I read it as a grown child having to take care of an aging parent, and reflecting on the role reversal and the loss of the comfort that comes from having a parent who takes care of youAnders wrote:The lyrics are indeed quite interesting. How do you interpret them? What is the song about?
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one of my favorite stone lyrics. Probably this and Rival
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i think EV's delivery is also perfect for stone's lyrics. are there horns on here?
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‘firstly do no harm, then put your seatbelt on’ is a lovely lyric to encapsulate processing the legacy of what you have learned from your parents
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This is exactly my read as well.stip wrote:I read it as a grown child having to take care of an aging parent, and reflecting on the role reversal and the loss of the comfort that comes from having a parent who takes care of youAnders wrote:The lyrics are indeed quite interesting. How do you interpret them? What is the song about?
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I really like thatMonkey_Driven wrote:This is exactly my read as well.stip wrote:I read it as a grown child having to take care of an aging parent, and reflecting on the role reversal and the loss of the comfort that comes from having a parent who takes care of youAnders wrote:The lyrics are indeed quite interesting. How do you interpret them? What is the song about?
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It makes me kind of upset when people shit on the lyrics.
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It's me.Monkey_Driven wrote:It makes me kind of upset when people shit on the lyrics.
"Ew, bedsores? Play Leash!"
Really, I do have a hard time with this one.
The rare Gossard misfire and it's almost wholly because of the lyrics; a very novel disqualifying factor for me.
Perhaps it's a low disgust tolerance (ala Jonathan Haidt) thing.
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I don’t think buckle up would be out of place on moonlander, which I like more than PRAMG albums.
Moonlander is full of jarring lyrics that sometimes don’t match the music
Moonlander is full of jarring lyrics that sometimes don’t match the music
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Has anyone listened to the words in this song?
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This is one of the best songs on the album.
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It's my new favorite songClem Halibut wrote:This is one of the best songs on the album.
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I love it as well.