Blood, the Sun, & Water = red, yellow, and blue = album title. Funny that I didn't notice that until reading the lyrics. This song, like most Born Ruffians songs, seems ripe with meaning. I wonder, who is Antoine? Maybe it doesn't matter. Maybe they just like that name, and they needed a random earth-citizen to be getting dizzy thinking about his planet. I think Antoine is nauseous because he is alone with his thoughts, and is thinking too hard about the complexities of existence. THAT might be reading into it a little too much though, you tell me.
I love the next line (and I know, this is only the FIRST stanza!) "my world, it's the best in all of the world/but i wonder, is it true to me?" I THINk, the idea there is that although we create a world around us that we think others will appreciate and find interesting, awesome, or whatever, it may not be totally true to ourselves. That too, might be me being stupidly deep. Also, the happy- light hearted "oombiadia oombiadia" that comes next kind of discredits my theory, as the narrator doesn't seem all that concerned, and beings detailing a solid little manifesto. He is very sure of himself, and so seems to know that his world IS in fact true to him.
They next go back into the insanity of the universe' broadness: "minds can't even comprehend," etc. The next bit I need help with though. Maybe the "oombiadia" parts are a thinking sound, I'm not sure. Also, the last stanza I have trouble not taking very literally. Maybe it is super straightforward. Details of how it is all made: "blood + sun = you/ flesh and nails, hammers too" that's the ingredients, tools, and results. Like I said, of that I'm unsure, but I super love this song, and I hope someone else comments a mini essay like this to tell me what I've missed :)
I feel like your analysis is just about right. "Flesh and nails, hammers too" is very clearly a pun on the word "nails", but besides that it could also be talking about human tools. That idea relates it to the "this fire to the next" line, which makes me thing about the beginnings of human life and the discovery of the world. So yeah, I pretty much agree with everything you said.
I feel like your analysis is just about right. "Flesh and nails, hammers too" is very clearly a pun on the word "nails", but besides that it could also be talking about human tools. That idea relates it to the "this fire to the next" line, which makes me thing about the beginnings of human life and the discovery of the world. So yeah, I pretty much agree with everything you said.
Also, I feel like the name Antoine might be referring to Antoine Doinel, the main character in Truffaut's classic coming-of-age film The 400 Blows. I think Lalonde puts Antoine as the protagonist in his song to make it clear that he's talking about growing up and figuring out what the world is about.
Blood, the Sun, & Water = red, yellow, and blue = album title. Funny that I didn't notice that until reading the lyrics. This song, like most Born Ruffians songs, seems ripe with meaning. I wonder, who is Antoine? Maybe it doesn't matter. Maybe they just like that name, and they needed a random earth-citizen to be getting dizzy thinking about his planet. I think Antoine is nauseous because he is alone with his thoughts, and is thinking too hard about the complexities of existence. THAT might be reading into it a little too much though, you tell me. I love the next line (and I know, this is only the FIRST stanza!) "my world, it's the best in all of the world/but i wonder, is it true to me?" I THINk, the idea there is that although we create a world around us that we think others will appreciate and find interesting, awesome, or whatever, it may not be totally true to ourselves. That too, might be me being stupidly deep. Also, the happy- light hearted "oombiadia oombiadia" that comes next kind of discredits my theory, as the narrator doesn't seem all that concerned, and beings detailing a solid little manifesto. He is very sure of himself, and so seems to know that his world IS in fact true to him. They next go back into the insanity of the universe' broadness: "minds can't even comprehend," etc. The next bit I need help with though. Maybe the "oombiadia" parts are a thinking sound, I'm not sure. Also, the last stanza I have trouble not taking very literally. Maybe it is super straightforward. Details of how it is all made: "blood + sun = you/ flesh and nails, hammers too" that's the ingredients, tools, and results. Like I said, of that I'm unsure, but I super love this song, and I hope someone else comments a mini essay like this to tell me what I've missed :)
I feel like your analysis is just about right. "Flesh and nails, hammers too" is very clearly a pun on the word "nails", but besides that it could also be talking about human tools. That idea relates it to the "this fire to the next" line, which makes me thing about the beginnings of human life and the discovery of the world. So yeah, I pretty much agree with everything you said.
I feel like your analysis is just about right. "Flesh and nails, hammers too" is very clearly a pun on the word "nails", but besides that it could also be talking about human tools. That idea relates it to the "this fire to the next" line, which makes me thing about the beginnings of human life and the discovery of the world. So yeah, I pretty much agree with everything you said.
Also, I feel like the name Antoine might be referring to Antoine Doinel, the main character in Truffaut's classic coming-of-age film The 400 Blows. I think Lalonde puts Antoine as the protagonist in his song to make it clear that he's talking about growing up and figuring out what the world is about.