The Shins are a great band. One of my favorites actually. I've been listening to them for about 7 years now, and yet, I still don't know more than a few words to any of their songs. Catchy tunes, with not-so-catchy lyrics.
I smell the engine grease and mint
the wind is blending
Under the moan of rotting elm in the silo floor.
What in the world?
Or from one of their more catchy songs:
But your lips when we speak
Are the valleys and peaks of a mountain range on fire.
So let me walk these coals till you believe
I can cut the mustard well enough
Cause you know as soon as breathe we scrutinize
Who cuts mustard? I know its an old phrase, but what does it mean? I usually like songs, because of the way they relate to experiences I've had, or relationships I have, but I don't know I just can't quite relate to cutting mustard and rotting elm in the silo floor. I like it, I just can't relate to it, thus I can't sing the words, because its hard to remember things I have no experience relating to.
The words just aren't quite as easy to remember as maybe:
I fell in to a burning ring of fire,
I went down down down,
and the flames went higher,
and it burns burns burns, the ring of fire,
the ring of fire.
Its just not, but yet I'll still keep on listening to them, bopping my head, and wondering what the heck they are singing about.
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