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That's how it starts
We go back to your house
We check the charts
And start to figure it out
And if it's crowded, all the better
Because we know we're gonna be up late
But if you're worried about the weather
Then you picked the wrong place to stay
That's how it starts
And so it starts
You switch the engine on
We set controls for the heart of the sun
One of the ways we show our age
And if the sun comes up, if the sun comes up, if the sun comes up
And I still don't wanna stagger home
Then it's the memory of our betters
That are keeping us on our feet
You spent the first five years trying to get with the plan
And the next five years trying to be with your friends again
You're talking 45 turns just as fast as you can
Teah, I know it gets tired, but it's better when we pretend
It comes apart
The way it does in bad films
Except in parts
When the moral kicks in
Though when we're running out of the drugs
And the conversation's winding away
I wouldn't trade one stupid decision
For another five years of life
You drop the first ten years just as fast as you can
And the next ten people who are trying to be polite
When you're blowing eighty-five days in the middle of France
Yeah, I know it gets tired only where are your friends tonight?
And to tell the truth
Oh, this could be the last time
So here we go
Like a sales force into the night
And if I made a fool, if I made a fool, if I made a fool
On the road, there's always this
And if I'm sewn into submission
I can still come home to this
And with a face like a dad and a laughable stand
You can sleep on the plane or review what you said
When you're drunk and the kids leave impossible tasks
You think over and over, "hey, I'm finally dead."
Oh, if the trip and the plan come apart in your hand
Tou look contorted on yourself your ridiculous prop
You forgot what you meant when you read what you said
And you always knew you were tired, but then
Where are your friends tonight?
Where are your friends tonight?
Where are your friends tonight?
If I could see all my friends tonight
If I could see all my friends tonight
If I could see all my friends tonight
If I could see all my friends tonight
We go back to your house
We check the charts
And start to figure it out
And if it's crowded, all the better
Because we know we're gonna be up late
But if you're worried about the weather
Then you picked the wrong place to stay
That's how it starts
And so it starts
You switch the engine on
We set controls for the heart of the sun
One of the ways we show our age
And if the sun comes up, if the sun comes up, if the sun comes up
And I still don't wanna stagger home
Then it's the memory of our betters
That are keeping us on our feet
You spent the first five years trying to get with the plan
And the next five years trying to be with your friends again
You're talking 45 turns just as fast as you can
Teah, I know it gets tired, but it's better when we pretend
It comes apart
The way it does in bad films
Except in parts
When the moral kicks in
Though when we're running out of the drugs
And the conversation's winding away
I wouldn't trade one stupid decision
For another five years of life
You drop the first ten years just as fast as you can
And the next ten people who are trying to be polite
When you're blowing eighty-five days in the middle of France
Yeah, I know it gets tired only where are your friends tonight?
And to tell the truth
Oh, this could be the last time
So here we go
Like a sales force into the night
And if I made a fool, if I made a fool, if I made a fool
On the road, there's always this
And if I'm sewn into submission
I can still come home to this
And with a face like a dad and a laughable stand
You can sleep on the plane or review what you said
When you're drunk and the kids leave impossible tasks
You think over and over, "hey, I'm finally dead."
Oh, if the trip and the plan come apart in your hand
Tou look contorted on yourself your ridiculous prop
You forgot what you meant when you read what you said
And you always knew you were tired, but then
Where are your friends tonight?
Where are your friends tonight?
Where are your friends tonight?
If I could see all my friends tonight
If I could see all my friends tonight
If I could see all my friends tonight
If I could see all my friends tonight
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At the party, the narrator has an epiphany (It comes apart/The way it does in bad films/Except in parts/When the moral kicks in), and the epiphany contrasts with the party, where I'm sure everyone else is oblivious to the change in the narrator.
Instead of being depressed like some people feel when they realized they've wasted away, the narrator seems empowered and ready to change his life. I think whenever the narrator talks in second-person, he might be talking to himself.
It's an empowering song, really. It's the most inspiring and motivating song about despair and depression I've ever heard
And for everyone out there who enjoys dancing with friends, that's why All My Friends is one of the greatest songs ever.
Well, I'd like to know why you think this song is about someone looking back and wanting to relive their young and fun life.Many times in the song, Murphy says that this sort of life (blowing 85 days in the middle of France; taking 45 turns just as fast as you can; you drop the first ten years just as fast you can) is tiring, and I think he means mentally as well as physically.
At first, when I read the lyrics, I thought he was talking to some friend that's wasting his life (the "face like a dad and a laughable stand" stanza)--and I'll admit that my first interpretation was a bit derived in parts, like when I said that he's talking to himself when he speaks in 2nd person--but it seems like he's making a commentary on people that blow their lives away. That's me though, and that's why I put it under My Interpretation haha.
That's how it starts:
We go back to your house
you check the charts
and start to figure it out
And if it's crowded, all the better
because we know we're gonna be up late
But if you're worried about the weather
then you picked the wrong place to stay
You spent the first five years trying to get with the plan
and the next five years trying to be with your friends again
You're talking 45 turns just as fast as you can
Yeah, I know it gets tired, only where are your friends tonight?
Where are your friends tonight?
And so it starts
you switch the engine on
We set controls for the heart of the sun
one of the ways we show our age
And if the sun comes up, if the sun comes up
And if the sun comes up, and I still don't wanna stagger home
then it's the memory of our betters
that's keeping us on our feet
You spent the first five years trying to get with the plan
and the next five years trying to be with your friends again
You're talking 45 turns just as fast as you can
Yeah, I know it gets tired, only where are your friends tonight?
