Lyrics for Gronlandic Edit as interpreted by delial

Gronlandic Edit Lyrics
(The surrealists were just)
Nihilists with good imaginations

I am satisfied
Hiding in our friend's apartment
Only leaving once a day
To buy some groceries
Daylight, I'm so absent minded
Nighttime meeting new anxieties
So am I erasing myself?
Hope I'm not erasing myself

I guess it would be nice to give my heart to a god
But which one, which one do I choose?
All the churches fill with losers, psycho or confused
I just want to hold the divine in mind
And forget all of the beauty's wasted

Let's fall back to earth and do something pleasant
We fell back to earth like gravity's bitches
(Physics makes us all its bitches)

I guess it would be nice to help in your escape
From patterns your parents designed
All the party people dancing for the indie star
But he's the worst faker by far
But in the set, I forget all of the beauty's wasted

I guess it would be nice
Show me that things can be nice
I guess it would be nice
Show me that things can be nice

You've got my back in the city
You've got my back, because I don't want to panic
You've got my back in the city
You've got my back, because I don't want to panic

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vulvalove
09-27-2006

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physics makes us all it's bitches.

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eturner24
10-09-2006

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This song is like my anthem. I don't know I just love it so much. The "I guess it would be nice to give my heart to a God" part just defined how I felt a while ago, and it's nice to know I'm not alone in that.
I think he's talking about how he's disgusted with the world and that the simplest things are such a big deal now, and the beauty is gone.

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mwalk
10-12-2006

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This is one of my favorite songs off of Hissing Fauna. It's interesting to note how much more personal the lyrics of this album are in juxtaposition to their previous works.

I think it's about being overwhelmed by the modern world - "daylight I'm so absent-minded
nighttime meeting new anxieties".

Perhaps the line
"all the party people dancing for the indie star
but he's the worst faker by far" is a reference to himself. My guess from the other songs is that he was stuggling with drugs/depression while in Norway/during the writing of this album, and had to put on this guise of being happy.

Also, the line "oh forget, all the beauty's wasted" ties into the feeling of disillusionment with the world and society.

Good stuff.

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lepidoptera3
10-13-2006

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I was also thinking the line about the indie star referred to him, but I thought maybe he meant he was faking dancing. Or maybe just fake in general, but that struck me as odd.

I really like this one. More on this later.

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collie
10-21-2006

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Definitely
"Nihilists with good imaginations"
-think po-haps it's
"hold the divine in mine and FORGET!"

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danslesbois
12-19-2006

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For me this song simply represents being unsure about the world, oneself, society etc. Therefore retreating to a safe place "friend's apartment." Also touching on the subject of all the wasted beauty for example through religion. Which admittedly can be quite beautiful, but is unfortunately interpreted in a very hateful and judgmental manner by the masses.

As far as the "indie star faker" I don't think it is directed at anybody specific but rather this whole new trend of manufacturing overproduced 'indie/punk' bands a la Fall Out Boy, Panic! at the Disco etc...

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PhantomsRevenge
12-23-2006

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"(the surrealists were just) nihilists with good imaginations"

guess it would be nice to give my heart to a god but which one which one do i choose?
all the churches fill with losers psycho or confused"

"let's fall back to earth and do something pleasant"

"but in the set i forget all of the beauty's wasted"

"guess it could be nice show me that things can be nice"

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kehya
12-29-2006

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I hope I don't sound like a pretentious jerk by doing this, but here I go.

It seems like someone who is really disillusioned by the world ("all "of the beauty's wasted") and so he's hiding from it in his friend's apartment. He wants to try to find salvation from the world through God but sees that that's been tainted too.

"we fell back to earth like gravity's bitches
(physics make us all its bitches)"

Kinda makes me think of someone who had big dreams and was really happy and excited by life, but then they got pulled down by the harshness of life.

"I guess it would be nice to help in your escape
from patterns your parents designed"
Makes me think of how a lot of kids see that their parents sold themselves short and are unhappy in life.

"all the party people dancing for the indie star
but he's the worst faker by far"
Like there's ugliness and fakeness even in something beautiful in music which is really painful.

"show me that things can be nice
you've got my back in the city"
A friend or lover showed him that there's still beauty in the world and now he can start leaving his friend's apartment and going out and start living a normal life.

:X sorry

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lepidoptera3
01-06-2007

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"all the party people dancing for the indie star but he's the worst faker by far
but in the set i forget all of the beauty's wasted"

Yeah, I still think he's calling himself the worst faker (i'm guessing when it comes to dancing) by far.

