Happiness is what we all want
Jun. 25th, 2010 03:54 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
dolorosa_12As you all know, I'm obsessed with song lyrics. I particularly like it when songs play on words, or express very complex ideas in simple yet resonant language. I have an example of both types of clever lyrics. The first is 'Thieves in the Night' by Hot Chip. (They're from Cambridge, incidentally. But they hated it here and spent all their time hanging around in a record shop on Mill Road, apparently.)
A want is a lack but also desire
A need can be nothing but should be held higher
A need is a want wearing disguise
It can be confused if fuelled by desire
Baby I'm calling your name in the night
No reason with need look into my eyes
Happiness is what we all want
May it be that we don't always want
Happiness is what we all want
May it be that we don't all want.
Then we've got 'We Share Our Mother's Health' by The Knife. Oh, The Knife. Who else would be able to make a song tying in Vikings, 'Scandinavian socialism' and misogyny?
A want is a lack but also desire
A need can be nothing but should be held higher
A need is a want wearing disguise
It can be confused if fuelled by desire
Baby I'm calling your name in the night
No reason with need look into my eyes
Happiness is what we all want
May it be that we don't always want
Happiness is what we all want
May it be that we don't all want.
Then we've got 'We Share Our Mother's Health' by The Knife. Oh, The Knife. Who else would be able to make a song tying in Vikings, 'Scandinavian socialism' and misogyny?
