Step歌词含义解析

整首歌都在讲我们和音乐之间的关系，包括每一个人对ta喜爱的乐队／歌曲的归属感。贯穿全歌词中的“girl”指的其实就是音乐本身。因此，“Step to my girl”便被赋予了双重含义——你“走进”你的音乐，沉浸在音乐的节奏中，而其他人也可能爱上你所爱的音乐。

其他的隐喻还包括：

"Ancestors told me that their girl was better"
年长的人会坚持认为他们那个年代的音乐更好，richer and tougher，禁得起时间的考验。

"The Punks would laugh when they saw us together"
朋克摇滚青年会嘲笑 Ezra 的音乐。

"You cursed the sun when it stepped to your girl" -
当你珍爱的音乐不再小众，进入主流市场后，你会有莫名的失落和愤怒。

‘Maybe she's gone, and I can't resurrect her
the truth is she doesn't need me to protect her’、
曾今的专辑已经是过去，无法被“resurrect”，Ezra被批评“一砖不如一砖”，作品已经太过商业化，他的想法是自己不需要去defend，因为音乐会为音乐自身带盐。

"Everyone's dying, but girl you're not old yet"
听众会变老、死去，但是音乐永生。

‘The gloves are off, the wisdom teeth are out
what you on about?’
二砖后Vampire Weekend被音乐评论界“wise”的砖家们狂喷作品华而不实，脱离现实社会。因此Ezra不禁反问“what you on about?”

‘I'm stronger now, I'm ready for the house’
Ezra比三年前强大了100倍。

‘I just ignored all the tales of a past life
Stale conversation deserves but a bread knife’
Ezra尝试着不被别人的音乐影响，创造自己的风格，那些“过时的/stale”的音乐让他不屑一顾。




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Every time I see you in the world,
You always step to my girl

Back, back, way back
When I used to front like Angkor Wat
Mechanicsburg, Anchorage, and Dar es Salaam
While home in New York
Was champagne and disco
Tapes from L.A. slash San Francisco
But actually Oakland and not Alameda
Your girl was in Berkeley with her communist reader
Mine was entombed within boombox and walkman
I was a hoarder but girl that was back then

The gloves are off, the wisdom teeth are out
What you on about?
I feel it in my bones, I feel it in my bones

I'm stronger now, I'm ready for the house
Such a modest mouse
I can't do it alone, I can't do it alone

Every time I see you in the world,
You always step to my girl

Ancestors told me That their girl was better
She's richer than Croesus, she's tougher than leather
I just ignored all the tales of a past life
Stale conversation deserves but a bread knife
And punks who would laugh when they saw us together
Well they didn't know how to dress for the weather
I can still see them there, huddled on Astor
Snow falling slow to the sound of the master

The gloves are off, the wisdom teeth are out
What you on about?
I feel it in my bones, I feel it in my bones
I'm stronger now, I'm ready for the house
Such a modest mouse
I can't do it alone, I can't do it alone

Wisdom's a gift, but you'd trade it for youth
Age is an honor -- it's still not the truth
We saw the stars when they hid from the world
You cursed the sun when it stepped to your girl
Maybe she's gone, and I can't resurrect her
The truth is she doesn't need me to protect her
We know the true death -- the true way of all flesh
Everyone's dying, but girl -- you're not old yet

The gloves are off, the wisdom teeth are out
What you on about?
I feel it in my bones, I feel it in my bones
I'm stronger now, I'm ready for the house
Such a modest mouse
I can't do it alone, I can't do it alone

The gloves are off, the wisdom teeth are out
What you on about?
I feel it in my bones, I feel it in my bones
I'm stronger now, I'm ready for the house
Such a modest mouse
I can't do it alone, I can't do it alone

Every time I see you in the world,
You always step to my girl