Where are your friends tonight?
Where are your friends tonight?
Where are your friends tonight?
Where are your friends tonight?
Where are your friends tonight?
Where are your friends tonight?
Where are your friends tonight?
It comes apart
the way it does in bad films
except in parts
when the moral kicks in
Though we're running out of the drugs
and the conversation's winding away
oh, I wouldn't trade one stupid decision
for another five years of life
You spent the first five years trying to get with the plan
and the next five years trying to be with your friends again
You're talking 45 turns just as fast as you can
Yeah, I know it gets tired, only where are your friends tonight?
Where are your friends tonight?
Where are your friends tonight?
Where are your friends tonight?
If I could be with my friends tonight
If I could be with my friends tonight
If I could be with my friends tonight
If I could be with my friends tonight
If I could be with my friends tonight
If I could be with my friends tonight
If I could be with my friends tonight
If I could be with my friends tonight
That's how it starts:
We go back to your house
you check the charts
and start to figure it out
And if it's crowded, all the better
because we know we're gonna be up late
But if you're worried about the weather
then you picked the wrong place to stay
That's how it starts
And so it starts:
you switch the engine on
we set controls for the heart of the sun
one of the ways that we show our age
And if the sun comes up, if the sun comes up
if the sun comes up and I still don't wanna stagger home
then it's the memory of our betters
that are keeping us on our feet
You spent the first five years trying to get with the plan
and the next five years trying to be with your friends again
Oh, you're talking 45 turns just as fast as you can
Yeah, I know it gets tired, but it's better when we pretend
It comes apart
the way it does in bad films
except the part
where the moral kicks in
And when we're running out of the drugs
and the conversation's grinding away
I wouldn't trade one stupid decision
for another five years of life
Oh, you drop the first ten years just as fast as you can
and the next ten people who are trying to be polite
when you're blowing 85 days in the middle of France
Yeah, I know it gets tired - only, where are your friends tonight?
And to tell the truth
oh, this could be the last time
So here we go
like a sales force into the night
And if I made a fool, if I made a fool
if I made a fool on the road, there's always this
And if I'm sued into submission
I can still come home to this
And with a face like a dad and a laughable stand
you can sleep on the plane or review what you said
When you're drunk and the kids look impossibly tanned
you think over and over, "Hey, I'm finally dead"
Oh, if the trip and the plan come apart in your hand
you can turn it on yourself, your ridiculous prop
You forgot what you meant when you read what you said
and you knew you were tired, but then where are your friends tonight?
Where are your friends tonight?
Where are your friends tonight?
If I could see all my friends tonight
If I could see all my friends tonight
If I could see all my friends tonight
If I could see all my friends tonight
"In just 2 days tomorrow will be yesterday"
This song is about dancing with your tops off 402 times a year. X
It's about getting stuck right in amongst it and worrying about the consequences much later.
That's all you need to know about life. Live for the moment.
"You spent the first five years trying to get with the plan
And the next five years trying to be with your friends again"
"And if the sun comes up, if the sun comes up, if the sun comes up
And I still don't wanna stagger home
Then it's the memory of our betters
That are keeping us on our feet"
"I wouldn't trade one stupid decision
For another five years of life"
(Love that line!)
It's also about being happy with who you are, being happy in the here and now, not longing for days past or pining for the future. Your life is here now, live it.
The second and third stanzas are, I think, a critique of the internet, and how social networks produce both inactivity and a gradual subjective degration of objective experience. We have replaced objective interaction with hyperreal objective/subjective interaction, thus creating an artificial environment, where uncomfortable (thus beneficial) experience is nonexistent. At the end of stanza 3, "Yeah, I know it gets tired, but it's better when we pretend," implies that this hyperreality seems better than reality itself. Thus, we spend so much time immersed in hyperreality that we don't realize our own fatigue (that which is a result of a lack of actual objective experience) and gradually degrade.
Moral principles have no place in this subjective/objective hyperrealism, because there are no consequences for mannerisms/thoughts/words that would be considered unacceptable in actual objective conversations or observation or analyzation or whatever. We may proceed to be as pompous and asshole-ish as we please, with no reprecussions.
All of our "friends" are mostly seen on a digital format. When actual interaction occurs, we come to the painful and unwitting realization that we haven't had any "real" interaction with them... only hyperreal interaction. So, it necessarily follows that a feeling of abandonment ensues in modern existence, because most of us are now at the whim of the screen.
The second and third stanzas are, I think, a critique of the internet, and how social networks produce both inactivity and a gradual subjective degration of objective experience. We have replaced objective interaction with hyperreal objective/subjective interaction, thus creating an artificial environment, where uncomfortable (thus beneficial) experience is nonexistent. At the end of stanza 3, "Yeah, I know it gets tired, but it's better when we pretend," implies that this hyperreality seems better than reality itself. Thus, we spend so much time immersed in hyperreality that we don't realize our own fatigue (that which is a result of a lack of actual objective experience) and gradually degrade.
Moral principles have no place in this subjective/objective hyperrealism, because there are no consequences for mannerisms/thoughts/words that would be considered unacceptable in actual objective conversations or observation or analyzation or whatever. We may proceed to be as pompous and asshole-ish as we please, with no reprecussions.
All of our "friends" are mostly seen on a digital format. When actual interaction occurs, we come to the painful and unwitting realization that we haven't had any "real" interaction with them... only hyperreal interaction. So, it necessarily follows that a feeling of abandonment ensues in modern existence, because most of us are now at the whim of the screen.
Anyways,