Soldier's Grin Lyrics
Static gauge with the rush and the lights
Now its concourse you look very fine
But this place here is no friend of mine
And what you know can only mean one thing
Rooted to the place that you spring from
Shut it down before they opened the door
Don't shout, don't holler, don't you cry
What is passed, we'll just leave it behind
Horse shaped fire, draggin' stereo wire
And we rode
Chemicals on 'till the breaking of dawn
And I rose
Over a town raised up by the sound of its drone
And I rode
Higher than forces that can't make the horses lay down
What is passed, we'll just leave it behind
And what you know could only mean one thing
Rooted to the place that you spring from
"this place here is no friend of mine" "this dirt was a building before" "over a town raised up by the sound of its drone"
seems like more exploration into the anti-modern world themes established in apologies to the queen mary. the theme permeates all of at mount zoomer.
I think it should be "horse shapèd fire"
I really like the quasi-shakespearean dual accent he puts on that word.
this song is painfully good
this song is AMAZING
this song is great! it sounds to me like the singer is a soilder of some kind, and he is destroying a town. "And this dirt was a building before Shut it down before they opened the door"
and he is singing about how the city "is no friend of mine" showing no remorse. "What is passed, we'll just leave it behind" and again.
im not sure though... it could be something alot deeper.
I kind of got that vibe, too. It also seems, though, that he is doing this things to these people because he has someone back home that he wants to get back to hence the whole thing about being "rooted to the place where you spring from" and the bit about riding chemicals until the breaking of dawn with someone else. I'm not sure, though, but that's what I kind of got out of the song.
I kind of got that vibe, too. It also seems, though, that he is doing this things to these people because he has someone back home that he wants to get back to hence the whole thing about being "rooted to the place where you spring from" and the bit about riding chemicals until the breaking of dawn with someone else. I'm not sure, though, but that's what I kind of got out of the song.
life from the ashes
"...This song is about the military industrial complex and possibly about my sister in law" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sol5n_0p6F8&feature=related
lawl awesome song
i believe it is "rooted to the place that you *sprang from"
For what it's worth, "And what you know can only mean one thing" comes directly from the Subtle song Middleclass Stomp, which was remixed/reworked by Wolf Parade as Middleclass Haunt. Love that intertextuality...