To me, this song and a lot of MGMT songs sound like the trials of being a teenager with no REAL problems, like a teenager from the suburbs who would be grouped with the outcasts. I always felt like "weekend wars" refers to the NEED to fight boredom, especially during that time in life when you're at the end of your teenage years and you're almost independent, but you aren't quite to the point where you take life seriously or have serious responsibilities.
"Where we could crush some plants to paint my walls
And I won't try to fight in the weekend wars"
This is about drug use. Crushing up plants is a reference to breaking apart marijuana.
It is saying that fighting for an awesome weekend is no longer necessary, so why not smoke a bowl and chill out. This reminds me of when drugs stopped being exciting and started to become necesary.
"Was I? I was to lazy to bathe
Or paint or write or try to make a change
Now I can shoot a gun to kill my lunch
And I don't have to love or think too much"
This verse is talking about the point when doing drugs or living a certain way just becomes so routine. When you become a prisoner to your own life. You stop caring or thinking about what is actually going on, you just act mindlessly and go about life without a thought.
"I'm a curse and I'm a sound
When I open up my mouth
There's a reason I don't win
I don't know how to begin"
This person has realized that "fighting the weekend wars" is a miserable way of life. But they don't know how to get out of it.
This is a fantastic song, it always reminds me of high school.
To me, this song and a lot of MGMT songs sound like the trials of being a teenager with no REAL problems, like a teenager from the suburbs who would be grouped with the outcasts. I always felt like "weekend wars" refers to the NEED to fight boredom, especially during that time in life when you're at the end of your teenage years and you're almost independent, but you aren't quite to the point where you take life seriously or have serious responsibilities.
"Where we could crush some plants to paint my walls And I won't try to fight in the weekend wars" This is about drug use. Crushing up plants is a reference to breaking apart marijuana. It is saying that fighting for an awesome weekend is no longer necessary, so why not smoke a bowl and chill out. This reminds me of when drugs stopped being exciting and started to become necesary.
"Was I? I was to lazy to bathe Or paint or write or try to make a change Now I can shoot a gun to kill my lunch And I don't have to love or think too much" This verse is talking about the point when doing drugs or living a certain way just becomes so routine. When you become a prisoner to your own life. You stop caring or thinking about what is actually going on, you just act mindlessly and go about life without a thought.
"I'm a curse and I'm a sound When I open up my mouth There's a reason I don't win I don't know how to begin" This person has realized that "fighting the weekend wars" is a miserable way of life. But they don't know how to get out of it.
This is a fantastic song, it always reminds me of high school.