| Andrew Bird – Not a Robot, But a Ghost Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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Ha, you're not the only one. I have convinced myself that this song is about Alan Turing: - cracking codes and ending the war, of course - but still being forced to be closeted-- the bathroom imagery, but "run the numbers through the floor" also suggests being hidden in an attic or a closed room somewhere and passing on your work to the outside world. It's like being a black box for codebreaking and nobody wants to know about the internal workings. |
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| Andrew Bird – Masterswarm Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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This part always gives me chills (in the best possible way): so they took me to the hospital they put my body through a scan what they saw there would impress them all for inside me grows a man who speaks with perfect diction as he orders my eviction as he acts with more conviction than I It reminds me of that feeling of helplessness you get in nightmares. I feel like it's a way of worrying that you're not doing enough with your life (you're not young any more, perhaps), that someone who has taken a backseat up until now wants a chance because you're useless. |
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