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The wife forgave the mistress
For she only entertained
The pain was gone the instant
She cleared her throat to speak her name
Said, Both of us must suffer
From this same unending ache?
The world was not of interest
Though her days were never dull
Her bed beneath a crucifix
On guests performing miracles
With the Son of God just hanging like a common criminal
"When I do wrong, I am with God," she thought
"When I feel lost, I am not at all"
So give me black light
(Give, give me)
So give me hot knives
(Deep clean sleep)
On a dance floor no one tells time
(There is no time)
Oh, I've made love, yeah, I've been fucked, so what?
I'm a cartoon, you're a full moon, let's stay up
She went to see a mystic
Who made medicine from rain
And gave up her existence
To feel everything, dream other's dreams
Bid farewell to her family
With one ecstatic wave
(Please take care, I love you all)
Out the window as the car rolled away
She just vanished into a thick mist of change
So let us rejoice
(Let's rejoice!)
In all this pink noise
(Our pink noise!)
An oscillation that we can pinpoint
(We're right here!)
For she only entertained
The pain was gone the instant
She cleared her throat to speak her name
Said, Both of us must suffer
From this same unending ache?
The world was not of interest
Though her days were never dull
Her bed beneath a crucifix
On guests performing miracles
With the Son of God just hanging like a common criminal
"When I do wrong, I am with God," she thought
"When I feel lost, I am not at all"
So give me black light
(Give, give me)
So give me hot knives
(Deep clean sleep)
On a dance floor no one tells time
(There is no time)
Oh, I've made love, yeah, I've been fucked, so what?
I'm a cartoon, you're a full moon, let's stay up
She went to see a mystic
Who made medicine from rain
And gave up her existence
To feel everything, dream other's dreams
Bid farewell to her family
With one ecstatic wave
(Please take care, I love you all)
Out the window as the car rolled away
She just vanished into a thick mist of change
So let us rejoice
(Let's rejoice!)
In all this pink noise
(Our pink noise!)
An oscillation that we can pinpoint
(We're right here!)
Lyrics submitted by light_pollution
Track duration: 04:13
"Hot Knives" as written by Conor Oberst
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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That’s what I think anyway.
I think this whole thing is about escape. as others have pointed out
Conor...what the hell!
For she only entertained
The pain was gone the instant
She cleared her throat to speak her name
Said, �Both of us must suffer
From this same unending ache�" the husband died and the wife is forgiving the mistress because there's nothing to be mad about anymore. The wife and mistress both loved the husband so they are both suffering from the unending ache of his death. That's what I got from it especially after reading some of the comments and others
Interpretations. I love this song and it means more than a wife losing her husband and starting a new life: to me its an eye opener and makes me want to change my life and the pain in it that's not worth surffering over lifes too short
Says a lot about the lady(ies) and/or man.
I think it refers to...
well, this might not make sense
but...he is referring to himself as a late night cartoon show
(because i know cartoons stay on pretty late now a days)
and the other person, man or woman (probably woman)
is a full moon because, well...full moons or just the moon
in general stays up late as well.
so he's saying...
let's stay up together before you
leave me or something....
this is just the 1st thing that
came to mind when i was listening to this song
i get on this site all the time to look up song meanings
and such, and for the 1st time tonight, im actually joining!
hahah, i love conor oberst and all his songs.
this band are so underrated