Here's why I don't think it's about other bands, because it says "in the set i forget all the beauty's wasted". Why would he watch the sets of lame bands? To me it makes more sense if it's his set.

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kristinL356
01-24-2007

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Being a physics major, I feel like I'm probably enjoying "physics makes us all its bitches' on a much higher level than most everyone else. Especially while doing homework.

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pumkinhed
01-25-2007

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I like how the lyrics makes sense this time around rather than the gobbledygook on Sunlandic Twins.

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the_polymath
02-18-2007

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I' fairly certain it's: "hold the divine in MIND and forget", not "mine".

Also I think he was referring to himself when talking of the "indie star". I don't think it's at all strange that he'd call himself a faker. We've all felt a little fake at one time or another.

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grapefruit-tea
02-23-2007

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it sounds like he is saying "let's fall back to earth &endure something pleasent" to me.

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flamingo_dream
03-14-2007

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gobbledygook??! just because hissing fauna is easier to understand doesnt mean the other ones dont make since. i love each album, this one is just not as light.

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jterrance
03-26-2007

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"You've got my back, 'cause I don't want to panic." fucking fantastic. in my opinion, that personifies the mindset of anyone that uses religion as a crutch; basically, giving your heart to a god is easier than admitting there isn't one. ..and he fucking nails it!

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allhailsparta
06-07-2007

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to be honest this song just reminds me of drugs:

"(The surrealists were just)
Nihilists with good imaginations" many experiences with drugs are reminiscent of surrealist works.

"I am satisfied
Hiding in our friend's apartment
Only leaving once a day
To buy some groceries
Daylight, I'm so absent minded
Nighttime meeting new anxieties
So am I erasing myself?
Hope I'm not erasing myself" this just sounds like drug induced paranoia

"I guess it would be nice to give my heart to a god
But which one, which one do I choose?
All the churches fill with losers, psycho or confused
I just want to hold the divine in mind
And forget all of the beauty's wasted" talking to god isn't that uncommon on drugs, he's taking them to get that illusive experience of divine beauty that is so hard to come by in our mundane world.

"Let's fall back to earth and do something pleasant
We fell back to earth like gravity's bitches
(Physics makes us all its bitches)" coming down

"I guess it would be nice
Show me that things can be nice
I guess it would be nice
Show me that things can be nice

You've got my back in the city
You've got my back, 'cause I don't want to panic
You've got my back in the city
You've got my back, 'cause I don't want to panic" coming down some more, his friend is babysitting his trip and calming him down, he doesn't want to leave his nice and cozy drug induced world

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AshedEyes
06-17-2007

Rated +1 
I don't think your exactly right allhailsparta. People seem to think every song is about sex, drugs, or break ups and people can't write about anything else outside those realms. I think some of the others users that posted before have a better grasp on the meaning of this song.

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AshedEyes
06-17-2007

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I don't think your exactly right allhailsparta. People seem to think every song is about sex, drugs, or break ups and people can't write about anything else outside those realms. I think some of the others users that posted before have a better grasp on the meaning of this song.

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|sarianna
09-16-2007

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following the discussions here concerning of Montreal lyrics makes me appreciate kevin barnes 100% more than before and this has been my favourite band for a while now.

anyhow, i occasionally feel pretty lame after having read how intellect some of you guys are. i'm happy to enjoy that however.

then about this song - gronlandic edit appeals to me very well, being an agnostic myself.
"i guess it would be nice to give my heart to a god but which one do i choose?
_psycho or confused_"

i feel this song is more purely a religious statement than anything else. it's sort of a story of the triumph that the laws of physics have taken over the religious explanations of the beginning of life in kevin's mind.

wow, that was a confusing sentence. anyhow, i can be wrong, but please keep commenting. i begin to feel kevin uses more metaphors in his songs than many of us realize, but it's easy to enjoy of Montreal's songs very deeply without realizing the deeper meanings and only concentrating on the witty-gitty expressions and hooks of melody he so geniously represents - as i feel i have been doing too much so far. i will have to be more alert, just to show my respect to the wonderfullness of these lyrics.

i feel fortunate to have found this band.
thanks xxx

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|sarianna
09-16-2007

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following the discussions here concerning of Montreal lyrics makes me appreciate kevin barnes 100% more than before and this has been my favourite band for a while now.

anyhow, i occasionally feel pretty lame after having read how intellect some of you guys are. i'm happy to enjoy that however.

then about this song - gronlandic edit appeals to me very well, being an agnostic myself.
"i guess it would be nice to give my heart to a god but which one do i choose?
_psycho or confused_"

i feel this song is more purely a religious statement than anything else. it's sort of a story of the triumph that the laws of physics have taken over the religious explanations of the beginning of life in kevin's mind.

