Now Imma take a shit in your palace Young Fathers – Low
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He sees a rich man planting seeds in the forest and asks him what he is planting the tree’s for. A typical aristocratic answer is to say they are doing it for the poor, because they will receive sympathy and the doubting eye will not see what they are actually planting the seeds for.
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This line is similar to a very popular 2Pac line:
“My .44 make sure all your kids don’t grow”.
Both lines are very simple to understand. The AK47 kills and sends their peers or haters to heaven.
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The line: “Don’t sleep too long, you might miss your train” could be a metaphor for fame. Literally, it would be unfortunate to miss your ticket to fame, but also the line could mean to take what you have when you can get it.
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Aaaaaaahhhhh Young Fathers – Am I Not Your Boy
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The writer, in regards to the previous line, asks his mother why she would want him to leave. He is making the case that he has grown up and become his own man, and it seems as if the mother has not grappled that yet.
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Can’t figure what got me here
I don’t want to preach alone Young Fathers – Am I Not Your Boy
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These lines are being written looking in retrospect. The writer is not sure what made him get to the point he is at (not having a good relationship with his mother, or band mates), and he is also not sure how to fix it.
These lines could also be directed towards the band, and not the writers mother. Mostly because of the line “I don’t want to preach alone”, meaning he doesn’t want to perform or rap by himself and he enjoys the company of the group.
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As you find out later in the chorus, this line could be directed at the writers mother, who, according to this line, is not just satisfied with the good ol' being good and acting the right way.
They weren't men
They were duds
There was blood
Fed and thugs wed her calm heart
And now she’s laying in the dark
In a pool of filth
I found a body in the dark
I found her body in the dark King Krule – Bathed in Grey
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It seems like Archie is painting a dark picture of the girls past relationships. Archie uses phrases like: they weren’t men and they were duds, to describe how bad these men were.
The girl was heart broken and hurting when Archie found her.
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Cement is a tough addition to a mixture with water, making a some-what tough concrete. Archie uses cement as a metaphor for the relationship, and he says there was none in the mixture, meaning the relationship was not going to become strong.
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