My Interpretation of the Lyrics to "Bloodbuzz Ohio" I love the song and have been looking around the meaning for it but they all differ from my own, which I thought you guys me interested in knowing. Bloodbuzz Ohio received critical reviews as being the first single from High Violet. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UV_sYYRnINE i made a blood buzz ohio trubute too! I haven't analysed every line, just key ones briefly and was wondering if anyone else interprets them in the same way...Forced to go home for potentially unpleasant reasons or it just "stings" him (like a bee) to return home because of failed romance or family issues.Your surname changes when you marry (if you're female, that's the convention) and the narrator is saying how they haven't married, and therefore have the same surname, but their time at home was so insignificant no one remembers them even though they are the same person.Links to the idea that going home isn't particularly nice. I think "stand up straight at the foot of your love" means two things: him nervously awaiting her approval and trying to keep it together while she never lets him actually get close to her, hence, "foot" of your love, and then kinda of a more literal, they're about to make love and he's nervous that she doesn't love him back. I love this song so much and I can relate to it right now. It's like Matt is writing for me. it's been mentioned in a bunch of interviews. Bloodbuzz Ohio.
This song is about being underwater financially on his home and being in debt to the creditors to the point he will never be able to repay his loans. Anyway, I seem to be writing nonsense now so I'll shut up ;)New comments cannot be posted and votes cannot be castThe #1 location for news, discussion, links, and everything related to indie rock band The National! Stand up straight at the foot of your love I lift my shirt up Stand up straight at the foot of your love I lift my shirt up
Case in point, "Bloodbuzz Ohio." I left home for university last September and I have grown apart from my friends at home and have never been in a relationship or been romantic with any women at home but at university there are opportunities for romance. I like a girl named Rachael (even the same spelling) and she is seeing some other guy. The writer is on a blood-buzz because the blood has been sucked out of him. I love the song and have been looking around the meaning for it but they all differ from my own, which I thought you guys me interested in knowing. "...cause it's only knock and know-all, but I like it..."
If you watch but one youtube video today, make it this Eric Wareheim masterpiece featuring a group of festival frat bros who go apeshit over The National’s “Bloodbuzz Ohio.” Don’t let the twelve dollar beers and Ray-Bans fool you; these dudes still owe money, to the money, to the money they owe. The line "I never thought about love when I thought about home," applies to my current situation so much as does the idea of being forgotten by your home. Haha. The National's 'Bloodbuzz Ohio' is the lead single lifted from the forthcoming High Violet, and sets the bar pretty high for what's to come, ascending into some seriously epic sounds with Matt Berninger's ultra-restrained baritone as a launch pad. Thanks for sharing!No problem! By using our Services or clicking I agree, you agree to our use of cookies. MP3 FLAC WAV View more. Matt's lyrics are so accessible and this is why I love the National. I kinda think that Ohio is referring to the woman he loves and he calls her Ohio because their love felt so right she felt like "home" to him. Hell, they even have a song named "Murder Me Rachael" with the lyrics "I saw my love with pretty boy." Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcutsCookies help us deliver our Services. MP3 Release (1) £0.99 Add to crate Play All MP3 Release (1) ... meaning that we follow all current data security standards and undergo weekly scans monitoring our security status. It sets a lot of mysterious lyrics straight. Press J to jump to the feed. I haven't analysed every line, just key ones briefly and was wondering if … Genre: INDIE / ALTERNATIVE. He has given his creditors the shirt off of his back and his head is now an ornament on their car. Posts about #Bloodbuzz Ohio written by Kirsten. Critical reception. Instead of just coming out and saying what he means, everything is symbolism and metaphor and hidden meaning -- so much so that I'm really confused about what it all means. btw Brainy is about being in a relationship with someone smarter than you and trying to keep up.
One Thirty BPM states the track to be "the beating heart of High Violet and most alarming insight into the psyche of the album."
