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Well there were 7 years between us seems that all my friends were right
That we can't survive on your bedroom eyes and a Spanish guitar
When we started this it was paradise, not just Bethnal green
And it's just not right this waiting game, making a cuckold of me
I can be as cruel as you
Fighting fire with firewood
I can be as cruel as you
Fighting lies with lies
If you need time
And it's just not like me to lash out, but enough is enough
Tell me what the others can do that I cant
Translucent and sun bleached skin, when did you get so LA
How can you desert me after all we've been through
Stuck on a dream that somewhere its better
You'll be the one missing out
I can be a cruel as you
Fighting fire with firewood
I can be as cruel as you
Fighting lies
Lies
If you need time
That we can't survive on your bedroom eyes and a Spanish guitar
When we started this it was paradise, not just Bethnal green
And it's just not right this waiting game, making a cuckold of me
I can be as cruel as you
Fighting fire with firewood
I can be as cruel as you
Fighting lies with lies
If you need time
And it's just not like me to lash out, but enough is enough
Tell me what the others can do that I cant
Translucent and sun bleached skin, when did you get so LA
How can you desert me after all we've been through
Stuck on a dream that somewhere its better
You'll be the one missing out
I can be a cruel as you
Fighting fire with firewood
I can be as cruel as you
Fighting lies
Lies
If you need time
Lyrics submitted by true.love.way
Track duration: 03:39
"One Month Off" as written by Kele Okereke, Matt Tong, Russell Lissack, Gordon Moakes
Lyrics © EMI Music Publishing
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I the beginning with the 7 year bit, I first it as he was 7 years her Senior. Anyway, the song is about cheating and the Rage of a man when he finds out his girlfriend is cheating. This is much like Othello's rage when he suspects Desdemona's infidelity. The whole song really does parallel the book as far the speak of lies and longing to be elsewhere while their own relationship slowly crumbles. Not to mention the use of the word "cuckold". Several times throughout the play it is used.
And this might be a little bit racey, but, Kele (the lead vocalist of Bloc Party) is of African Decent and he sings about a Caucasian woman ("Tanslucent and sun-bleached skin"). Just a thought.
I know it's sort of a breakup album and all, but having a bunch of fairy tale characters being victimized by the gritty outcomes of terrorism and war says something else too.
Still, the lyrics do say a lot about commitment issues and revenge, so...
But yeah i agree with most stuff said! A younger girl (7 yrs ofc) who he is dedicated to, is exploring and experimenting with other people and growing up, maybe not necessarily realising how much she's hurting him. This is tearing him apart, it seems like they're just two people in different places in life (i definitely know the feeling) where the relationship is sexually based ('bedroom eyes'/spanish guitar') and uneven levels of commitment.
The girl doesn't want to wait around for him and begins to play round with other people to which he 'lashes out' and wonders 'what can they do, that I can't?'.
'Stuck on a dream that somewhere is better, You'll be the one missing out' - As said before, the girl plays around with other people in the hope that she will find happiness. Kele is saying that in the end she will realise she's missed out on being with him.
Basically he then has enough and decides to fight fire with fire as he's had enough.
'Well there were seven years between us' this makes me think its some kind of school girl crush on an older man and the lines after it 'Seems that all my friends were right
That we can't survive on your bedroom eyes
And a Spanish guitar'
its as though this girls friends have warned her of her fantasy man and this clearly only sexual relationship turning pear shape. The Spanish Guitar is obviously a talent of this man and an attractive atribute.
'When we Started this is was paradise'. It always seems like paradise when you first have this wild and dangerous relationship with an older man.
'And it's just not like me to lash out
But, enough is enough
Tell me what the others can do
That I cant'
Obviously, this deminated school girl is lashing out at her older male superia. he probably often looks at, or thinks about or even compares her to older women, and she's jealous.
'Fighting fire with firewood'
This is refering to fighting a blaze with a blaze. fighting lies with lies, lying to her and then covering these lies up with more lies.
this man has obviously changed since they first started seeing each other turning 'L.A' maybe this is to impress his other women that he compares her to.
This is an amazing song, yet another jem from Bloc Party.
what the name of it was! lolz I always get that
"fire with firewood" stuck in my head!
When I was in high school me and
my "best friend" would share a book. I wrote
the lyric "I can be as cruel as you" on some of
my math HW to see if she would get it.
She never did though..she wasn't the brighest
crayon in the box! ahh hahahahahahah! I don't talk to
that insulting "!!!SLUT!!!" anymore though.
Ahhhh, the good life...
and I agree w/ the former interpreters!
I love this song,
Never change your ever changing and evolving ways, Bloc Party
...something to that perhaps?
It's obvious that the protagonsits partner is cheating but the song is basically what goes through your mind when you find out. One of my ex's did the dirty on me and I went through all these thoughts... Anger, hate and revenge. All of these are mentioned in this song.
Eventually, he decides what to do "I can be a cruel as you/fighting firwe with firewood". Basically he is going to do the same back.
Love the song and love the meaning. Sounds fantastic in the car as well! As do all Bloc Party songs
i must say i love the repitition cos it really gets the point across.