actually a line missing from this. At the very end, he sings: "He doesn't know if she has the wedding rings on. She doesn't know if he has the wedding rings on." Love this song. |
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| Animal Collective – The Purple Bottle Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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This song is amazing. It's probably the single best song to describe how you feel in the first stages after you meet somebody amazing. As for who "khalana" is, perhaps it is yet another alias for Kristín Anna Valtýsdóttir (who is both a member of the band Mum, as well as Avey Tare's wife)? He has said that many of the songs off the "Feels" album were inspired by/about his wife. |
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