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Modest Mouse – Lives Lyrics 12 years ago
I think this song is about those moments when people are sad. Most people try to live by the motto that you only live once (or in more recent history, yolo) but sometimes you forget about that, or dont really care. You are sad regardless of how close we really are to death. I also think it tries to explain that sadness by saying "We have only been alive once" and so really, we arent that good at being alive. Anyone would really do better at life the second time around, but regardless, it is merely our first time.

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Andrew Bird – Masterfade Lyrics 13 years ago
To me it seems like its about a guy who who is too far into technology too enjoy the real world, as in he cant let life chill or "fade" like a master fade does to a song. Then it seems a girl comes into his life and shows him the amazing world and he is afraid to go out, though sometimes it just seems he doesnt care. Then he tries to find holes with her idea of the world by trying to find something she "can't explain". He then declares she cant find happiness in the world. She then takes him down back to play with the kittens and the butterflies. (Papillion is butterfly in French)In the end she tells him never to be afraid because she can help him enjoy life because she has her own hand place "on the master fade" or essentially the off button.

This is just what i got after listening to it all day, im not sure it is the meaning. Andrew Bird is notorious for not even having meaning in his songs. He seems to have a style that paints a picture inside your head.

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