| Life Without Buildings – P.S. Exclusive Lyrics | 14 years ago |
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ok! heres my (totally wrong) analysis of this song:: A girl finds herself staying in a "red villa" in Fontanella, Austria (Fontanella is a bit like "fonatella"?). In the middle of the night there is a massive blizzard and she gets snowed in with the other guests, including a young gentleman with "no name, no details" who she ends up having an affair with out of boredom, but it ends up feeling "like the right stuff" ie: she falls in love with him. She finds out his name is "Tonio" and he works for the "MCA" (the marine and coastguard agency). Initially he is resistant to her advances, but in the end she "persuades" him. On "monday" and "tuesday" they can't leave the villa because of the snow so they make love all day ("to be a lover in the winter" and "sugar ice") and spend time "exclusively" with each other. On "wednesday" the snow thaws and they can leave the villa and the girl realises she doesn't like Tonio that much after all and says that she is "exclusively sorry" and that she's "not for you, for me" (kind of like "it's not you its me"). But i can't fit my favourite line "are you shadow smart?" into the story anywhere! |
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| Life Without Buildings – The Leanover Lyrics | 14 years ago |
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i think the lyrics are maybe about the start of a relationship, or thinking back to the start after you've broken up. It seems wistful and nostalgic. Music is a big part of it. Makes me think of making mixtapes for your intended when you first meet. There's loads of music references in the song: "MBV" = My Bloody Valentine, "black steel" = the song by Public Enemy (or Tricky), "i like you mostly late at night" = Robert Wyatt lyric (from Sea Song), "Virginia plain" = the Roxy Music song, "recorded at the automat, san franscisco mixed with uh oh" = the automat was a recording studio in san fransisco where many bands such as The Clash and Echo And The Bunnymen made albums, "recorded at the power plant" = a liner note about a recording studio(?), "i can't stand the rain" - the song by Anne Peebles (or Missy Elliott), "raining in my room" - the song by Swell Maps, theres probably loads more. Perhaps "i don't trade" refers to trading records? I think as with most of the LWB lyrics, this seems to be a jumble of really personal references, things that friends might have said, bits taken from the paper or popular culture and really lovely poetic asides - like reading someones notebooks or picking through their brains. But i might be completely wrong of course. Regardless, this song is wicked! |
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