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Gonna make a record in the month of May
In the month of May, in the month of May
Gonna make a record in the month of May
When the violent wind blows the wires away
Month of May, it's a violent thing
In the city, their hearts to sing
Well, some people sing, it sounds like they're screaming
Used to doubt it but now I believe it
Month of May, everybody's in love
Then the city was hit from above
And just when I knew what I wanted to say
The violent wind blew the wires away
We were shocked in the suburbs
Now the kids are all standing with their arms folded tight
Kids are all standing with their arms folded tight
Well, some things are pure and some things are right
But the kids are still standing with their arms folded tight
I said some things are pure, and some things are right
But the kids are still standing with their arms folded tight
So young, so young
So much pain for someone so young
Well, I know it's heavy, I know it ain't light
But how you gonna lift it with your arms folded tight?
First they built the road
Then they built the town
That's why we're still driving around
And around and around and around and around
And around and around and around...
2009, 2010
Wanna make a record how I felt then
When we stood outside in the month of may
And watched the violent wind blow the wires away
If I die in the month of may
Let the wind take my body away, yeah
Wish I may, I wish I might
But meet me down there with my arms folded tight
Start again in the month of May
Start again in the month of May
Come on and blow the wires away
Come on and blow the wires away
Start again in the month of May
Start again in the month of May
Come on and blow the wires away
Come on and blow the wires away
Gonna start again in the month of May
Start again in the month of May
Come on and blow the wires away
Come on and blow the wires
The wires away
In the month of May, in the month of May
Gonna make a record in the month of May
When the violent wind blows the wires away
Month of May, it's a violent thing
In the city, their hearts to sing
Well, some people sing, it sounds like they're screaming
Used to doubt it but now I believe it
Month of May, everybody's in love
Then the city was hit from above
And just when I knew what I wanted to say
The violent wind blew the wires away
We were shocked in the suburbs
Now the kids are all standing with their arms folded tight
Kids are all standing with their arms folded tight
Well, some things are pure and some things are right
But the kids are still standing with their arms folded tight
I said some things are pure, and some things are right
But the kids are still standing with their arms folded tight
So young, so young
So much pain for someone so young
Well, I know it's heavy, I know it ain't light
But how you gonna lift it with your arms folded tight?
First they built the road
Then they built the town
That's why we're still driving around
And around and around and around and around
And around and around and around...
2009, 2010
Wanna make a record how I felt then
When we stood outside in the month of may
And watched the violent wind blow the wires away
If I die in the month of may
Let the wind take my body away, yeah
Wish I may, I wish I might
But meet me down there with my arms folded tight
Start again in the month of May
Start again in the month of May
Come on and blow the wires away
Come on and blow the wires away
Start again in the month of May
Start again in the month of May
Come on and blow the wires away
Come on and blow the wires away
Gonna start again in the month of May
Start again in the month of May
Come on and blow the wires away
Come on and blow the wires
The wires away
Lyrics submitted by firstgreenroom, edited by Mellow_Harsher
Track duration: 03:53
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A blast of Canadian winter can be heard on this punky track. Co-vocalist and multi instrumentalist Regine Chassagne explained to Q magazine: "It's the sound of the wind outside our home in Montreal."
The song popped into Win Butler's head as he was driving in Montreal in Spring. He explained to Q magazine: "The winters are so crazy and long there that when spring comes there's almost this violent energy. The song tries to capture that pent up feeling and excitement about wanting to go outside again. It was a simple song so it needed a simple tune to go with it."
"We were shocked in the suburbs"
"Wanna make a record how I felt then
When we stood outside in the month of may
And watched the violent wind blow the wires away"
"So young, so young
So much pain for someone so young
Well, I know it's heavy, I know it ain't light
But how you gonna lift it with your arms folded tight?"
I work in a high school, and every year on the anniversary of that day, we all take a deep breath, and hope, the kids are all right, and that the circumstances that allowed a high school culture to produce a group of kids to feel so alienated does not exist anymore.
This song captivates doubtfulness and a seemingly unwilling want to believe in it (i.e. the kids are all standing with their arms folded tight). This entire song pretty much describes the destruction of mankind (i.e. then the city was hit from above). They do a great job of fitting this theme all throughout the album in a settle way.
verse 1
The lyrics start in future tense, winds are going to blow wires away in the month of may. Huge increase of solar flares have been predicted in the near future which will blow the world's electricity grid away for probably a long time. This will happen in the 'month of may', May being in spring so a new begin, May when most birds lay new eggs: the re-birth of the planet and the human species. Every birth is a painful process; a violent time.
verse 2
These New Age predictions have been around forever, but lot's of people are getting into this lately and spreading the word, so is the singer. But some people don't make sense or abuse it, they're singing sounds like screaming.
Our planet is going to waste, and we are not doing enough about it, we aren't fully informed, we're misguided in hoaxes like global warming. the kids feel this the most, but they can't really do much about it, or talk about these deepest of feelings, so grownups must give the good example that they can follow, because everybody gets a new chance in the upcoming month of may, a decision of what's right or wrong, it's up to YOU.
Outside of the context of what it's like growing up in the suburbs, and growing out of the suburbs the band seems to be telling a story of watching the destruction of society from the suburbs, which is apt with the other themes of the album.
I never thought of it as having an 80s feel but maybe in retrospect that's the case - maybe that's why I love it as I am a massive fan of 80s music.
Renewal and regeneration seem like the themes here but I am so unsure about the majority of the lyrics!
I particularly love how the angry 'around and around and around' foreshadows the wistful sigh of 'waste it again and again' in the coda of the album.
I agree that the song is about the difficulty of inspiring anyone to anything, even the hipster fans who you have clearly reached, but still not budged from their 'arms folded tight' defensiveness. Clearly tied to 'Rococo' in this regard, and I love that every song on the album plugs into multiple other songs somehow.
And there's definitely an addressing of the creative process (re: "start a record" etc). It's pretty likely that there was a pretty stellar storm in Montreal in May 2009, haha! Wish a local would comment!