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Kids Lyrics
You were a child
Crawling on your knees toward it Making momma so proud But your voice was too loud We like to watch you laughing Picking insects off of plants No time to think of consequences Control yourself Take only what you need from it A family of trees wanted to be haunted Control yourself Take only what you need from it A family of trees wanted to be haunted The water is warm But it's sending me shivers A baby is born Crying out for attention The memories fade Like looking through a fogged mirror Decision to decisions are made and not bought But I thought this wouldn't hurt a lot I guess not Control yourself Take only what you need from it A family of trees wanted to be haunted Control yourself Take only what you need from it A family of trees wanted to be haunted Control yourself Take only what you need from it A family of trees wanted to be haunted Control yourself Take only what you need from it A family of trees wanted to be haunted Control yourself Take only what you need from it A family of trees wanted to be haunted Control yourself Take only what you need from it A family of trees wanted to be haunted Control yourself Take only what you need from it A family of trees wanted to be haunted Control yourself Take only what you need from it A family of trees wanted to be haunted Control yourself Take only what you need from it A family of trees wanted to be haunted Control yourself Take only what you need from it A family of trees wanted to be haunted Control yourself Take only what you need from it A family of trees wanted to be haunted Control yourself Take only what you need from it A family of trees wanted to be haunted |
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The song is actually about bad parenting, esp in the case of a custody battle/divorce and the effects on a childs life and growing up with it. I wouldnt be surprised if members of mgmt had divorced parents. Why?
If you read the opening quote by Mark Twain "He who fights with monsters care lest he thereby become a monster" is a reference to bad parents as "monsters" that will eventually reflect unto their children. In the music video we see a careless, narcissistic mother. Notice her rings are now on her right hand and the father figure is absent and she is living in a very nice house (devorce settlement). In every image society is seen as a monster, because in growing up with your closest family figure as a monster even regular people are now seen as the same. The car seat instead of something comforting is depicted as a cage. "control yourself take only what you need from it" is in references to controlling yourself and not fighting over the child and tearing them apart in the settlement. "A family of trees wanted, to be haunted", in trying to keep the child and have grandchildren, future generations of that family are scarred because the child is scarred in the fighting over him. The child is seen more like an object of possesion just like her phone and devorce-settlement-bought car. Towards the end is a trip scene...probably a reference to divorce children driven to drugs, in the end the child is seen running to mgmt, a male father figure, or savior who ends up turning into a monster just the same and the child falls into abyss. Decisions are made and not bought, ie the decision over the child should be a decision for the child and not paid to a lawyer from the settlement. i thought the divorce wouldnt hurt a lot i guess not...
The first stanza is a reflection of parents only thinking of the enjoyable charactistics the child provides for them while in the custody battle but easily frustrated when they are too loud (both very narcissitic characteristics). But they are not thinking of the consequences of their selfish actions.
its also a recurring theme in MGMT songs, in time to pretend he talks of marrying models having children and then getting divorced. In the music video for kids the mother is a hot model divorcee archtype. Coincidence? i think not.
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04-17-2007
I really wish artists commented on this site.
12-08-2008
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Might I add my favorite part of this song "A family of trees wanted to be haunted". aka Humans can be disgusting and if you let your ego take over. So "Control yourself"!
05-01-2009
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09-21-2009
i personally belive the message is trying to portray human gluttony. When we are children we do not experience any consequences for our wrongs that will have a lasting effect on our life. So I think that when the song thus says "take only what you need", it's explaining not to take thing in excess when we do wehn we are children because our parents won't always be able to clean up our own mess.
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05-28-2007
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10-08-2007
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11-22-2007
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02-09-2008
"Crawling on your knees toward him
Making momma so proud"
"Take only what you need from him"
might be a bit far off, but possibly sibling rivalry to the extreme - memories of his childhood seem to go sour after "a baby is born". love love love this song anyway.
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02-09-2008
W00t!
This song rules!
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02-18-2008
02-20-2009
I can see it. :o
07-10-2009
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02-21-2008
decisions too
decisions are made and not bought
but i thought this wouldn't hurt a lot i guess not
i agree btw, about this song being about the stages of life
08-23-2009
10-10-2009
i like how they say it
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03-13-2008
In the chorus of this song -- "Control yourself. Take only what you need from it." -- he's talking about the boy taking from the tree. Yada yada yada, etc, etc ,etc. You get the picture.
