Shoegaze, and Dream pop eventually fell out of popularity in the UK in the mid 1990's. However the backlash that was so prevalent in the Britain music press was not so in other parts of the world, where shoegazing remains relatively obscure. The torch of the genre was carried by fans of the UK scene, who grew up listening to Ride, Slowdive, Lush, Verve, and My Bloody Valentine.
By the late 90's, there was a subtle comeback of Bliss rock music. In the US, artists like Skywave, and Bethany Curve were not shy on displaying their audio influences. And shed much of it late in their discography to carve their own notch in indie music history.
By the early millennia, and the advent of online social networks, bliss rock was slowly gaining a comeback all around the world.
Presently the sheer number of bands derived from shoegaze and dream pop through out the world far surpasses the amount of bands that existed 20 years prior.
She Spider
Mew Lyrics
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Our sun rise
I will make it the truth of painfully helping me cover up things
I wish I never had found
Confident
Tangled up in a nice life
Put the sipder in you
Watching in
Disregard
You live a nice life
With the spider in you
I saved myself for someone somewhere's sweet caress
Something goes wrong
And all I sought was happiness
And so
In right wing fashion
We'll nurture xenophobia
And be strong
In right wing fashion
With paste and generosity
Because no one is safe
From someone somewhere's sweet embrace
And so I have simply decided to dislike you now
The lyrics to Mew's song She Spider can be interpreted in a number of different ways, but at its core, the song seems to be about the ways in which we hide our true selves from others, and the damage that can come from trying to keep up appearances. The opening lines, "After we go to sleep / Our sun rise," suggest a kind of duality between sleep and waking life, with the singer suggesting that the things they do while awake are a kind of cover-up for the deeper truths they keep hidden.
This theme is reinforced by the repeated mention of a spider, which seems to represent the hidden, darker parts of the self. The singer urges the listener to "put the spider in you," suggesting that we all have a tendency to hide our true selves behind a veneer of "nice" behavior. Ultimately, however, the singer seems to be calling for a kind of radical honesty, even if it means acknowledging painful truths about ourselves and others.
Line by Line Meaning
After we go to sleep
Once we fall asleep
Our sun rise
The start of a new day
I will make it the truth of painfully helping me cover up things
I will choose to painfully hide things and make it the truth
I wish I never had found
I regret discovering
Confident
Sure of oneself
Tangled up in a nice life
Caught up in a pleasant existence
Put the spider in you
Allow the deceit to become a part of you
Watching in
Observing
Disregard
Ignoring
You live a nice life
You have a good life
With the spider in you
Despite being deceitful
I saved myself for someone somewhere's sweet caress
I held out for an intimate connection with someone, somewhere
Something goes wrong
When things don't go as planned
And all I sought was happiness
All I wanted was to be happy
And so
Therefore
In right wing fashion
In a conservative way
We'll nurture xenophobia
We'll encourage fear and hatred of foreigners
And be strong
And present a strong image
In right wing fashion
In a conservative manner
With paste and generosity
With cohesion and giving
Because no one is safe
Because everyone is vulnerable
From someone somewhere's sweet embrace
From the intimacy of anyone, anywhere
And so I have simply decided to dislike you now
Therefore, I have simply chosen to dislike you now
Lyrics © Fintage House Publishing
Written by: BO RUNE MADSEN, JOHAN HASLUND WOHLERT, JONAS BJERRE TERKELSBOEL, SILAS UTKE GRAAE JOERGENSEN
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@mdfz24
im from another planet. I love this human band. good music
@joesmith1487
Perfect example of what makes this group's music unique; soft to hard vocals... Solid Guitar rifts .... Constantly evolving song
@johairijalil8151
it's 2020 and i'm still listening to this.
@apone2d
+Johairi Jalil quit lying boi we all know that the internet will simply be direct communication between a connected network of brains, sentient beings, and self-aware machines in the future as opposed to the traditional application of functional machines to communicate remotely amongst one another as we do now.
@apone2d
+Johairi Jalil lol
@Mana_Thief
will make sure to comeback to this during 2020 and upvote, thx
@sandinur2498
quantum realm
@lyrimetacurl0
Hedging my bet as it is nearly 2020
@gavinmurray2977
Great to see everyone stating this is their favourite tune. I always comes back to it, it's a masterpiece.
@belleramos5728
2022...and forever...