Of Monsters and Men - Little Talks

來自冰島 (Reykjavík, Iceland) 既6人新星 Of Monsters and Men, 首張 single "Little Talks" 確是出色之作, 歌詞值得細味!!

Hey! Hey! Hey!
I don't like walking around this old and empty house
So hold my hand, I'll walk with you my dear
The stairs creak as I sleep, it's keeping me awake
It's the house telling you to close your eyes

Some days I can't even trust myself
It's killing me to see you this way

'Cause though the truth may vary
This ship will carry
Our bodies safe to shore

Hey! Hey! Hey!
There's an old voice in my head that's holding me back
I tell her that I miss our little talks
Soon it will all be over, buried with our past
You used to play outside when you were young,
Full of life and full of love

Some days I feel like I am wrong and I am right
Your mind is playing tricks on you my dear

'Cause though the truth may vary
This ship will carry
Our bodies safe to shore

Hey!
Don't listen to a word I say
Hey!
The screams all sound the same
Hey!

'Cause though the truth may vary
This ship will carry
Our bodies safe to shore

Go go go away
I wish you'd disappear
All that's left is a ghost of you
Now we're torn torn torn apart, there's nothing we can do
Just let me go, me against you
Now wait wait wait for me
Please hang around
I see you when I fall asleep

Hey!
Don't listen to a word I say
Hey!
The screams all sound the same
Hey!

'Cause though the truth may vary
This ship will carry
Our bodies safe to shore

Don't listen to a word I say
Hey!
The screams all sound the same
Hey!

'Cause though the truth may vary
This ship will carry
Our bodies safe to shore

'Cause though the truth may vary
This ship will carry
Our bodies safe to shore

'Cause though the truth may vary
This ship will carry
Our bodies safe to shore

有d網友俾既comment, 甚為同意!!

"This is a song I loved and loved 1000x better after reading the lyrics. Instead of a fun catchy new tune the meaning was really hit hard on me. I think it’s about a woman leaving her husband and the song is their argument. She is trying to defend her decision and he is heartbreakingly supportive:

I don't like walking around this old and empty house
So hold my hand, I'll walk with you my dear

Then in a few lines down when he reminisces about playing outside "when we were young, full of live, full of love" she starts with her verse before he finishes and cuts off the word "love" because she can't listen because it's too painful and she knows she may be making a mistake: 

Some days I feel like I am wrong and I am right

In the chorus I hear "The screams all sound the same" and not "The streets of Solomon sang". It becomes interesting as the instruments seem to get a little louder and faster in a frantic way towards the end of the song representing the heightened emotion and anger between the two. Even the tone of when the two sing become less harmonious and more frustrated.

I just can’t figure out what the ship is. In my mind they don’t end up together. After all is said and done they part ways and live their separate lives, fall in love with other people, and basically have a happy ending (safe to shore), just without each other which. It’s heartbreaking to think the love of your life could be fine without you and the little talks."