Lyrics for #1 as interpreted by Jack_Strife

#1 Lyrics
I caught you in you eye
That disconnected trouble
Respect the hive
It seems like days since you rejected
Your mom and I
We'll hope you dance to your bad weather
Young love is fine
Just please respect
The candles as they lie

I know that we'll decide
You wonder why it can't stay simple
Your mom and I
To pet your head
And dress your letters
Don't worry about why
And split your head
And sleep unmolded
Young love is blind
Just please respect the candles in a line

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savingupspend
06-24-2007

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very few bands these days escape the cliche burden, these guys can write some fine lyrics(and music too).

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mcmonsoon
07-01-2007

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i was thinking the line "just please respect the candles as they line" was actually "just please respect the candles as they lie."

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rashikal
07-04-2007

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this song is beautiful and it makes me think of something that happened to me :(

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jterrance
07-10-2007

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goddamn, animal collective.

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scofes
07-28-2007

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this is another song that creeps up on me as being very vulnerable and sad, but I really enjoy the lighthearted instruments

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tca
07-29-2007

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This song is amazing. It makes me cry, and makes me feel so drained because of all the thinking it makes me do.

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scofes
08-08-2007

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okay, now i've been able to consider it's meaning and depth for me. first of, it strikes me as very tender, moreso than any other track on the album. next, it seems very different for animal collective even though they obviously have a huge history of different sounds from album to album.

next, it seems to have two unique stories than can be taken from the lyrics and the fantasy-like instrumentals. one is that a couple is optimistically talking with a young child, with cheery, mystical reverence for the kid's future, while sticking in advice about trying not to grow up too fast. another seems to me that they could be mourning and wishing they could still advise a lost loved one on respecting the boundaries of their age; not rushing life. Both of these have imagery of candles lying on a cake or lined up to represent the significance of each year. just my thoughts.

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sgr7447
08-09-2007

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For me, this song is the relationship between parents and child, and how that relationship changes over time.
"It seems like days since you rejected
Your mom and I"
As a young teen, sometimes you want to get away from your parents. You reject them and you seek for independence.
Once you get that independence, you realize it's not all fun and games, and sometimes you long to get back to your parents, who you once rejected. It's a nostalgia for the simpler times when you're parents adored you and took care of important things for you.
"You wonder why it can't stay simple
Your mom and I
To pet your head
And dress your letters"

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sgr7447
08-09-2007

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Maybe I'm overthinking this, but here's what I see:

"We'll hope you dance to your bad weather
Young love is fine"
This part tells me that as a parent, you have to let your kids work things out on their own, no matter how foolish they're acting, and eventually they'll come back around. This goes for any relationship where someone put you off.

And later in the song: "
"Don't worry about why
And split your head
And sleep unmolded
Young love is blind"
There's sympathy and understanding once the child has come back around. And saying "young love is blind," you're now being more honest with the person.
You're not letting them stay disillusionioned saying "young love is fine." It's being sympathetic and understanding w/o saying "see, I told you so."

That's my take at least. I'd like to hear more comments from other people.

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t4pyro
08-27-2007

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This song provokes feelings that other music just can't. I've been waiting for music that is actually moving. It feels like an experience during the length of the song. It's amazing.

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pondo
09-23-2007

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who is that singing the main lyrics? it sounds like some sort of sampled 30's crooner, not Avey Tare or Panda Bear

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pondo
09-23-2007

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who is that singing the main lyrics? it sounds like some sort of sampled 30's crooner, not Avey Tare or Panda Bear

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bluegrassish
10-02-2007

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It's Avey Tare, just with pitch shift/octave generator or summat and some other FX put on his voice. When they do this one live the effect is even more exaggerated; it sounds boss (and a little frightening, actually--ha).

Not there needs to be a reason for any effect or sound, but I think here it serves to make his voice sound deeper and more authoritative--like a parent. And I think it sounds twisted maybe because it's being filtered through memory...I don't really care to overanalyze it, though.

This is verbatim from the CD booklet:
"I caught you when your line got disconnected trouble. Respect the hive, it seems like days since you ejected. Your mom and I will dance you through your bad weather. Young love is fine, just please respect the candles as they line.

Now Son!

I know there will be times when you wish things could be so simple. Your mom and I. To pet your head and dress your lettuce. Don't work all night and split your hair and sleep on numbers. Young love is bright. Just please respect the candles in a line.

Now Son!"

The recording seems to deviate from this a little bit, though.

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blahblah123123
10-07-2007

Rated +1 
it grows on you o_o

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bluegrassish
10-13-2007

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i still think it's funny they chose to play this one on conan. i liked it, but this song isn't very presentable to a national TV audience...but then, maybe that was exactly why they chose it: the strange pleasure of putting something itself so strange in front of so many people who will, for the most part, just not get it.

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sonic_leaves
10-15-2007

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This so song is so amazingly beautiful, no words can decribe it! I believe the lyrics have something to do with parents and children, growing up, learning, and life in general.

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orchidaceae
11-13-2007

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in the conan performance, i think panda is singing "i won't, i won't, i won't, i won't let you, i won't let you, get inside my head"
http://youtube.com/watch?v=gbAq3CnJEHc
i kind of like that version better, actually.
anyways, i didn't like this song when i first heard it and i thought it was a little scary, even, haha, but it's grown on me so much! i love animal collective.

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ask
11-22-2007

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i sort of hate the voice they used. i wish it didn't have that because it's really pretty otherwise

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mikematyus
12-10-2007

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I didn't read all the previous comments, but I happened to have recently seen the interview on Panda Bear's myspace where he mentions he is married with a kid. So... this song must be about his (relatively) new born child.

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cowbeef
12-12-2007

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Great song. Background vocals are soothing; distorted lead, not so much.

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slippi
01-01-2008

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panda has a daughter.. the song sez "now son"

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Krust!
01-03-2008

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i think avey tare or what the buck ever, sounds like Frankenfurter in this song.
and i think the song is about bees. or more specifically, humans,

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escobat
01-27-2008

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i love presenting this AC song to people who don't know about them, their reactions are priceless

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mjbraun5114
05-12-2008

Rated +1 
#1. dad. its from a dads perspective and hes a smart dad. Now think about your dad. I want to meet that dad.

strawberry jams is about growing up. get it. and were done.

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cdonianknight
06-05-2008

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now doo dah doo doo

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