Bloc Party – On

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  General Comment:i think the second but of chorus is hopeful not home free.
  
  massive song gr8 album one of best bands in world

  Flag robbravaz4on January 06, 2010   Link

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  General Comment:kele said:
  
  "it's a love song about cocaine, its allure. it is no accident that at a time when people are feling so dispossessed, a drug like cocain is so enticing. this goes some way to trying to explain that appeal.

  Flag supasyd23on February 18, 2009   Link

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  General Comment:Lyrics so blatantly about drugs are really cliché in my opinion. Despite liking the song the lyrics kinda ruin it for me. *shrug*

  Flag mkeion November 24, 2008   Link

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  General Comment:i has many coke nom nom nom

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  General Comment:CooocaiIIInnne!

  Flag messymiss9on November 06, 2007   Link

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  General Comment:It is so obviously about drugs. It describes the feeling so well. obviously "rolled up twenties" refers to sniffing cocaine. Its just talking about how drugs can make u feel awesome and invincible and when it wears off u feel flat so u get more. But "chasing something we'll never catch" coz it never lasts forever. I love this song.

  Flag lixyon October 09, 2007   Link

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  General Comment:I do see how this song is about drugs. It makes complete sense.
  
  That is why I love Bloc Party so much...they are art. They just have this way of writing obscure songs that take some thinking about [most people don't know how to do this today, they prefer the lyrics obvious...boring] and you may think it means one thing, and it makes sense to have that meaning, but then you find out what it really is about, and that too makes perfect sense. That I have to say does take skill.
  
  To me, I still prefer to think of it as a sweet love song because the words are perfect for that [as well as what it is really about].
  
  On the drug idea...people always comment about the lyrics, but if you think of the music for a few seconds, the whole sound [I don't know how to describe this well] is kinda heavenly and light, maybe the feeling someone gets when they take drugs. There is this slow build up and then the song slightly changes when it gets to 'You make my tongue lose' a kinda climax...to the drug I am guessing, and then the drum beat changes afterward...maybe emphasising the feeling this person is getting from drug taking and the excitement etc.
  
  Not sure if I explained myself well there and I don't expect you to agree because it is just MY personal interpretation. Any other ideas...?

  Flag [na]tashaon August 24, 2007   Link

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  General Comment:'You make my tongue loose
  You make my tongue loose
  I am hopeful and stutter-free'
  
  This is my favorite line. Cocaine or not, it fully expresses how I feel when I admit to something while realizing it myself. Though it doesn't seem to be a love song, I am crazy about the way it still portrays the underlying feel of one. Even then, you can almost get the sense something more than just a fucked up friday night is going on.
  
  This is just my interpretation, but it almost seems like the drug itself helps him to admit the things he would never had liked to admit, hopeful to see what others' reactions will be.
  
  'You make my tongue loose
  You make my tongue loose
  I am hopeful and stutter-free'

  Flag claudel22on August 13, 2007   Link

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  General Comment:its just about cocaine :
  "you" (cocaine) make my tongue loose
  I am hopeful and stutter-free ... obvious
  
  I can charm
  I can charm them all
  ...
  
  Kele is commenting people who have the "right" jobs, doing the "right" people, going to the "right" parties taking the "right" stuff
  
  actually the album was based on the novel:
  less than zero with "clay" as character =>
  "songs for clay"

  Flag pennystrikeon August 10, 2007   Link

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  General Comment:'bitten by a vampire'
  This song isn't about heroin.
  
  :) haha

  Flag AndyWeaveron May 25, 2007   Link

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