the song title comes from the latin phrase, "sic transit gloria mundi," which translates to "thus passes the glory of the world"
to me this is also relating to the lyric in Brand News b-side, "Aloc-acoc," when he says, "they've worked out all of the bugs, so if we have enough money, you can buy love."
The world is becoming more and more of a visual world every day. There are famous quotes saying money can not buy happiness and all of these things and everyone continues to say this. They continue to say this but at the same time it is almost as if they are trying to make material the most important, hence "they've worked out all the bugs,...." as if thats what they were trying to do.
If you listen to some of Jack Johnson such as "good people" from in between dreams and "its all understood" on brushfire fairytales it is kind of similar. He says things such as "where'd all the good people go," and "you should laugh if you know what i mean" and "fact is only what you believe." "you should laugh if you know what i mean" has to do with conformity. In the song he talks about a girl making a stupid joke that everyones heard but everyone laughs because they feel as if they are supposed to.
So now to this song
it seems like the boy is in a search for a good relationship, not based on sex. It seems as though he found a girl who seemed perfect but then she only wants sex.
When the lyrics say "this is so messed up" its like he doesnt want sex, he wants to take it slow, but that is all she wants.
Later is says, "it used to be the reason i breathed, but now its choking me up, die young and save yourself." To me, maybe he was all about this girl and she seemed perfect, and she was the reason he lived, but then when he got her he realized it was totally different than he expected. And he says die young and save yourself because thats how it seems the world is becoming. He can't take the pain now, so why live a whole life filled with the same pain that is going to continue.
He then says "this is the first and last time, she fakes a smile..." She fakes a smile because she never really loved him and all she wanted was the sex and this is the first and last because he never wants to go through the pain again.
"upon arrival the guests had all stared" might be saying that it could have been a girl that everyone wanted and everyone was jealous. The girl seemed to perfect to everyone, but even the most perfect girl just wanted sex, meaning worldly things are fleeting. People aren't about what they used to be about.
thats just my interpretation, i dunno, it could suck
the song title comes from the latin phrase, "sic transit gloria mundi," which translates to "thus passes the glory of the world"
to me this is also relating to the lyric in Brand News b-side, "Aloc-acoc," when he says, "they've worked out all of the bugs, so if we have enough money, you can buy love." The world is becoming more and more of a visual world every day. There are famous quotes saying money can not buy happiness and all of these things and everyone continues to say this. They continue to say this but at the same time it is almost as if they are trying to make material the most important, hence "they've worked out all the bugs,...." as if thats what they were trying to do.
If you listen to some of Jack Johnson such as "good people" from in between dreams and "its all understood" on brushfire fairytales it is kind of similar. He says things such as "where'd all the good people go," and "you should laugh if you know what i mean" and "fact is only what you believe." "you should laugh if you know what i mean" has to do with conformity. In the song he talks about a girl making a stupid joke that everyones heard but everyone laughs because they feel as if they are supposed to.
So now to this song it seems like the boy is in a search for a good relationship, not based on sex. It seems as though he found a girl who seemed perfect but then she only wants sex.
When the lyrics say "this is so messed up" its like he doesnt want sex, he wants to take it slow, but that is all she wants. Later is says, "it used to be the reason i breathed, but now its choking me up, die young and save yourself." To me, maybe he was all about this girl and she seemed perfect, and she was the reason he lived, but then when he got her he realized it was totally different than he expected. And he says die young and save yourself because thats how it seems the world is becoming. He can't take the pain now, so why live a whole life filled with the same pain that is going to continue.
He then says "this is the first and last time, she fakes a smile..." She fakes a smile because she never really loved him and all she wanted was the sex and this is the first and last because he never wants to go through the pain again.
"upon arrival the guests had all stared" might be saying that it could have been a girl that everyone wanted and everyone was jealous. The girl seemed to perfect to everyone, but even the most perfect girl just wanted sex, meaning worldly things are fleeting. People aren't about what they used to be about.
thats just my interpretation, i dunno, it could suck
Perfect! I loves it!
Perfect! I loves it!