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alt-J – Something Good Lyrics 8 years ago
I think the song is most definitely about heroin addiction and recovery. The different take I have on it is the matador represents the drug, and the addict is actually the bull. The lyrics are from the perspective of a bull who is playing a far more dangerous game than the matador, and takes each match as far as the estocada, before he defeats the matador to fight another day. Hence the significance of the bleats along side and even before the roars..

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