Sparklehorse – Hammering the cramps

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  My Opinion:I think, even though Mark is a tremendous song writer, this song is one that might have been thrown together for phonetic reasons rather than lyrical. Loads of songwriters do it, not a bad thing at all unless maybe every song on the album is done in this way.
  Anyway my interpretation is maybe Mark had been hammering The Cramps on his stereo a lot that month.

  Flag CheersBudon May 31, 2012   Link

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  General Comment:Perfect song for me tonight! Aspirin and IbProfen are NOT working and soon I'm going to resort to a hammer to feel pain elsewhere! Actually, it's a foolish song and I doubt even the band knows about that which it sang ;)

  Flag ASweetPeaon September 27, 2011   Link

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    Amen, Sista! Sing it!

    Flag SillyCheekson March 08, 2012  
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  General Comment:Hammering the cramps. To me, It's like trying to cure a disease but the more you try, the worst it gets.
  I think this song is about being high. This could sound a little offensive but is my interpretation.
  

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    Better than what I come up with...I keep visualizing menstral cramps. Not a pretty sight...

    Flag ILUVUon May 31, 2012  
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  My Opinion:It's seems to me Mark it's trying to coop with the fact that things are changing.
  the reason he's asking "Can you fly?" is because things are changing, like vehicle = planes
  This type of imagery is simply genius and is very hard to explain.
  And the "hammering the cramps" is simply saying that he's trying to deal with the changes until some great god like figure appears, "captain Howdy", "we can't see him" "we can't see them"
  
  see he adds Him and Them.....Him being the god like figure and Them being the angels he sends down.
  I could be very much wrong, but this is just an idea.
  Wasn't he doing Herion at the time?

  Flag dewithon December 13, 2009   Link

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    The Lyric "Hey little dog can you fly" came from this hawk ML saw riding home. It had been shot. So he got a hold of it with his motorcycle gloves and carried it home, put it in a box. Called a nearby wildlife place. "Hey little Hawk can you fly." Decided that sounded awkward and changed it to "Hey little dog."

    Flag hushlittlenightmareon May 08, 2010  
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  General Comment:Captain Howdy is from the exorcist. Before the girl gets possessed she shows her mom a Ouija board and says "Captain Howdy moves it" then she says something like "you can't see him". I still don't get it, at all.

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  General Comment:why are the lyrics disturbing? i dont find them to be.
  i also...do not understand the song haha i just love the guitar though, the whole sound of it too.

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  General Comment:No idea what this song means but it sounds awesome. Like all of their songs.

  Flag Aurora7on September 08, 2007   Link

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  General Comment:The lyrics to this song are at once disturbing and so simplistic as to mean nothing. But I like the song anyway. I dig the guitar, I think.

  Flag toadtwson January 07, 2005   Link

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