Cibo Matto – Spoon

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  General Comment:absinthe -- put a sugar cube on a perforated spoon, drip water onto the sugar cube so that it mixes into it to make it tolerable. a good metaphor if that were the intent.

  Flag lainson July 05, 2009   Link

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  General Comment:metphors in lyrics are so interesting. i love this song, and the title of the EP says everything. i think you're so right, PandaCakes, and you have a good taste in music if you love this band :)

  Flag gwennyon September 13, 2006   Link

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  General Comment:wow.
  
  not sure if I like listening to these poppy songs about food when they have such logical deep meanings...
  
  it scare me.

  Flag SavageMadroxon April 28, 2006   Link

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  General Comment:I agree with you, dd59714. Cibo Matto is my favorite band and the often use food as a metphor for love. I believe this song is about a relationship on the rocks. When a relationship begins, everything seems to go exceedingly well... tiny quarrells dissolve like sugar in water. In this song, it takes much more work to "melt that sugar", in fact, the water must exceed a boilig temperature. The love that acted as a catalyst in the beginning is lost. It's as difficult for their relationship to continue as it is to dissolve sugar cubes in cold water without a spoon, but they still belong together.... (that last sentance was awkward but you get the idea)

  Flag PandaCakeson August 30, 2005   Link

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    Really interesting interpretation, I like it... I wonder if this song has anything to do with the song Sugar Water? Like maybe Sugar Water is about a dreamy, loving relationship, whereas this later look at the same relationship shows the cracks starting to appear.

    Flag stygimolochon November 19, 2010  
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  General Comment:I think it's about love using food as a metaphor, but your interpretation is very interesting.

  Flag dd59714on February 20, 2005   Link

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  General Comment:I love this song it's so cool!!! Okay heres what I think, I think that the spoon is heroin and the sugar cubes are the white power , I dunno thats just what I first thought when I heard it! So yea!

  Flag akuma2636on May 24, 2004   Link

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