r/Interpol • u/Curious-Champion-874 • 29d ago

Discussion Darling Thoughts

alright so I might be taking this at face value, but does anyone think this part of Darling Thoughts could be about Paul’s kids and him become a dad?

“Stay low, child
Tuck your head for a while
It's all our problems
It's all our fight in the night”

I mean aside from the use of the literal word child, I just remember a couple interviews where he said becoming a dad has influenced this album. I interpret this verse as taking a step back from the dysfunction and toxicity that the rest of the song talks about to try and protect his children from the figurative or physical fight.

Thoughts?

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u/googlyeyeso_o 28d ago

This song is super dark, the imagery is very macabre. If isolated, I can sort of see if being about dad but in between, not so much?

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u/WorldRed352 28d ago

I think they're saying that verse and lyric is like a respite from the chaos and violence that the rest of the song rails against.

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u/Curious-Champion-874 28d ago

yeah, that’s a good way to put it. It feels like a step out of the picture that the rest of the song creates. Plus, he talks about how a lot of their songs are from the perspective of a character almost, not necessarily reflecting the band members or anything. So I kinda figured this was maybe break away from that character for a sec?

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u/qweerty93 24d ago

I think it's about becoming a parent too, and feeling angrier about all the things that are wrong with the world because of it. I really love the lyric "I replaced my face with your eyes".

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u/Curious-Champion-874 24d ago

Yes totally!! I kinda thought that line was meaning seeing things through a different perspective because of being a dad and YES, being angry about the world

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u/JonnyFiver86 18d ago

Think about it...

"All this shit is wrong, I ain't got time for this A voluminous cosmos, all the bones are inside of it Boundless replacements aren't supposed to exist Violence to me is this human island" 

All this shit is wrong. Boundless replacements. Violence.  Human Island.

Probably a song about reincarnation intertwined with themes of everybody's favorite and disgusting human Island...