| Manchester Orchestra – Where Have You Been Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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I'm assuming he is singing to the Messiah aka Jesus. When he says "When you look at me, I'll be digesting your legs Cause I can hardly see what's in front of me" he is talking about eating the body of Christ (aka the Christ cracker, as I call it). I don't get the ending though. I know they change it up live but on the album it does sound like "joy". |
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| Say Anything – Goodbye Young Tutor, You've Now Outgrown Me Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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First of all, Max writes a lot of songs about relationships. His voice breaks on this one and "I Want to Know Your Plans" off of the previous album and I assume it's because these two songs are the more serious, romantic ones. Even Max Bemis has fallen in love at least once. Furthermore, I think these lyrics are slightly off. These are the correct ones: Black days You've changed Oh, have you left me here to rot I kid you not I miss you girl You're all that makes me true Your breath, Your scent, Follows drifting on the vapor I can't escape her She was my love Now she's pushing me away The night that we met At the back of the show My favourite band But you wouldn't know From looking at me All wrapped up in you But where can you be now? And what can I do, for you? Just say Max...um... I love you I need you And no one will do but you Max...um... I love you I miss you And no one will do but you No one will do but you (x4) Black days (x4) |
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| Modest Mouse – Little Motel Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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People see too much in this song I think. I take it pretty literal. "I hope that you like it in your little motel And I hope that the suite sleeps and suits you well Well I can see it as time and a sight through smell That's why it's nice to be by yourself" His SO (who I am assuming lived with him) left him. She stayed in a motel a few days to get things together, figure out where to go, find a more permanent place to live, etc. This first verse is, again, pretty literal. "I hope the motel's nice, I guess you needed the space and a breather, sometimes it's nice to be alone" "Cause that's what I'm waiting for That's what I'm waiting for That's what I'm waiting for, aren't I? That's what I'm waiting for That's what I'm waiting for That's what I'm waiting for darlin'" Basically he's waiting for her to really leave. He doesn't necessarily want her to, he's just anticipating it. "We treat mishaps like sinking ships and I know that I don't want to be out to drift Well I can see it in your eyes like I taste your lips and They both tell me that we're better than this" Every little mistake, tiff, argument turns into a big fight that could break the relationship and he sees (through her eyes and lips (words?)) that they are better than that. Again the chorus repeats that he's waiting for the end. "We trade tit for tat, yeah that for this And I don't think that there was an insult that was missed I can see it in your eyes like I taste your lips and I'm very sorry" Their trading ugly words, fighting again, and he can tell he's hurt her with something he said and he's so sorry. Again, in the chorus, he knows they are approaching their end. We named ourselves a shooting star Landed directly on our broke-down little car Before then we had made a wish That we would be missed If one or another just did not exist" They are wishing, hopelessly (the crashing on the car), that they'll at least miss each other and still care about one another down the line. "Cause that's what we're waiting for That's what we're waiting for That's what we're waiting on, aren't we? That's what we're waiting for That's what we're waiting for That's what we're waiting for darlin' That's what we're waiting for That's what we're waiting for That's what we're waiting for aren't we?" The sudden change to "we" shows they, at this point, BOTH know the relationship is not going to work. And it's over. This is a very beautiful, hopeless song. One of MM's best. |
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