Hope Sandoval & the Warm Inventions are an independent alternative/dream po… Read Full Bio ↴Hope Sandoval & the Warm Inventions are an independent alternative/dream pop band composed of Hope Sandoval from the band Mazzy Star and Colm Ó Cíosóig of My Bloody Valentine. Their first studio album, Bavarian Fruit Bread, was released on October 23, 2001. Alan Browne, from Irish band Dirt Blue Gene, played bass and co-wrote several songs on the album. Through the Devil Softly was released on September 29, 2009, and was recorded with Dirt Blue Gene. Their third album, Until the Hunter, was released on November 4, 2016.

In a 2016 interview with Consequence of Sound, Ó Cíosóig explained how the musical composition differed from his and Hope's other bands, "It's not that our other bands have restrictions, but there's a certain sound in those bands. Hope and I have a sound, but it's always changing and morphing into different things while still carrying a similar thread".

Bavarian Fruit Bread
Hope Sandoval & The Warm Inventions Lyrics

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Saw you
On the high street
A little bit out of love for me

Oh well, you'll always be
I've got a brand new machine
I'm gonna make myself treat you mean
I'm gonna spend all of my money

Making you cry

I forgot
I thought freely
You're the one that is untrusty

I've got a brand new set of wings
I'm gonna drive you straight to tears

I'm gonna spend all of my money
Making you cry

Overall Meaning

The lyrics to Bavarian Fruit Bread by Hope Sandoval & The Warm Inventions are quite cryptic, but they seem to be about a failed relationship. The singer has seen their former lover on the high street and acknowledges that they are a little bit out of love for them. However, this doesn't seem to bother the singer. They claim to have a brand new machine and are planning to make themselves treat their former lover mean. They want to spend all of their money making their former lover cry, which seems to be motivated by a sense of revenge.

In the second verse, the singer seems to be questioning their own actions. They forgot something and were thinking freely, but it's not clear what they forgot. They refer to their former lover as untrustworthy, which hints at some sort of betrayal that may have led to the breakup. The singer claims to have a brand new set of wings and wants to drive their former lover straight to tears. Once again, they want to spend all of their money making them cry. The overall tone of the lyrics is somewhat ominous and vengeful, which creates an interesting contrast with the gentle melody of the song.

Line by Line Meaning

Saw you
I caught a glimpse of you

On the high street
On the busy urban road

A little bit out of love for me
Showing a lack of affection towards me

Oh well, you'll always be
Regardless, you are always going to be

I've got a brand new machine
I have a new instrument

I'm gonna make myself treat you mean
I will treat you poorly

I'm gonna spend all of my money
I will use all of my finances

Making you cry
To induce tears from you.

I forgot
I had forgotten

I thought freely
I expressed my opinions without inhibition

You're the one that is untrusty
You are unreliable and untrustworthy.