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Mykonos Lyrics
The door slammed loud and rose up a cloud of dust on us
Footsteps follow, down through the hollow sound, torn up And you will go to Mykonos With a vision of a gentle coast And a sun to maybe dissipate Shadows of the mess you made How did any holes in the snow tipped pines, I find Hatching from the seed of your thin mind, all night? And you will go to Mykonos With a vision of a gentle coast And a sun to maybe dissipate Shadows of the mess you made Brother you don't need to turn me away I was waiting down at the ancient gate You go Wherever you go today You go today I remember how they took you down As the winter turned the meadow brown You go Wherever you go today You go today When I'm walking brother don't you forget It ain't often you'll ever find a friend You go Wherever you go today You go today [x8]
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03-23-2008
And you will go to Mykonos
With a vision of a gentle coast
And a sun to maybe dissipate
Shadows of the mess you made
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04-04-2008
"i remember how it took you down
as the winter turned the meadow around"
best part. AH. so good.
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04-06-2008
I was waiting down at the ancient gate.
AND
I remember how they took you down
As the winter turned the meadow brown.
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04-06-2008
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04-13-2008
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05-11-2008
I was waiting down at the ancient gate"
Christ, the shivers this sends down my spine. Notethetrees and Cromni are 100% correct. I LONG to see this live.
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05-26-2008
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06-03-2008
love their sound.
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06-11-2008
The door slam loud and ROSE up a cloud of dust on us"
11-30-2008
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06-11-2008
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06-28-2008
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06-29-2008
The first verse describes an argument ending with the friend angrily storming out.
The second verse suggests that the "snow-tipped pines" (i.e. arguments/rationalizations) of the friend are weak; they are hatched from the "seed" of a "thin mind," meaning one addled by drugs.
The third verse says that it doesn't have to be this way. I don't know what the "ancient gate" refers to, but I'm guessing it's some sort of metaphor for forgiveness, possibly a call to go back to the old times when there no problems between them.
Fourth verse, not sure, but I think the "took you down" line means the friend had to be forced into treatment. The meadow is probably a metaphor for their friendship, while also noting the time of year all this took place.
Fifth verse is pretty self-explanatory, basically saying the singer's friendship shouldn't be rejected just because of whatever happened. I think the lyrics are supposed to be "out walking" or "a-walking", though. "I walking" doesn't really make sense.
The first chorus is saying that after all the arguments, interventions, etc., the friend will now go to "Mykonos" - a metaphor for a rehab center, which are often located in quiet, secluded places. The singer is hoping that the "gentle coast" and the "sun" will help get rid of the "shadows." Great imagery, don't think I need to comment too much on the meaning.
The second chorus is brilliantly simple - the singer is telling his friend he should accept what is happening and not fight it. In other words, he is going where he needs to be going. The "you go today" is reminiscent of something said during an intervention, where a trip to rehab can be sprung on the addict out of the blue. I think the singer is also saying that he is done with this now; the friend will go "wherever," and the singer can't be bothered cleaning up his messes anymore.
Also, Wikipedia reveals some interesting allusions: Mykonos is a Greek island where the Gigantes rose up against the Olympian gods (Zeus, etc.) and were all slaughtered. In particular, the god Dionysus killed the Giant Eurytos with a weapon topped with a pine cone, referred to in the second verse. Perhaps pine can be a reference to another type of needle as well?
...Shit, didn't expect to write that much when I first started this comment :P
Anyway, hope it was helpful!
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07-09-2008
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07-09-2008
When OUT walking brother don't you forget.
:)
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07-13-2008
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07-27-2008
After this paritcular embarassing night with my old friend Dyonisus where he convinced me to throw my keys in the Zumbro river and and to test the consistency of plaster with my right hand, I found this song.
That day I listened to this song several times, went running to it- great combination of endorphins - sincapations - emotions you know. I went to this rugby game, my roomate Dingo was there I had to get the house key. I don't like him that much anymore too anal. But he loaned me his Volkswagon and key and introduced my to his friend Pete.
Pete looks pretty much like the bearded figures on the sides of Greek pottery or mosaic- and this little seed began to grow- but he is not Greek and he is the biggest liar. He claimed to have been A Golden Gloves champ twice, Dingo said there was no way.
So listening to the Foxes' Sun Giant through the day drinking Bloody Marys I am reaching far back into the primordial experience where I turned myself into a Deamon. Visions and Archetypes of the Ancient purpose I saw hanging by only a thread of consciousness made my heart pump adrenaline and justifying my Ego to believe I was the chosen one. My Pain Body was in dire need of a full stomach that day but I was saved by this song playing on my I-pod shuffle.
It didn't stop there- that night I dreamed I shut this door to a scene much like the album cover. The dust is what I remembered most. The severity of the door slamming closed rose up a cloud of dust. Not rows - rose-
maybe just addiction- maybe the closure.... I don't know Aubrey stopped calling the day before, I lost my only programmable key to my Focus. I had to make friends with my roomate Dingo and his friend Greek Pete
There's nothing I can say is there?
But the dream I had was so real I tell you. The dust filled my lungs and me with the closeness to something more ancient- singular in universal experience. The history of the purpose.
Hm...
