Decoding MGMT

[linda1796]

This thread is dedicated to decoding the amazing lyrics of MGMT. Pick a song, any song! And let's get going!  

[HazyKoala]

Hmmm.... The lyrics of Of Moons, Birds and Monsters sorta make me feel like I should find a deeper meaning in them. And Kids. And Indie Rokkers.
Otherwise, I can interpret most of their songs.  

[fnenpnnveiornvpoeinrv]

Andrew has said in interviews that Kids doesn't really have any deep meaning. He was just really drunk when he wrote it lol




I want an explanation to the 'stab your facebook' thing in Flash Delirium. WTF is up with that?  

[linda1796]

Haha, oh Andrew. rolleyes What do you mean about Flash Delirium?  

[fnenpnnveiornvpoeinrv]

Well, I don't get it.
Is it a reference to Facebook (internet) or is it a face-book?
It's just really weird. neutral  

[linda1796]

Didja look up the lyrics? I'll try to find them...

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Mgmt - Flash Delirium lyrics
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Mild apprehension
Blank dreams of the coming fun
Distort the odds of a turnaround
Gut screams out next to none
So turn it on
Tune it in
And stay inert
You say "I've got the backbone"
The back way to escape the gun
Climbing a tree with a missing limb
And not saving anyone
And now it hurts
To stay at home
And see
Flash
The mirror ball's throwing mold
You can't get a grip if there's nothing to hold
See the flash catch a white lily laugh and wilt
But if you must smash a glass first fill it to the hilt

Plants
As far as I know are still,
Still bending toward the light
And if we dance
Until the heart explodes
It'll make this place ignite
And even if this hall collapses
I can stand by my pillar of hope it's just
A case of Flash delirium

Here's a growing culture
Deep inside a corpse
Ages stuck together
Takin it to the source
Timeless desperation
Pictures on a screen scream
"hey people, what does it mean?"

Comfort keeps us nice
So quick to donate everything (nothing arrives)
Die wolken drifting blinding smiles circling (einkreisen)
But time's tingling spines
Attaching hands to floor
The rosy-tinted flash

The hot dog's getting cold
And you'll never be as good as the Rolling Stones
Watch the birds in the airport gathering dirt
Crowd the clean magazine chick lifting up her skirt

(Why close one eye and try to
Pledge allegiance to the sun
When plastic ghosts start terrorizing everyone
Geometric troops aligning
Carried up to the burial mounds
My earthbound heart is heavy
Your heartbeat keeps things light
With the violence forever threatening the night
And even if this hall collapses
I can stand by my pillar of hope and trust)
Lines when I close my eyes and just
Aim blindly at the sun
And hear love
When the ghosts start singing terrorizing everyone
Geometric troops aligning
Carried up to the burial mounds with gold
It's a heavy load but your
You rhythm makes it light and explode
Like a violent star keeps threatening the night
And even if this hall collapses
I can stand by my pillar of hope and trust
That our heads won't bust

66 55 red battleships
40 earthlike planets
3 holes 2 tits
1 fork in it's side
Zero tears in their eyes

Sue the spiders
Sink the W surprised elsh
Stab your facebook
Sell sell sell
Undercooked
Overdone
Mass adulation not so funny
Poisoned honey
Pseudo science
Silly money
You're my honey  

[fnenpnnveiornvpoeinrv]

linda1796

Didja look up the lyrics? I'll try to find them...

Sue the spiders
Sink the W surprised elsh
Stab your facebook
Sell sell sell
Undercooked
Overdone
Mass adulation not so funny
Poisoned honey
Pseudo science
Silly money
You're my honey

Thanks for helping Linda <3

I guess it's just a bunch of nonsense. But I'd like to know if it's a reference to Facebook?
Buuuuuuuuuuuuut... I can't get any info anywhere gonk  

[linda1796]

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linda1796

Didja look up the lyrics? I'll try to find them...

Sue the spiders
Sink the W surprised elsh
Stab your facebook
Sell sell sell
Undercooked
Overdone
Mass adulation not so funny
Poisoned honey
Pseudo science
Silly money
You're my honey

Thanks for helping Linda <3

I guess it's just a bunch of nonsense. But I'd like to know if it's a reference to Facebook?
Buuuuuuuuuuuuut... I can't get any info anywhere gonk

Actually, I kind of get it...
I think it is a reference to Facebook. Some info will probably come up later when the CD comes out.  

[fnenpnnveiornvpoeinrv]

linda1796

chewed unicorns

linda1796

Didja look up the lyrics? I'll try to find them...

Sue the spiders
Sink the W surprised elsh
Stab your facebook
Sell sell sell
Undercooked
Overdone
Mass adulation not so funny
Poisoned honey
Pseudo science
Silly money
You're my honey

Thanks for helping Linda <3

I guess it's just a bunch of nonsense. But I'd like to know if it's a reference to Facebook?
Buuuuuuuuuuuuut... I can't get any info anywhere gonk

Actually, I kind of get it...
I think it is a reference to Facebook. Some info will probably come up later when the CD comes out.

I hope they don't get a lawsuit from Facebook because of negative image branding or some s**t like that, if it's a Facebook reference. D:
And probably they'll explain it later, thanks Linda!  

[linda1796]

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linda1796

chewed unicorns

linda1796

Didja look up the lyrics? I'll try to find them...

Sue the spiders
Sink the W surprised elsh
Stab your facebook
Sell sell sell
Undercooked
Overdone
Mass adulation not so funny
Poisoned honey
Pseudo science
Silly money
You're my honey

Thanks for helping Linda <3

I guess it's just a bunch of nonsense. But I'd like to know if it's a reference to Facebook?
Buuuuuuuuuuuuut... I can't get any info anywhere gonk

Actually, I kind of get it...
I think it is a reference to Facebook. Some info will probably come up later when the CD comes out.

I hope they don't get a lawsuit from Facebook because of negative image branding or some s**t like that, if it's a Facebook reference. D:
And probably they'll explain it later, thanks Linda!

Well, I understand the song, but it's hard to explain. Or maybe I'm just insane. sweatdrop  

[HazyKoala]

chewed unicorns

Andrew has said in interviews that Kids doesn't really have any deep meaning. He was just really drunk when he wrote it lol




I want an explanation to the 'stab your facebook' thing in Flash Delirium. WTF is up with that?

Haha nice. Its ironic that it's the most mainstream song they've realeased too. xd  

[zelectric_management]

I think the entirety of the song "Flash Delirium" is about going crazy, or losing your mind-
If you forget about the words for a second and just look at the musical composure, it begins slow, steady, and simple, but gradually throughout the song it gets more intense, and more "crazy" As if you're losing your mind-

The last section of the song when the emotional tension in his voice and the instruments are at a peak he says-

"Sue the spiders!
Sink the welsh!
Stab your facebook!
Sell! Sell! Sell!
Undercooked, or overdone-
Mass abduction not so fun!
Poison honey
Pseudo science
Silly money
You're my honey!"

Now looking at this, most of it seems silly- To me I think it's just a slew of nonsense, because, well it's MGMT and I really think they enjoy that.
So to answer your question, I believe what he means by "stab your facebook" is that facebook is part of the nonsense [Let's face it, it really is.]
And in the crazed insane state you encounter within Flash Delirium, why not stab it?