Anyone else see the connection?
01-28-2009
04-01-2009
I love that book :)
and this song!
05-19-2009
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Yeah, I see what you're getting at.
01-05-2010
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03-21-2008
"Control yourself, take only what you need from it. A family of trees fallin', to be haunted" though I'm not sure if that makes sense? It's sounds like falling or calling to me, not wanting.
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03-25-2008
maybe that's far fetched, i can't tell. but that's what i think when i hear this.
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03-26-2008
"We like to watch you laughing
Picking insects off of plants
No time to think of consequences"
I think these lines might be talking about how even the little things that we do, like killing insects for instance, effect the world around us more than we know (hence "no time to think of consequences")
"Control yourself
Take only what you need from it
A family of trees falling, to be haunted"
It seems like they're talking about controlling yourself from taking more than you need from the earth. The family of trees falling line is giving a conspicuous example of how humans destroy ecosystems like rain forests on a regular basis.
"The water is warm, but it's sending me shivers" I think is eluding to pollution in earth's water bodies.
"Decisions are made and not bought
But I thought this wouldn't hurt a lot
I guess not"
Here I think they're eluding to the fact that humans, particularly people in power, make decisions that seem logical and beneficial in for humankind in the short term, but are often harmful to organisms and their environments in the long-term.
11-15-2008
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You're right on with everything else.....
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03-27-2008
That makes so much sense!! That's cool you thought of it like that.
I think MGMT lyrics can be whatever you want them to be. Well, all lyrics in general. They are vague so you can interpret however you like.
But most people want to know what the artists were thinking when they wrote the lyrics.
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03-31-2008
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03-31-2008
If you take this as the kind words of a mother to her son then you essentially have her talking of how they "we like to watch you laughing" (mother+father)shared in the baby's young curiosity, and a layer of reticence about what was to come subsequently "no time to think of consequences" relating to their relationship/behaviour towards each other.
If you discount the chorus at first and lead straight into the second verse you have an undeniable sentiment that there have been bad decisions made, many without thinking. The memories of when the child was sparkling and new (warm water) are now sharpened to a shiver by what is know known and experienced. "I though this wouldn't hurt" could perhaps refer to bringing the child into the world.
This then angles the whole chorus as a slight on the father. Control yourself, take only from your father what you need (i.e. the strength, love, role model, father figure etc) leaving behind the failures and foibles. The "family of trees" is a play on words from "Family tree", probably probing at the idea that if you repeat the mistakes of the your own father - he'll haunt "your" tree too. A forlorn warning about how there are two sides to everything "warm" "a baby is born" can end up difficult "shiver" "crying out for attention".
01-17-2010
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03-31-2008
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04-01-2008
Treeeee's
subliminal message maby ?
lol
06-21-2009
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04-02-2008
'Family of Trees' could mean the writer's Family Tree: the writer's could be going through a divorce and due to who recieves custody the child's loosing one half of its family.
But anyways i prefer the idea about it being about the song representing environment destruction...maybe the two interperetations are linked -> Babies & Kids are being used as a metaphor because they're innocent and dependant and the the way the environment is being destroyed is in a way oblivious to them, much like the divorce when very young children are involved..
Awesome Song/Album!...i hope this will be a summer anthem! bt not too overplayed!
10-05-2009
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04-02-2008
i just happened to stumble upon this band..
i like them!
Koncorde, i think, you're right about it. It just seems to fit.
Especially the play on words of "family tree"
..hm interesting!
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04-04-2008
The statement about decisions being made not bought has to do with being a good Dad having to do with more than paying child support; more to do with being there to raise your kids.
The water is warm
But it's sending me shivers
A baby is born
Crying out for attention
Memories fade
Like looking through a fogged mirror
Decisions too
Decisions are made
Decisions are made and not bought
But I thought this wouldn't hurt a lot
I guess not
The lin about the water being warm is because he used the Russian technique of birthing your child in water as a way of minimizing the shock to the baby when he/she arrives in the world. Namely because water is much more like the amniotic fluid.
It gives him shivers because although he is in the warmth of the birthing pool, he is shivering from the awesome miracle of seeing his child brought into the world.
Losing your child or having your child not be around doesnt seem as painful until you go through it.
Many people here are over analyzing this song when the title gives you the clues you need to conclude.
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04-10-2008
yay college kids
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