Several days ago The Current mentioned Fleet Foxes and I saw this fox run across the road then back again into the corn field. Why?
A week earlier I am taking Naomi (Imoan backwards) home for the first time- shouldn't have been driving. Count em! Five of Victory's Golden Monkeys. And the current plays Mykonos in this incredible rainstorm on our first night. Why?
Still today after another night with my protector. I am in Best Buy and looky there it's Fleet Foxes on sale for $11.99 And I am hear in my family's home listening to He Doesn't Know Why.
Why?
11-15-2009
you will i reckon but its deeeeeeeeep stuff, you've been blessed with something most people dnt get to experience, also i can tell when to say stuff like what im saying, there are diferences between 'nonsensical or menial dreams/hallucinations and real VISIONS. you got the latter.
and its in your life/hands to make sense of it and find out where it leads/what other magic there is to be found.
:-)
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07-28-2008
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08-27-2008
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09-01-2008
in Blue Ridge etc.
He Doesn't Know Why, (brother reappears from one of his walkabouts?)
Penniless & tired with your hair grown long
I was looking at you there and your face looked wrong
memory is a fickle siren's song I didn't understand
In the gentle light as the morning nears
You don't say a single word of the last two years
Where you were or when you reached the frontier
I didn't understand
See you rugged hands and a silver knife
Twenty dollars in your hand that you hold so tight
All the evidence of your vagrant life
My brother you were gone
And you will try to do what you did before
Pull the wool over your eyes for a week or more
Let your family take you back to your original mind
Blue Ridge Mountains (partial)
My brother where do you intend to go tonight?
I heard that you missed your connecting flight,
to the blue ridge mountains, over near Tennessee.
You're ever welcome with me any time you like,
Let's drive to the country side, leave behind some green-eyed look-a-likes,
So no one gets worried, no.
So no one gets worried, no.
But Sean don't get callous,
I'm sure it'll be fine.
I love you, I love you,
Old brother of mine.
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10-15-2008
Brother you don't need to turn me away
I was waiting down at the ancient gate
one of the most gorgeous things i have ever heard in my life. that a cappella, wow.
that lyric also kind of reminds me of Kafka's the Trial where the old man waits his whole life at the door of the court in the chaplain's story...
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01-13-2009
"You Go, wherever you go today. You Go today." That part of the song, with the harmonizing...amazingly beautiful.
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02-20-2009
For that matter note the references to winter/snow. The runaway person is going through bad phases, mainly phases of winter affecting him.
The meadow turning brown by the winter (drugs) signifies the nadir of effects and a near death experience.
So the person is leaving for a promise of summer. Hoping for a gentle (without waves) coast and a bright sun to clear the shadows of his mess (the effects of his previous lifestyle).
Now I can't tell if Mykonos signifies a positive place like a rehab or the person switching back to drug usage to find this summer. Regardless, the words "vision" and "maybe" in the chorus show uncertainty that he will find what he's looking for. Either due to the temporary nature of drugs usage or due to addiction and lack of real friends.
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02-25-2009
I've listened to "How did any holes in the snow-tipped pines, I find" about sixty times with different band extractions, and I've got to say, I think the line is, most likely, "How did any moths in the snow-tipped pines, I find?" or it might be "How did any moles in the snow-tipped pine, I find?" but it's definitely *not* "How did any holes . . ." Go listen to it again, there's an "m" or an "n" there.
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02-25-2009
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03-08-2009
I think the title 'Mykonos' gives a strong hint to the theme of the song. Why choose this specific Greek island if it wasn't to illustrate a point? Crete would have been more obvious, but perhaps the word 'Mykonos' is just more beautiful when sung.
Mykonos is in fact a gay resort, and I think the whole 'brother'-theme bears a strong reference to homosexuality.
The door slammed... - Someone (perhaps a family member) didn't take the the coming out of the closet too well?
Go to Mykonos, gentle coast... - On Mykonos you can live as a homosexual without being frowned upon.
Sun dissipate, mess you made... - Mykonos is a sunny, friendly place. You can more easily recover from the mess you made back home, when you came out of the closet.
Animals in snow tipped pines, hatching from seed... - No clue, really. Sometimes references in lyrics can be very personal and too private to discern. Perhaps it means that the two 'brothers' were unlikely/lucky to discover each other, because they weren't exactly living in a gay-friendly environment?
No need to turn me away, waiting at ancient gate... - In ancient Greece the love between two men was the only true love. Again a reference to homosexuality as a theme with both 'Mykonos' and 'ancient' as indicators.
You go whereever you go... - You have to make choices in life and live with them.
Took you down, winter turned meadow brown... - Of course things got ugly and it wasn't pleasant to witness. Perhaps friends/family gave the person hell, and it was a personal tragedy.
When a-walking, find a friend... - When looking for (gay) love be aware that a partner can be hard to find (so maybe you shouldn't be too picky?).
Well, maybe I overdid it a bit :-) I don't think Fleet Foxes are gay or the singer is. As far as I know the drummer grew up in a very Christian environment, and maybe this song has a reference to something he witnessed?
Really like the music. Can't wait to see them live.
03-14-2009
pallid animals in the snow tipped pines, i find
pallid - adj
1 : deficient in color : wan
2 : lacking sparkle or liveliness : dull
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