very stream-of-consciousness lyrics, I get the picture of someone who just wants to go out and numb themselves on alcohol or whatever and turn their brain off, but for whatever reason it's one of those nights when things just don't happen, 'click', and he ends up thinking about stuff even more than before, but in drunken random snippets like the odd memories. I've never heard of the phrase 'go gator' either so I can't offer anything. I adore the 'la da de da da da' chorus at the end; it's so spooky, and yet has this kind of monotonous feeling (compare to one of their other 'la de da' lines in 'Racing like a Pro') that they convey so well in their songs. Wanting to rise above the mundane, or at least escape it for a while, not succeeding very well. I guess that part is also reminiscent of drunken wordless slurring or just lack of inspiration (not on The National's part! just of the narrator, can't even be bothered to try and string a sentence together any more so just hums along). Meh, I'm rambling. Love the song anyway, very melancholy.
I would assume that 'go gater around the warm beds of begginers' referes to having sex with inexperienced women. Go gater alliterates, it also sounds very close to go getter (or get her). Gater is short for aligator, the Title of the album and I would assume is a good example of an aggressive animal, whos behaviour mimiks the amoral antics of a frustrated male who wants a collection of brief hits (drink, drungs, girls) whilst intentionally or unintentionally destroying all that is innocent
I would assume that 'go gater around the warm beds of begginers' referes to having sex with inexperienced women. Go gater alliterates, it also sounds very close to go getter (or get her). Gater is short for aligator, the Title of the album and I would assume is a good example of an aggressive animal, whos behaviour mimiks the amoral antics of a frustrated male who wants a collection of brief hits (drink, drungs, girls) whilst intentionally or unintentionally destroying all that is innocent
very stream-of-consciousness lyrics, I get the picture of someone who just wants to go out and numb themselves on alcohol or whatever and turn their brain off, but for whatever reason it's one of those nights when things just don't happen, 'click', and he ends up thinking about stuff even more than before, but in drunken random snippets like the odd memories. I've never heard of the phrase 'go gator' either so I can't offer anything. I adore the 'la da de da da da' chorus at the end; it's so spooky, and yet has this kind of monotonous feeling (compare to one of their other 'la de da' lines in 'Racing like a Pro') that they convey so well in their songs. Wanting to rise above the mundane, or at least escape it for a while, not succeeding very well. I guess that part is also reminiscent of drunken wordless slurring or just lack of inspiration (not on The National's part! just of the narrator, can't even be bothered to try and string a sentence together any more so just hums along). Meh, I'm rambling. Love the song anyway, very melancholy.
I would assume that 'go gater around the warm beds of begginers' referes to having sex with inexperienced women. Go gater alliterates, it also sounds very close to go getter (or get her). Gater is short for aligator, the Title of the album and I would assume is a good example of an aggressive animal, whos behaviour mimiks the amoral antics of a frustrated male who wants a collection of brief hits (drink, drungs, girls) whilst intentionally or unintentionally destroying all that is innocent
I would assume that 'go gater around the warm beds of begginers' referes to having sex with inexperienced women. Go gater alliterates, it also sounds very close to go getter (or get her). Gater is short for aligator, the Title of the album and I would assume is a good example of an aggressive animal, whos behaviour mimiks the amoral antics of a frustrated male who wants a collection of brief hits (drink, drungs, girls) whilst intentionally or unintentionally destroying all that is innocent