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When the world has turned
Paralyzed and wrong
Cold blooded claws
Never offered anything at all
Past the point of love
Shattered and untied
Waiting to pick up the pieces
That make it all alright

But pieces of what
Pieces of what
Pieces of what
Doesn't matter any more

Moonlight on my floor
Shining through the roof
They got the city surrounded
As if I needed proof
I forgot my fear
Feelings on the rise
Burying all of the pieces
Falling from the sky

But pieces of what
Pieces of what
Pieces of what
We used to call home
Pieces of what
We used to call home

Lay my dragon's teeth
And shallow water still
At the Belgian gates
I waited for my meal
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the song is not a break-up song.

this song is a description of war like many of there songs. listen to the last verse that says, "lay your dragon's teeth in shallow water still". dragon's teeth are what the soldiers put in the water to stop tanks from coming to shore.

"moonlight on my floor shining through the roof they got the city surrounded as if i needed proof". this line is about looking up into the sky through a whole in the ceiling and watching as everything gets demolished and blown up.

Oh shit! You're right! I like this song even better in its proper context, especially the stanza containing:

Moonlight on my floor Shining through the roof They got the city surrounded As if I needed proof

Thank you.

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@itsnicolerunn I love this analysis and I think you are correct in that this is a description of war. However, one could still use this whole song as a metaphor for break up or lost love. Many break ups feel like the world is ending. But you somehow survive, but then need to guard yourself against future pain, by hiding in your bunker. With booby traps all around.

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general rule with mgmt songs - when in doubt, it's about the apocalypse!

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I'm falling for this band

Maybe can offer some light on the last verse.

it refers to military blockades. (thank you wikipedia)

lay my dragon's teeth

  • are concrete road blocks

and shallow water steel

  • found references to steel being layed on beaches to sink invading boats

at the Belgian gates

  • 'Belgain Gates' are anti tank obstacles

I'm waiting for my meal

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Amazing! MGMT should be more popular! Shame on you all!

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robbie robertson + pink floyd + of montreal + youth =MGMT = my new favorite band. they have reminded me how to live

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woodmanxxx....

About the last verse. "lay my dragons teeth in shallw water still" I thought that is what he was saying the first time I heard it. Then I read several versions of the lyrics that said differently.

Personally I was bummed that it wasn't what he said.

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there has been some confusion with the lyrics.. can i just clarrify i have the album with the words included in ther sleeve, and in the last verse it is correct

"laying dragons teeth and shallow water steel, at the belgian gates im waiting for my meal"

So stop questionisng the lyrics up on the site becasue they are CORRECT! lol :P

awesome song! awesome band ! im glad people are starting to get it.

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This is one of those songs that express an emotion you can't pinpoint exactly.

Dissapointment and loss of faith in humanity. Hurt but you don't know what you were expecting in the first place.

exactly. i agree with you..it's like realising how lame it is...how people are changing and how apathetic we're becoming. sad sad thing :/

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'yellow birdd' got the basic point of most, if not all, MGMT songs. Emotion you can't pinpoint exaclty, it either up to you to understand yourself or find out more about what they could be talking about..

which is pretty much what 'kathlee00' said. XD

Still, I hope MGMT don't become mainstream! It's their indie (songs too) we loved, not their popularity!

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omg so i was readin the lyrics off some other site and it said AS I DRINK YOU'RE TEA!

instead of lay my dragon's teeth

BAAAAHAHHAHHA