Artist: Alt-J
Track: Taro

Lyrics
Indo-china, Capa jumps Jeep, two feet creep up the road
To photo, to record, meat lumps and war
They advance as does his chance, oh, oh
Very yellow white flash
A violent wrench grips mass, rips light, tears limbs like rags
Burst so high finally Capa lands
Mine is a watery pit
Painless with immense distance
From medic from colleague, friend, enemy, foe, him five yards from his leg
From you Taro
Oh, oh, oh
Do not spray into eyes
I have sprayed you into my eyes

Three ten
Pm Capa pends death, quivers, last rattles, last chokes
All colors and cares glaze to grey
Shriveled and stricken to dots
The left hand grasps what the body grasps not oh, oh
Le photographie est mort
Three point one four one five, alive no longer my amour
Faded for home May of '54
Doors open like arms, my love
Painless with a great closeness
To Capa, to Capa Capa dark after nothing, re-united with his leg
And with you Taro, oh, oh, oh
Taro, oh, oh, oh

Do not spray into eyes
I have sprayed you into my eyes

Hey Taro

Full Lyrics and Meaning

SongMeanings Interpretations
alt-J - Taro Lyrics
In an abstract way... this is what love between two people is all about. We are all warnings, we all have things we have done in our lives that have terrible ...
alt-J - Bloodflood Lyrics
C-O-double M-O-N. A wave, an awesome wave, That rushes skin and widens in blooded veins. Breathe in, exhale, I've poked a nerve he'll slap me like a whale
alt-J - Matilda Lyrics
Oldest First. Song Meaning. It is from the penultimate scene of the film: Leon. SPOILERS: ' ...
alt-J - Intro (This Is All Yours) Lyrics
If you take into account what Taro and Capa did as a living, taking photos of war, and how dangerous that is to do, then add in the fact that Taro died while ...
alt-J - Ms Lyrics
Darker, The nights of all my youth pressed into one glass of water. Scattered truths, bewildered beast boohoos, we have our weight: ten thousand ladybirds. All ...
alt-J - Something Good Lyrics
24 Comments · On their soundcloud, Alt-J said: · I think it is describing a successful recovery from drug addiction. · Of course all song meanings are relevant to ...
alt-J - Interlude 1 Lyrics
She only ever walks to count her steps. Eighteen strides and she stops to abide. By the law that she herself has set. That eighteen steps is one complete ...
alt-J - Fitzpleasure Lyrics
Tralala, in your snatch fits pleasure, broom-shaped pleasure. Deep greedy and Googling every corner. Dead in the middle of the C-O-double M-O-N
alt-J - Hunger of the Pine Lyrics
Sleeplessly embracing. Butterflies and needles. Line my seamed-up join. Encased in case I need it. In my stomach, for my heart. Chain mail
alt-J - 3WW Lyrics
There was a wayward lad. Stepped out one morning. The ground to be his bed. The sky his awning. Neon, neon, neon. A blue neon lamp in a midnight country ...
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alt-J - Buffalo Lyrics
Breathe on me my buffalo. Your eye warms to a warning. Of a death without words. I am here. Laughter swallowing cups of pride. Inside it paints me
alt-J - Adeline Lyrics
Oh, my Adeline, ooh. Down in Tasmania Where the devil's jaws are far too weak. To tear you away. Ooh, I wish you well. I wish you well. I wish you well
alt-J - Deadcrush Lyrics
Extraordinarily pretty teeth. Beauty lingers out of reach. You're my DC oh Lee, oh. Man Ray went cray cray over you. Capturing but never captured
alt-J - Pusher Lyrics
If you're willing to wait for the love of your life. Please wait by the line. And you know dispersive prisms rainbow. But my native optimism isn't broken by ...
alt-J - Handmade Lyrics
Your sting red full stops my skin, dotted, scratch scratch, now I'm bleeding. Legions upon legions of craftsmen handmade my feelings.
alt-J - Breezeblocks Lyrics
She may contain the urge to run away. But hold her down with soggy clothes and breezeblocks. Citrezene your fever's gripped me again
alt-J - Tessellate Lyrics
Bite chunks out of me. You're a shark and I'm swimming. My heart still thumps as I bleed. And all your friends come sniffing
alt-J - Left Hand Free Lyrics
Ain't shady, baby, I'm hot like the prodigal son. Pick a petal, eenie meenie miney moe. And, flower, you're the chosen one. Well, your left hand's free
alt-J - Intro (An Awesome Wave) Lyrics
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alt-J - Choice Kingdom Lyrics
1. View by: Highest Rated; Most Recent; Oldest First. General Comment. It's about the British monarchy. "Ruler of the waves ...
alt-J - Portrait Lyrics
I think this is about a painter who loves the king and wants to paint his portrait. When he does, the king dislikes it and takes out the painters eyes which ...
alt-J - The Gospel of John Hurt Lyrics
No space. L-shaped. Tetris Tile seeking. Somewhere Oh somewhere. To fit in. Alien (Come on) Oh, coming out of the woodwork. Chest bursts like John Hurt
alt-J - Dissolve Me Lyrics
