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(Ooh)
(Ooh)
(Ooh)
(Ooh)
Even when my luck is down
I take joy in that our love grows
But if my vices are a burden
Please don't let me off
Cast me from your home
(Ooh)
(Ooh)
(Ooh)
(Ooh)
Because lately I've wronged you
And not been on your side, love
Maybe I have been dumb
Please don't ask me why
I turn away just when you want me
And I know that home is where you want me
There's not much for me there
Never gave a thought to an honorable living
Always had sense enough to lie
It's getting hard to keep pretending I'm worth your time
(Ooh)
(Ooh)
(Ooh)
(Ooh)
Never gave a thought to an honorable living
Always had sense enough to lie
It's getting hard to keep pretending I'm worth your time
Because lately I've wronged you
And not been on your side, love
Maybe I have been dumb
Please don't ask me why
Please don't ask me why
Please don't ask me why
Please don't ask me
(Ooh)
(Ooh)
(Ooh)
Even when my luck is down
I take joy in that our love grows
But if my vices are a burden
Please don't let me off
Cast me from your home
(Ooh)
(Ooh)
(Ooh)
(Ooh)
Because lately I've wronged you
And not been on your side, love
Maybe I have been dumb
Please don't ask me why
I turn away just when you want me
And I know that home is where you want me
There's not much for me there
Never gave a thought to an honorable living
Always had sense enough to lie
It's getting hard to keep pretending I'm worth your time
(Ooh)
(Ooh)
(Ooh)
(Ooh)
Never gave a thought to an honorable living
Always had sense enough to lie
It's getting hard to keep pretending I'm worth your time
Because lately I've wronged you
And not been on your side, love
Maybe I have been dumb
Please don't ask me why
Please don't ask me why
Please don't ask me why
Please don't ask me
Lyrics submitted by axiomatize
Track duration: 04:06
"Madder Red" as written by Christopher E Keating, Anand Mathew Wilder, Ira Wolf Tuton
Lyrics © Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
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I liked it before seeing the video.
Love this song and a few on the album.
But if my vices are a burden (drugs)
Please don't let me off (make me get help)
Cast me from your home (make me go to rehab dont be an inhibiter)
Because lately I've wronged you (maybe ive stolen money or been emotionally vacant or abusive because im withdrawing)
And not been on your side, love (cuz ive been doing those things)
Maybe I have been dumb (because im weak and addicted)
Please don't ask me why (addiction is hard)
This was my favorite off this album. Never really thought about the words until now.
It's singed from a pets perspective. As you can see from the video, in the beginning the "lump" is on top of the bed, just like cats and dogs are.
After that, Kristen is eating breakfest and the "lump" comes into kitchen and wants to eat. Well it can't coz s/he is ill.
After that Kristen goes to somekind of audition, but the lump gets sicker and she has to leave.
She grabs the lump and rushes in to veterinary hospital, notice the dogs as she is inside.
Well the doctors cant save her and the lump dies.
Im pretty sure youre right. I recently read this release about the song:
"Anyone who’s lost a beloved cat or dog can relate to the absurd, heartbreaking new video for Yeasayer’s “Madder Red”. The clip stars Kristen Bell (“Veronica Mars”,Forgetting Sarah Marshall) as a distraught owner of a sick pet. The pet happens to be an amorphous, one-eyed (and oddly lovable!) mass of flesh. It was made by wildly talented Swedish director Andreas Nilsson (Fever Ray, MGMT) and you can check it out below or at Pitchfork.tv."
definitely an interesting song!
I love it, but I'm mutually terrified by it.
Most people cannot describe "why" they cheat, but may feel the guilt and shame of it.
They do not want to hurt their partner, but they are unhappy and seek pleasure elsewhere.
This song accurately describes the emotions of the cheater, at least in this case.
"But if my vices are a burden Please don't let me off Cast me from your home"
Here the vice is sex. he is trying to tell his partner he is not worthy of staying in the home.
".. lately I've wronged you And not been on your side, love Maybe I have been dumb Please don't ask me why"
This is the admission of cheating, though the cheater does not know or want to answer why.
"I turn away just when you want me And I know that home is where you want me There's not much for me there"
Not getting any sex at home? Perhaps not wanting to get it at home. Perhaps the excitement is gone.
"Never gave a thought to an honorable living Always had sense enough to lie It's getting hard to keep pretending I'm worth your time"
It is hard not to admit his cheating ways.
I also don't think it's limited to romantic love -- I think it could be directed toward anyone who loves you in any sense of the word (friends, parents, etc.). The music video supports this idea because it's about a girl and her pet, and this song totally applies to that type of relationship too, where a pet will love you unconditionally even though you might not think you're worthy or deserving of it. A parent/child relationship works well here too.
I'm not saying your interpretation is wrong; I just don't think it's the only way to look at it.