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Slow walk
It's land mine
It's coal mine
It's a bad thought
On the way to god don't know
My brain's the burger and my heart's the coal
I'm trying to get my head clear
I push things out through my mouth I get refilled through my ears
I'm on my way to god don't know or even care
My brain's the weak heart, and my heart's the long stairs
Inland from Vancouver shore
The ravens and the seagulls push each other inward and outward
Inward and outward
In this place that I call home
My brain's the cliff, and my heart's the bitter buffalo
My heart's the bitter buffalo
We tore one down, and erected another there
The match of the century, absence versus thin air
On the way to god don't know
My brain's the burger and my heart's the coal
On this life that we call home
The years go fast and the days go so slow
It's land mine
It's coal mine
It's a bad thought
On the way to god don't know
My brain's the burger and my heart's the coal
I'm trying to get my head clear
I push things out through my mouth I get refilled through my ears
I'm on my way to god don't know or even care
My brain's the weak heart, and my heart's the long stairs
Inland from Vancouver shore
The ravens and the seagulls push each other inward and outward
Inward and outward
In this place that I call home
My brain's the cliff, and my heart's the bitter buffalo
My heart's the bitter buffalo
We tore one down, and erected another there
The match of the century, absence versus thin air
On the way to god don't know
My brain's the burger and my heart's the coal
On this life that we call home
The years go fast and the days go so slow
Heart Cooks Brain song meanings
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General Comment:This song always creates a bit of nostalgia for me during autumn time, perhaps it was the circumstances of experiences in my past. But i turn it on and still feel the same today. I have nothing quite new to add to the analysis here, as it seems most people have guessed the obvious interpretation of what "heart cooks brain means". It is not a hard song to figure out, but it is one that i always go back to when admiring lyrical brilliance in my favorite artists. This song expresses a certain condition that happens to some of us..the condition of being overwhelmed/exhausted and burned out by the very things we need. The brain and the heart need each other, yet the co-dependence is fatal through constant contradiction. The notion of emotion versus logic, and the constant battle between them that ensues, and how there is really no solution to it. I think this song is another example of how music and lyrics can most accurately describe a human emotion where as day to day conversation can not. It's another example of how through music we cope with these feelings that have no solutions, and we feel if only temporarily, slightly better by the poetry and notes seeping under our skin and providing relife. Oh modest mouse, how i always come back to you.
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General Comment:My brain's the cliff, and my heart's the bitter buffalo
The meaning of this line sort of struck me as showing how the pain in our heart, those emotions we have to deal with, sting, and your brain is the cliff. You're standing at the edge of the cliff and all the emotional stress life brings is constantly pushing your mind over.
The meaning of this line sort of struck me as showing how the pain in our heart, those emotions we have to deal with, sting, and your brain is the cliff. You're standing at the edge of the cliff and all the emotional stress life brings is constantly pushing your mind over.
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General Comment:I think Issac is the best lyricist of our time.
"i have a little different idea about the line "the match of the century: absence versus thin air." someone earlier said that these are the same thing, but i disagree. when someone's absent they're physically (or mentally) unavailable, but they're called "absent" b/c they're expected to be someplace, in class or in the conversation or whatever. thin air is the opposite...the person is gone entirely. they're aren't expected, they aren't in touch, they've just...vanished."
The heart prefers the "absence" instead of nothing. It's easier to keep the person around physically despite that they are somewhere else emotionally. The brain knows the former and you really aren't the sarcastic "match of the century". The heart wants them there because it's much easier to keep them around despite the loss of interest than it is to deal with thinking about never seeing them again for the rest of your life.
Other thoughts: The "land mine" is describing the feeling of being trapped into the relationship and "slow walk" let's you know that the decision making is extremely difficult on whether or not to get involved again. "On the way to God don't know" also shows indecisiveness. This is also shown with the fighting between the ravens and seagulls."In this place that I call home" means you feel more comfortable with that person than without them.
"We tore one down and erected another there" meaning whatever building was there was replaced with yet another, as opposed to just letting the land be as it always had been before development. That's "the match of the century": an unused lot of land being perceived as merely a building's "absence," or an unused lot of land being perceived as the natural nothing of "thin air" it should be.
I don't have the liner notes, though, so maybe that's Word of God what the lyrics are. Still not sure I'd believe it even if I read it in the liner notes, though.
Anyway, that's just my view of it. I'm sure this is one of those songs that can have various meanings. c:
But on another note, I love the line "The match of the century: Absence vs Thin Air"
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