Now dissolve me, two tabs on your tongue. A herd of shepherds to herd the sheep, sleep now my only one. Broken sweethearts, who sleep apart
alt-J - Arrival in Nara Lyrics
As she submarines. The rope loops 'round her feeble feet. Before the dawn. Breaks on her sorry grasp. In a blink and in one motion. Rope constricts
alt-J - Every Other Freckle Lyrics
Aah I want to share your mouthful. I want to do all the things your lungs do so well. I'm gonna bed into you like a cat prance into a beanbag
alt-J - Nara Lyrics
Soon I'm gonna marry a man like no other. Light the fuse, hallelujah, hallelujah. Love, love is the warmest color. Petrol blues, hallelujah, hallelujah
alt-J - Warm Foothills Lyrics
Ooh Ooh Ooh Ooh Dry dunes cater for jumping boys. From the nape of her neck he made his descent. They watched men hurl from rock to sea
alt-J - Bloodflood pt. II Lyrics
Heat shimmer. Hips quiver. Open smother. Lipped lover. Ooh, dead in the middle of the C-O-double-M-O-N. Little did I know then that the Mandela Boys
alt-J - In Cold Blood Lyrics
01110011 is the binary code for "s". In the video, we can see a mouse that is escaping from a snake, and snakes make the sound "sssss" so I think it may be a ...
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Genius Meanings
	alt-J – Taro
	There are so many things rolled into Taro – mournful Dispensary Girl-esque post-rock strings and bells plus vocal tone, Indian pop straddling the bridge and a history lesson.
	alt-J – Breezeblocks
	This is song from ∆’s (pronounced: Alt-J) debut album, An Awesome Wave. “Breezeblocks” tells the story of a desperate man’s attempts to win over his love’s affections again as she
	alt-J – Dissolve Me
	“Dissolve Me” betrays a jazz influence in the way it meanders in a manner that most indie bands cannot manage. The name “dissolve me” may be a reference to drug use, but also a
	alt-J – Matilda
	Named after Natalie Portman’s character in Leon: The Professional, the name of the song follows the English spelling rather than the French spelling of “Mathilda” used in the film
	alt-J – Hand-Made
	One of the many possible interpretations is that this song could be about is a drug addiction: In the beginning of the song (or rather the chorus) he talks about his body going
	alt-J – Bloodflood
	Bloodflood, about being flooded with fear, is the source for the name of the album (An Awesome Wave). This lyric is an embodiment of the record, evoking the concept of being
	alt-J – Something Good
	A perfect taster of why Alt-J won the fiery acclaim of the Mercury Prize, Something Good is a mix of ghostly harmonies, shuffling drums and folk guitars that should be pretentious.
	alt-J – Tessellate
	In which the ultimate Shorty Said soundalikes roll on with Tessellate, the most Devendra Banhart of all Alt-J songs. Doesn’t matter though, because its piano lollop is as
	alt-J – Fitzpleasure
	“Fitzpleasure,” the album’s most frenetic and even schizophrenic composition, jumps between Gregorian chant to Afropop-tinged dubstep to ethereal electronica yet never feels
	alt-J – Ms
	Ms is almost hymnal – smells like Benedictine spirit – as though Alt-J have taken refuge from reality and the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune in that Cambridge basement of
	alt-J – ❦ (Ripe & Ruin)
	❦ This song is also known as “Interlude 1” or “Interlude I”. The fleuron character or “printer’s flower” (❦) used in the title of this song is used in book printing to divide
	alt-J – Intro
	The opener to alt-J’s An Awesome Wave, “Intro” wastes no time indicting the pretentious, unoriginal ilk of the music festival scene. It’s a beautiful song with some really biting
	alt-J – Bloodflood Pt. II
	Pt. II is a follow-up to the song “Bloodflood” featured on their first studio album, An Awesome Wave. Though the original “Bloodflood” is about the adrenaline-filled “feeling you

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SongFacts
	Taro by Alt-J - Songfacts
	Taro by Alt-J song meaning, lyric interpretation, video and chart position
	Deadcrush by Alt-J - Songfacts
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	Bloodflood by Alt-J - Songfacts
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SongTell Meaning
	Meaning of "Taro" by alt-J
	The song "Taro" by alt-J is about the photographer Robert Capa, who died during the First Indochina War in 1954. The song depicts his life and experiences,...
	Meaning of "Taro (French Version)" by alt-J
	The song "Taro (French Version)" by alt-J tells the story of Robert Capa, a famous war photographer, and his experiences during the war. The lyrics paint a...

Genius Albums
	An Awesome Wave by alt-J
	The charm of Alt-J’s musical scatterbrain is that it works. On the surface, this is smart alt-pop, but Alt-J have messed with the formula just enough to make this a brilliantly

Encyclopedia of Lyrics, Song Meanings & Chords

Artist: Alt-J Track: Taro

Artist: Alt-J
Track: Taro