Nara Lyrics
Soon
I'm gonna marry a man like no other
Light the fuse
Hallelujah, hallelujah
[Verse 1]
Love
Love is the warmest colour
Petrol blues
Hallelujah, hallelujah
Comes
Saut dans le vide, my lover
In my youth
The greatest tide washed up my prize: you
[Pre-Chorus]
Follow, let him go, let him lead me be
Love is a pharaoh, and in front of me
I thought, let him be where he'd want to be
Love is a pharaoh and he's boning me
[Chorus]
I've discovered a man like no other man
I've discovered a man like no other man
I've discovered a man like no other man
I've found a love to love like no other can
I've found a love to love like no other can
He's found me, my Aslan
[Bridge]
Hallelujah, Bovay, Alabama
Marry a man like no other
Hallelujah, Bovay, Alabama
Love is the warmest colour
Hallelujah, Bovay, Alabama
Unpin your butterflies, Russia
Hallelujah, Bovay, Alabama
To be a deer in Nara
[Outro]
Hallelujah, Bovay, Alabama
Hallelujah, Bovay, Alabama
About
The third track on This Is All Yours, Nara is the second song in the three-part named after the Japanese city. The song is about a gay man wanting to marry. It was written around the time of the Russian Winter Olympics in the beginning of 2014.
The song is sprinkled with allusions to other works, from songs (“Petrol Blues” by The Rolling Stones) to books (C. S. Lewis) and films (Blue Is The Warmest Colour), and even photography.
Q&A
Find answers to frequently asked questions about the song and explore its deeper meaning
(From an interview with Stereogum):
Gus Unger-Hamilton: “Nara is a place in Japan where it’s full of deer, and the deer can sort of run around wherever they want throughout the city. The deer kind of have right of way everywhere. And the idea of the song “Nara” is about wanting to live your life freely as you want because you’re not hurting anybody. That’s the relation to Nara.”
As you can see from this interview, former band member Gwil Sainsbury is straight, since he says he is in a relationship with his girlfriend (14:16).
In the same interview, a bit earlier, they talk about being approached by female fans during concerts and signing boobs (12:40) and Thom says “Yeah, that was amazing,” so Thom is probably straight as well.
As for Joe Newman, I haven’t checked this reference, but there is mentioning of an Australian girlfriend here.
This doesn’t mean, however, that one of them couldn’t be bisexual.
- 3.Nara
- 11.Pusher
- 13.Leaving Nara
- 14.Lovely Day