My two cents:
This is a song about falling back from disappointment and wasting time with a familiar vice, bad habit or addiction. Think video games, porn, drinking, smoking pot or some other pleasurable idle activity. "You" is getting his dose of dopamine ("me") from some artificial amusement while knowing that it's temporal.
"Up on Melancholy Hill, there's a plastic tree" - artificial high in the face of disappointment
"You can't get what you want, but you can get me" - easy pleasure to fall back on when you fail to achieve
"Just looking out on the day of another dream" - wasting time away in this fake, happy world
"cause you're my medicine" - chemical happiness
"so call in the submarine" - reference to the Beatles "Yellow Submarine": going about in an idyllic happy fantasy
"a manatee" - Manatee's spend half their time sleeping: wasting time away
I can definitely relate to the thin veneer of temporal happiness this song portrays both lyrically and musically. It resonates with my experience with vices (addictions) such as video games or porn all while there was an undercurrent of melancholy in my life from unaddressed or unsolved problems in my life.
This is definitely a very different take from Feel Good Inc. on the themes of wasting time. The sensation portrayed by On Melancholy Hill is idle, almost blissful whereas Feel Good Inc. portrayed a more energetic, socially engaged waste.
Brilliant. Maby even hinting at that molment when you realize that you're not an alcaholic or junky or porn addict but that you have a big fat me problem followin' you round 4 ever.
Brilliant. Maby even hinting at that molment when you realize that you're not an alcaholic or junky or porn addict but that you have a big fat me problem followin' you round 4 ever.
this is really insightful- I like the idea of not interpreting it as a relationship with another person but instead a relationship with a substance/feeling of happiness. this is a really amazing interpretation!!
this is really insightful- I like the idea of not interpreting it as a relationship with another person but instead a relationship with a substance/feeling of happiness. this is a really amazing interpretation!!
This is an interesting interpretation, and if you watch the video of the song, the hunting and almost-killing of the manatee handler on Melancholy Hill could easily be interpreted as the addict trying to fend of, or get rid of (kill) his or her bad habit.
This is an interesting interpretation, and if you watch the video of the song, the hunting and almost-killing of the manatee handler on Melancholy Hill could easily be interpreted as the addict trying to fend of, or get rid of (kill) his or her bad habit.
This is absolutely the what i've been thinking about the song but haven't been able to put it clearly into words, but thank you Frznfyer so much for breaking it down!
This is absolutely the what i've been thinking about the song but haven't been able to put it clearly into words, but thank you Frznfyer so much for breaking it down!
My two cents: This is a song about falling back from disappointment and wasting time with a familiar vice, bad habit or addiction. Think video games, porn, drinking, smoking pot or some other pleasurable idle activity. "You" is getting his dose of dopamine ("me") from some artificial amusement while knowing that it's temporal.
"Up on Melancholy Hill, there's a plastic tree" - artificial high in the face of disappointment "You can't get what you want, but you can get me" - easy pleasure to fall back on when you fail to achieve "Just looking out on the day of another dream" - wasting time away in this fake, happy world "cause you're my medicine" - chemical happiness "so call in the submarine" - reference to the Beatles "Yellow Submarine": going about in an idyllic happy fantasy "a manatee" - Manatee's spend half their time sleeping: wasting time away
I can definitely relate to the thin veneer of temporal happiness this song portrays both lyrically and musically. It resonates with my experience with vices (addictions) such as video games or porn all while there was an undercurrent of melancholy in my life from unaddressed or unsolved problems in my life.
This is definitely a very different take from Feel Good Inc. on the themes of wasting time. The sensation portrayed by On Melancholy Hill is idle, almost blissful whereas Feel Good Inc. portrayed a more energetic, socially engaged waste.
Brilliant. Maby even hinting at that molment when you realize that you're not an alcaholic or junky or porn addict but that you have a big fat me problem followin' you round 4 ever.
Brilliant. Maby even hinting at that molment when you realize that you're not an alcaholic or junky or porn addict but that you have a big fat me problem followin' you round 4 ever.
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this is really insightful- I like the idea of not interpreting it as a relationship with another person but instead a relationship with a substance/feeling of happiness. this is a really amazing interpretation!!
this is really insightful- I like the idea of not interpreting it as a relationship with another person but instead a relationship with a substance/feeling of happiness. this is a really amazing interpretation!!
This is an interesting interpretation, and if you watch the video of the song, the hunting and almost-killing of the manatee handler on Melancholy Hill could easily be interpreted as the addict trying to fend of, or get rid of (kill) his or her bad habit.
This is an interesting interpretation, and if you watch the video of the song, the hunting and almost-killing of the manatee handler on Melancholy Hill could easily be interpreted as the addict trying to fend of, or get rid of (kill) his or her bad habit.
This is absolutely the what i've been thinking about the song but haven't been able to put it clearly into words, but thank you Frznfyer so much for breaking it down!
This is absolutely the what i've been thinking about the song but haven't been able to put it clearly into words, but thank you Frznfyer so much for breaking it down!
The story of my life. It's exactly my take on it!
The story of my life. It's exactly my take on it!