I’m not even going to mention the obvious. But yeah, I’m flattered. I have a quote from a dude in the band, but it doesn’t make any sense to me.
The Hundred in the Hands’ Jason Friedman says of the protagonist: “She’s drifting between weekends with her friends in the city center. There’s dirty pigeons wandering around. In the city, even the birds are filthy. She sneaks out the house. She’s got a crush and they hook-up but she’s doing it more out of boredom and he’s doing it because he’s a teenage boy. It’s like a looped narrative, every weekend, the same thing. She makes mistakes, possibly very, very bad mistakes but she’s always in control. She’s smarter than most of the people she meets. Up on the roof she looks at the city and the pigeons flying in circles above and wonders why don’t they just fly away?”
– First of all, I didn’t see any pigeons. (Maybe I just missed it. I really don’t know how to “pay attention” to things that last longer than 10 seconds.)
– “In the city, even the birds are filthy”. Birds are always dirty. Ever seen a bird? They flap around in dirt, eat worms, live in filth. It’s like saying “In the city, even the garbage smells bad.” This is no indication of a city lacking cleanliness, and if there is some sort of “deeper meaning” it’s waaaay over my head.
– “She makes…mistakes but she’s always in control.” Um, that bitch is literally vomiting red hot sparks. You, Jason Friedman, are fucking nuts.
– Did I miss the hook up scene? Or was that the random dude who blew smoke in the protagonist’s face as she is vomiting? I do that sometimes to vomiting girls, but I never really considered it “hooking up”.
Sorry for making this post into a joke. In all honesty I do like this song, and the video is awesome. Check out more from The Hundred In The Hands at their website.
