MSWHITE was a post-hardcore band from Turin, Italy which formed in 2007. T… Read Full Bio ↴MSWHITE was a post-hardcore band from Turin, Italy which formed in 2007. The lineup by the time of their disbandment in 2011 was Andrea Arcari (vocals), Paolo Canetti (drums, vocals), Luca Cavaglià (guitar, vocals), Davide Cagliero (guitar), and Andrea Dell'Osa (bass).

By the year 2010 MSWHITE was a standout band in the Italian underground music scene, working hard to book gigs while also managing school and jobs. After recording a single to post online the world took notice. Gigs were booked around Italy and after two tours, the band headed to Fusix Studio to record 3 brand new tracks. Those songs attracted the attention of The Artery Foundation, a company that manages such genre-defining bands as Attack Attack!, Dance Gavin Dance, The Devil Wears Prada, and Emarosa.

For a year and a half The Artery Foundation kept close tabs on the band carefully watching to see how it developed. During that time the group toured Italy and Europe nonstop, even playing major European festival Horrorfest in Belgium. An LP was in the works when Dave Shapiro of The Agency Group contacted the band and made them an offer they couldn’t refuse, signing them to his new label Velocity Records, in conjunction with Rise Records. The band spent May and June 2010 working in the studio on new songs with producer Andrea Fusini.

Their debut full-length album Squares was released September 28, 2010, and the band relocated to Florida to further their career in America.

On May 31, 2011, MSWHITE posted a note on their Facebook page explaining their disbandment. During their first American tour with Enter Shikari and Haste the Day, the band was deported from the United States, and due to immigration issues they were blocked from playing abroad, which led to their breakup.

Saturday's Village
MsWhite Lyrics

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I want my body to be tight by the blanket.
I want my body to be squeezed against my mattress.
x2
Till I will almost choke.
I want to lay my face on the cold pillow
Feeling my life swelling going down,
Beating slowly the ticking of the night.
I'll open my arms and I feel the freezing cold on my hands.

While the infinite surrounds me with no banks, no horizons,
Wondering in the pale darkness I'll turn my eyes looking for you.

You can corrupt me, you can corrupt my mind and turns it from rational to pure sense.
And then, I think once again that there's too much space around me, too much space around me,
I need to fill up with you.

I want my body to be tight by the blanket.
I wan't my body to be squeezed against my mattress.
x2

While the infinite surround me with no banks, no horizons,
Wondering in the pale darkness I'll turn my eyes looking for you.
And what I need, and what I need is just to talk with you once again for the last time.

And what I need, and what I need is just to feel again like you were still beside me,
Like you were still beside me.

Overall Meaning

The lyrics of MsWhite's song, Saturday's Village, center around a feeling of loneliness and a longing to be with someone. The singer wants to feel physically confined, almost to the point of choking, as a way to ground themselves in reality. They describe the sensation of laying their face on a cold pillow and feeling their life swell and beat slowly alongside the ticking of the night. Despite being surrounded by an infinite darkness, the singer turns their eyes towards the possibility of finding someone to fill the expansive space around them.

The singer acknowledges that this person they long for has the power to corrupt their mind and turn it from rationality to pure emotion. Yet, the feeling of being alone in a vast space is still too much to bear. The lyrics repeat the desire to be wrapped tightly in blankets and squeezed against the mattress, emphasizing the need for physical comfort and grounding. The song ends with a desperate plea to talk with this person one last time, to feel their presence again and ease the loneliness.

Overall, the lyrics of Saturday's Village convey a sense of vulnerability and the human desire for connection and physical comfort.

Line by Line Meaning

I want my body to be tight by the blanket.
I desire my body to be held closely by the warmth of my blanket.

I want my body to be squeezed against my mattress. x2
My wish is for the comfort of my bed to encase me completely and snugly.

Till I will almost choke.
I wish for the embrace of my bed to be so tight that it just about takes my breath away.

I want to lay my face on the cold pillow
I wish to rest my face upon the refreshing chill of my pillow.

Feeling my life swelling going down,
As I lay there, I sense the ebb and flow of my essence shrinking and expanding once more.

Beating slowly the ticking of the night.
I listen to the slow pulse of the passing night as it slips by at its leisurely pace.

I'll open my arms and I feel the freezing cold on my hands.
With arms wide open, I welcome the chilly grasp of the night air upon my hands.

While the infinite surrounds me with no banks, no horizons,
Amidst an endless expanse with no visible borders or limits,

Wondering in the pale darkness I'll turn my eyes looking for you.
In the dim and misty darkness, I eagerly search for your presence, yearning to find you.

You can corrupt me, you can corrupt my mind and turns it from rational to pure sense.
You hold the power to consume and overwhelm me, stripping away all reason except that of pure emotion.

And then, I think once again that there's too much space around me, too much space around me,
And in those moments, I am struck by the crushing weight of the vast emptiness around me, the sheer magnitude of it all.

I need to fill up with you.
All I can do is crave the containment and fulfilment that only you can offer, the one who makes me whole.

While the infinite surround me with no banks, no horizons,
Once again surrounded by limitless boundlessness,

Wondering in the pale darkness I'll turn my eyes looking for you.
I still search for you amidst the misty darkness, striving to find you once more.

And what I need, and what I need is just to talk with you once again for the last time.
All I crave and desire is to converse with you one final time before it's too late, just to feel your presence anew.

And what I need, and what I need is just to feel again like you were still beside me,
Above all else, I long to sense you next to me again, as if you were still here by my side.

Like you were still beside me.
Just to once more experience the feeling of having you next to me, like old times.

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