But, I think in this song, they're commenting on the legal system and idea of punishment (even in love). Because, he's so ready to pay the price of his deeds (or crimes) - "I'll lay down in houses if things come alive. I'll say it now." It feels like the criminal in this case will do everything to avoid jail rather than understand and adjust to the crime"Remember take hold of your time here Give some meanings to the means To your end." But the legal automatically expects this. I think.. :3
I did love you words :) I read them again and they still like me.
I enjoy personalizing the meaning to what I am feeling right now, or how I see the world or how it works.
@miriamhillawi I agree with you. You can even feel the desperation for everything to "come alive" again, but there is no true understanding of the crime. He recognizes that there is something in his personality that leads to this conundrum, yet that is no acceptance of the crime itself. At the end, I believe, the subject falls back into the same ordeal that got him into his relationship becoming frigid. He did everything he could to make things right and to avoid jail, but at the end...
@thaknows I think that the reason why Interpol make their lyrics vague or ambiguous is so that we can personalise the meaning (like you said). Their poets...Gods! :D
@miriamhillawi Just like he says: "I pretend like no one else to try to control myself." I agree with you in their lyrics being somehow poetically vague :D . That makes their analysis more fun! The other day, we were discussing some lines from C'mere. It is impressive how points of view can differ on certain parts.
@carlosmcgregor I take IB literature and It's really fun when we do group discussions even outside of class. We should keep doing these lyrics analysis things. :D
@miriamhillawi We sure should :) I took IB literature myself. How's memorizing all of the important quotes working for you so far? It would be way easier if you could put them in song form :D
@miriamhillawi, I agree about Interpol... It helps me a lot, like a empathy resource . As I said a single song could help me to see better through different kind of situations. Bank's power of relate everything from love to war and politics with nature, society and individuality together. I still thinking that the relation between love through the eyes of society, as the moral way, is an essential part of this song because I need to feel It is like that now. Lets se tomorrow.
As he said he will stop drinking and stop sleeping around, but way that? As the only opportunity we have got is this to show other ways and start behaving... Because this time there is love and maybe it's time to control ourselves, as lions in cages.
@carlosmcgregor We're only half way through part3 right now, so we're still analysing the plays. But our exams are coming up and I have no idea how I'm going to memorize soliloquies and monologues from hamlet. Lets see if the singing thing works :)
15 Comments (since 18 Mar 2013)
miriamhillawi
Really good analysis. I always feel like interpol's lyrics are loaded with double meanings and moral issues and I'm baffled by them.
miriamhillawi
But, I think in this song, they're commenting on the legal system and idea of punishment (even in love). Because, he's so ready to pay the price of his deeds (or crimes) - "I'll lay down in houses if things come alive. I'll say it now." It feels like the criminal in this case will do everything to avoid jail rather than understand and adjust to the crime"Remember take hold of your time here Give some meanings to the means To your end." But the legal automatically expects this. I think.. :3
nkle
I did love you words :) I read them again and they still like me. I enjoy personalizing the meaning to what I am feeling right now, or how I see the world or how it works.
carlosmcgregor
@miriamhillawi I agree with you. You can even feel the desperation for everything to "come alive" again, but there is no true understanding of the crime. He recognizes that there is something in his personality that leads to this conundrum, yet that is no acceptance of the crime itself. At the end, I believe, the subject falls back into the same ordeal that got him into his relationship becoming frigid. He did everything he could to make things right and to avoid jail, but at the end...
carlosmcgregor
... he could not change who he really was.
miriamhillawi
@carlosmcgregor I like you idea of concrete or unchangeable personality. I think that's where the guy's desperation comes from.
miriamhillawi
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miriamhillawi
@thaknows I think that the reason why Interpol make their lyrics vague or ambiguous is so that we can personalise the meaning (like you said). Their poets...Gods! :D
carlosmcgregor
@miriamhillawi Just like he says: "I pretend like no one else to try to control myself." I agree with you in their lyrics being somehow poetically vague :D . That makes their analysis more fun! The other day, we were discussing some lines from C'mere. It is impressive how points of view can differ on certain parts.
miriamhillawi
@carlosmcgregor I take IB literature and It's really fun when we do group discussions even outside of class. We should keep doing these lyrics analysis things. :D
carlosmcgregor
@miriamhillawi We sure should :) I took IB literature myself. How's memorizing all of the important quotes working for you so far? It would be way easier if you could put them in song form :D
nkle
@miriamhillawi, I agree about Interpol... It helps me a lot, like a empathy resource . As I said a single song could help me to see better through different kind of situations. Bank's power of relate everything from love to war and politics with nature, society and individuality together. I still thinking that the relation between love through the eyes of society, as the moral way, is an essential part of this song because I need to feel It is like that now. Lets se tomorrow.
nkle
As he said he will stop drinking and stop sleeping around, but way that? As the only opportunity we have got is this to show other ways and start behaving... Because this time there is love and maybe it's time to control ourselves, as lions in cages.
miriamhillawi
@nkle I like your perspective. You're right this whole thing can be applied to the idea of love as well
miriamhillawi
@carlosmcgregor We're only half way through part3 right now, so we're still analysing the plays. But our exams are coming up and I have no idea how I'm going to memorize soliloquies and monologues from hamlet. Lets see if the singing thing works :)