wow, that was a confusing sentence. anyhow, i can be wrong, but please keep commenting. i begin to feel kevin uses more metaphors in his songs than many of us realize, but it's easy to enjoy of Montreal's songs very deeply without realizing the deeper meanings and only concentrating on the witty-gitty expressions and hooks of melody he so geniously represents - as i feel i have been doing too much so far. i will have to be more alert, just to show my respect to the wonderfullness of these lyrics.

i feel fortunate to have found this band.
thanks xxx

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laura_laurent
10-02-2007

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this song reminds me of the way i felt some months ago. i was attending university part-time, studying philosophy for the first time in my life, and yearning to be devoted to something, but unable to attach. my routine consisted of catching the bus, buying coffee and slurpees, and reading too much. i avoided friends/ acquaintances, and generally out of touch with myself. trying too hard to believe/ define the world= profound detachment, gronlandic edit syle.

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xocouturecouture
10-29-2007

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i have SO MUCH IN COMMON WITH THIS SONG

i LOOOVE the following part cuz it makes me smile:

I guess it would be nice to give my heart to a god
But which one, which one do I choose?
All the churches fill with losers, psycho or confused
I just want to hold the divine in mind

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XhawkingX
11-11-2007

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“Well, it's more a feeling that God is going to do horrid things to me if I partake in certain activities. I don't really worry about it that much, but it is always somewhere buried back in my mind. I realised early on that it was just a bunch of bullshit. I can't understand how people can really believe in organised religions.”

“I went to Catholic school for a long time, and I was also forced to attend church services every Sunday during my childhood. I found it dreadfully boring and I didn't believe a word of what they were teaching, other than the golden rule. I could see all of the hypocrisy and phoniness involved in the church and it made me sick. Now I can appreciate the theatre of it, but it's still too perverse for me to handle. I guess it made me a bit more cynical about adulthood and the ‘normal’ people of the world.”

“It helped me see very clearly what I didn't want to be as an adult. I can't stand most religions because they over-simplify things in this extremely childish sort of way. It is an escape from the insanity of life, but it's an unhealthy escape in my view.”

that's from an interview with kevin barnes on wirelessbollinger.com

doesn't explain much about the song though, other than the one part, obviously.

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cannabinoid sadhu
11-12-2007

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i think "I am satisfied
Hiding in our friend's apartmentOnly leaving once a day
To buy some groceries" references to staying strung out on psychedellics.
"Daylight, I'm so absent minded"
i think references to being in a daze after doing hallucinogens all night.
"Nighttime meeting new anxieties" i believe is referring to the anxiety that is manifested through psychedellics such as LSD and mushrooms. the over all part "Daylight, I'm so absent minded
Nighttime meeting new anxieties" pretty much sits in an image of a group of friends being strung out on psychedellics.
"So am I erasing myself?
Hope I'm not erasing myself" to me is he worries of the trip going so far that he wont ever be the same and will be stuck in the trip.
"I guess it would be nice to give my heart to a god
But which one, which one do I choose?
All the churches fill with losers, psycho or confused
I just want to hold the divine in mind" this right here is a spirital realization that he is discovering while be strung out on psychedellics. its that you can have god in your head and you dont have to go to church to have a god and you dont have to follow a traditional god.
"And forget all of the beauty's wasted" is saying that society and traditions at be have wasted natures beauty.
"Let's fall back to earth and do something pleasant
We fell back to earth like gravity's bitches
(Physics makes us all its bitches)" to me is saying that we need to regress back to earth and we as gravity bitches means we are natural bonded to the earth aka a bitch to it so we must regress and save her.
"I guess it would be nice to help in your escape
From patterns your parents designed" is saying how kids are using drugs and listening to of montreal and finding new ways to veiw things other than what their parents have fixed in their heads.
" All the party people dancing for the indie star
But he's the worst faker by far
But in the set, I forget all of the beauty's wasted" is saying that hes a normal person jus like the kids dancing in the crowd (the kids breaking away from therir parents traditions).

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Pro
11-19-2007

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Don't you guys think words
'All the party people dancing for the indie star
But he's the worst faker by far' have sth to do with words 'I wish i could talk/ I wish I could live like there was nothing to hide' from Psychotic Feeling? Everyone has sth which he doesn't want or cannot share with other people. And there are people, who just pose or act in the way strange way, 'cause they're afraid they won't be accepted.

sth just has come to my mind. People with depression usually don't want admit they're sick and they pretend and try to act as usual. I guess that's what he wanted to say.

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