Do the Dohnk
Let's leave our bodies at the door
And vacate our many skins
Too many aliens involved
They want to tell you it's a sin
You push me over and I crack
We're in a coffin on the floor
Communicating with the buzzing flesh
Forehead pressed against yours
They say if you love then you're doomed
We say you're so boring and blind
As we dim and damage the room
While we're out to waste your time
I flutter with a shiver breath
Unafraid of nothing less
I am inspired by your style, girl
I'm blushing red at what you said
And now we wake and it's the dusk
Electric oceans between us
I'm not ashamed as to become one
You'd be a fool to call it lust
They say if you love then you're doomed
We say you're so boring and blind
As we dim and damage the room
While we're out to waste your time
(waste your time
wasted all your time)
i think this is right...
And vacate our many skins
Too many aliens involved
They want to tell you it's a sin
You push me over and I crack
We're in a coffin on the floor
Communicating with the buzzing flesh
Forehead pressed against yours
They say if you love then you're doomed
We say you're so boring and blind
As we dim and damage the room
While we're out to waste your time
I flutter with a shiver breath
Unafraid of nothing less
I am inspired by your style, girl
I'm blushing red at what you said
And now we wake and it's the dusk
Electric oceans between us
I'm not ashamed as to become one
You'd be a fool to call it lust
They say if you love then you're doomed
We say you're so boring and blind
As we dim and damage the room
While we're out to waste your time
(waste your time
wasted all your time)
i think this is right...
Re: Do the Dohnk
i really like this song a lot because despite its cheery sound it still has that cool like double meaning thing going on that his classic songs used to(in my opinion). When i hear it it reminds me of the quote "Love does not consist in gazing at each other, but in looking outward together in the same direction" (Antoine de Saint-Exupery). sort of. it's like everyone has the wrong idea except the ones that are in it.
BUT then it isn't hard to see it could be talking about sex. there's a line in ants in my pants where he says "Between your legs Between our heads Between our hearts" at first you're like, definitely sex then it's like oh...wait, what? this song is like opposite. the chorus seems like love song but then the whole meaning changes when you add the rest of the song with a different point of view. what do yall think?
BUT then it isn't hard to see it could be talking about sex. there's a line in ants in my pants where he says "Between your legs Between our heads Between our hearts" at first you're like, definitely sex then it's like oh...wait, what? this song is like opposite. the chorus seems like love song but then the whole meaning changes when you add the rest of the song with a different point of view. what do yall think?
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Re: Do the Dohnk
/I reckon it represents letting go of what people/society are expecting you to do (in his case it'd be like the record company/music industry etc) and the lines
I flutter with a shiver breath
Unafraid of nothing less
I am inspired by your style, girl
I'm blushing red at what you said
And now we wake and it's the dusk
Electric oceans between us
I'm not ashamed as to become one
You'd be a fool to call it lust
is pretty much him talking about how he holds his wife's thoughts, opinions etc pretty high up there. And the latter verse is pretty much telling us/her that he genuinely loves her and it isn't another one of his desperate pleas for affection (like when he was a mad sex addict.. fuck we know too much about this man) Which is pretty romantic when you think about it.
That's me anyway.
I flutter with a shiver breath
Unafraid of nothing less
I am inspired by your style, girl
I'm blushing red at what you said
And now we wake and it's the dusk
Electric oceans between us
I'm not ashamed as to become one
You'd be a fool to call it lust
is pretty much him talking about how he holds his wife's thoughts, opinions etc pretty high up there. And the latter verse is pretty much telling us/her that he genuinely loves her and it isn't another one of his desperate pleas for affection (like when he was a mad sex addict.. fuck we know too much about this man) Which is pretty romantic when you think about it.
That's me anyway.
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Re: Do the Dohnk
haven't listened to it too much but I'll do a quick childish attempt at breaking it down.
a) Possibly just being themselves around each other, putting away the facade they put up (the first two lines or so) based on what people want them to be
b)the end part could be referencing premarital sex being a sin, with all the references to body and flesh in the first lines it has a carnal feeling to it, besides the aliens
c) for fun, maybe Max doesn't like illegal immigrants
my two cents
Two things I get from this.crbrazil wrote:Let's leave our bodies at the door
And vacate our many skins
Too many aliens involved
They want to tell you it's a sin
a) Possibly just being themselves around each other, putting away the facade they put up (the first two lines or so) based on what people want them to be
b)the end part could be referencing premarital sex being a sin, with all the references to body and flesh in the first lines it has a carnal feeling to it, besides the aliens
c) for fun, maybe Max doesn't like illegal immigrants
This brings back the ideas about sex. I mean actually "Do the Dohnk" kinda could allude to sex. Maybe this is from another perspective like the top is max saying lets have sex lets go and this is the girls response, (sherri being old fashioned / religious-er)You push me over and I crack
We're in a coffin on the floor
Communicating with the buzzing flesh
Forehead pressed against yours
To me this is talking about people saying relationships end when you get married. Calling out people who think all marriages are dead. This is just an interpretation going in line with the theme.They say if you love then you're doomed
We say you're so boring and blind
As we dim and damage the room
While we're out to waste your time
sherri praiseI flutter with a shiver breath
Unafraid of nothing less
I am inspired by your style, girl
I'm blushing red at what you said
back to the idea that sex is wrong but he wants it anyway. 2nd line seems fillery. "to become one" is a euphemism from biblical times about marriage / sex. He's saying what they have is true with the last line.And now we wake and it's the dusk
Electric oceans between us
I'm not ashamed as to become one
You'd be a fool to call it lust
my two cents
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Re: Do the Dohnk
I think it's already my favorite, I love it, is it bad that I'm embarrassed to share my opinion on the songs <<;
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"They say if you love then you're doomed
We say you're so boring and blind"
"They say if you love then you're doomed
We say you're so boring and blind"
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Re: Do the Dohnk
I actually saw this part a little different than others saw it,And now we wake and it's the dusk
Electric oceans between us
I'm not ashamed as to become one
You'd be a fool to call it lust
I see it more as, they wake up and go to their jobs of touring and distance.
Electric Oceans I saw as them communicating through phone calls and text messages.
Being in a similar situation I can understand that he's saying he's not ashamed to be whipped by his lady,
because he actually loves her and he's not just in it for the sex.
For the most part I feel everyone has a great interpenetration. Especially since music is an art and art is meant to be viewed different by all different people.
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Re: Do the Dohnk
DommFerger wrote:I actually saw this part a little different than others saw it,And now we wake and it's the dusk
Electric oceans between us
I'm not ashamed as to become one
You'd be a fool to call it lust
I see it more as, they wake up and go to their jobs of touring and distance.
Electric Oceans I saw as them communicating through phone calls and text messages.
Being in a similar situation I can understand that he's saying he's not ashamed to be whipped by his lady,
because he actually loves her and he's not just in it for the sex.
For the most part I feel everyone has a great interpenetration. Especially since music is an art and art is meant to be viewed different by all different people.
That makes a lot of sense though, especially with the Electric oceans between us part
The excitement is building! November 1st!
"They say if you love then you're doomed
We say you're so boring and blind"
"They say if you love then you're doomed
We say you're so boring and blind"
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Re: Do the Dohnk
Well thank you! I'm a writer myself, so I like to really pick things apart.