Interpol – Safe Without

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  My Interpretation:This is really strange but ever since I heard this song, I've had the hunch it's about not using protection/contraception in sex durng a one night stand and hoping he'll be 'safe without' and this is him either convincing himself or his partner to go ahead
  
  hear me out...sorry in advance for how crude all this may sound!
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  'hero out the gates' = his penis out his zipper / boxers
  
  'So much to feel so much to gain' = so much to gain by havin sex, it's worth it
  
  'My higher reason will take aim' = higher reason = the joy of sex, (higher reason = erect penis? take aim = into the special lady??)
  
  'I'll be ok I've got my shapes' = ill be ok, it'll be aright, ive got my style/my swagger/me?
  
  'We are not alone we share our stake
  I think the winter will be wonderful' = we are not alone if something happens (baby, std?) we're in it together, i think the winter will be wonderful = i think it wil be ok in the future, whatver happens, so lets go ahead.
  
  
  2nd verse
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  Go alone we'll skip the chase = lets go without the protection, skip the messing around looking for one
  
  It's go the road or drop the weight = its go ahead now, or forget it all together, the moment would have passed, drpped weight - flaccid penis,no longer horny, have to leave?
  
  There's no alleigance left to take = there's nothing else needed to think about
  
  As great big sheets disintegrate
  In the water
  In the water = as we go ahead and start the sex???
  
  
  But I feel this way
  Feel this way
  I steal, I heal, and I do it again = it's happened before, caught std and healed?
  Over and over and over and over = keeps doing it
  
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  I know it's a strange one. Thoughts lol ?

  Flag joedavies1987on October 06, 2010   Link

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    Wow. Very creative lol
    
    This song has a great intro.

    Flag MissEvon October 20, 2010  
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  General Comment:Great Song...
  I think this song is about quitting LSD/acid or possibly some other hard drug.
  
  First part is about doing the drug.
  "So much to feel so much to gain" - the excitement before doing the drug
  "I'll be ok I've got my shapes" - hallucinations
  
  Second part is about trying to stop.
  "It's go the road or drop the weight" - quit or drop acid?
  "As great big sheets disintegrate in the water" - destroying a sheet of LSD?
  
  I also hear
  "I steal, I KNEEL, and I do it again" - the recurring cycle of trying to quit. Kneel makes more sense than Heal too. Kneel implies begging forgiveness.

  Flag VADERtheIMPALERon September 22, 2010   Link

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    vader, great interpretation. makes me wonder.

    Flag marbellaon October 05, 2010  
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  General Comment:I think a lot of this album has to do with the band evolving. At times in the chorus I hear him sing "I am safe without him"

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  Lyric Correction:I think it's "I steal, I KNEEL and I do it again" where kneel I think stands for apologizing for a wrong he's done (stealing) but without actual redemption (I do it again)

  Flag teoferrazzion August 23, 2010   Link

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    yeah i hear "kneel" too

    Flag Fatzerson August 31, 2010  

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    He sings the first consonant of that word so softly it could be either one... I'm hesitant to change it just yet. After a listen through of the actual legitimately released album through headphones I'm sure it'll sound much clearer.

    Flag blackmantison September 01, 2010  
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  General Comment:My guess is that he's "Safe Without" the other person's advice/suggestions, and he's tired of hearing what they have to tell him and molding to what they want.
  
  I'm not the hero out the gates: nobody is perfect
  
  So much to feel so much to gain: you have to experience things for yourself
  
  My higher reason will take aim: I can judge and decide for myself
  
  I'll be ok I've got my shapes: I know what is right and wrong for me
  
  We are not alone we share our stake: There's other stuff out there to behold
  
  I think the winter will be wonderful: I look forward to something new, something different, change

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