Trojan Horse
Evolution of Adoration: Bloc Party's Trojan Horse Tale
Lyrics
You used to take your watch off before we made love
You used to remove your watch before intimate moments.
You didn't want to share our time with anyone
You preferred to keep our time exclusive and not share it with others.
You used to close your eyes when we kissed goodbye
You used to close your eyes when bidding farewell through a kiss.
You didn't want to see me draped in sadness
You avoided witnessing my sadness during parting moments.
And now there's nothing here, now there's nothing here at all
Currently, there is a sense of emptiness or absence.
In a loft conversion off new north road
Refers to a specific location, a loft off New North Road.
You were here I was here there was something real here
In that place, a real connection existed between us.
I know there was
The speaker is convinced of the authenticity of the past connection.
You know I still adore you
Expressing continued adoration for the person.
But in a different kind of way
The nature of adoration has evolved into something different.
You know I still adore you
Reiteration of the enduring adoration despite changes.
But things have gotten vague
Admitting that things have become unclear or ambiguous.
Baby I don't ask for much but things have gotten convenient
Expressing a need for simplicity but acknowledging convenience.
You know I still adore you but things, have kind of changed
Despite adoration, the relationship has transformed significantly.
And to think I laughed at you
Reflecting on past behavior, possibly regretting mockery.
For how you saw the world, with all that empty space inside your hear
Mocking a previous perspective that saw the world as empty.
I have to cling to things now, doubles and cigarettes
The speaker now clings to tangible things like habits and vices.
Forever trying to find you on the lips, of someone else
Searching for the past connection in others but failing.
Just take me back, to the start
Yearning to return to the initial stages of the relationship.
When your earthquake, was just cracks
Recalling a time when problems were minimal, represented by "cracks" in an earthquake.
You must ask yourself everyday
Pose a self-reflective question about the impact of one's actions.
Just how high, are the highs
Raising a question about the intensity or extremity of emotional highs.
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