Song Review
Keeping with the recent Canadian-themed posts, I thought I would bring out another fantastic piece done by Canada’s own Metric. Live it out is the title track off Metric’s 2nd full-length album, released in 2005. The album is a fine example of Metric’s use of simplicity meshed with a new wave sound, and was well received throughout North American. In fact, the album was chosen as one of Amazon.com’s Top 100 Editor’s Picks of 2005, awarded the 38th best album of 2006 by NME, and was shortlisted for the inaugural Polaris Music Prize in 2006.
The song itself is extremely well written, with lyrics that evoke thoughts on how our lives are lived; There is definitely something everyone can take away from this song.
On the day we were supposed to leave
You changed your mind at the station
You had a nice apartment
There was a good bar downstairs
Your old friend worked there
I’ll go anyway, I’ll go anyway
They won’t refund the ticket
Well, It’s a good story
But I don’t want to live it alone
Crash to take a chance
I wanna live it out
I know I’m already dead
No concrete adversity
Only traps of our own actions
How we wanted it to be
Now I’m never gonna see you again
You turned off
Vertabrae by vertebrae
Roll your way out of a coma
Look up, the nurse is smiling
What luck, the nurse is me
Your old body is dead
Your body’s dead, you’re a word instead
In my sleep I repeat it
Well, It’s a good story
But I don’t want to live it alone
Crash to take a chance
We were gonna live it out
Look at you, you’re already dead
How will you remember me
Digging ditches out of boredom
Said you would never leave
Now you’re never gonna be here again
You checked out
Dum dum dum dum dum
Sha la la la la
Dum dum dum dum dum
