Welcome
The Blow Lyrics

The Blow's song "Welcome" starts off with a welcoming melody that gives you warm and fuzzy feelings as if you're being invited into someone's home. The lyrics, on the other hand, are not as warm and fuzzy as they seem. The first line, "Welcome to our house," welcomes the listener into the world of the song. The second line, "We only wanted to be good for the caller," reveals that the people in this house have a specific purpose that revolves around the caller.

The third line, "Welcome to us, leave a message," further reinforces this feeling that the residents of the house are not really there for themselves but for someone else. The fourth line, "Let us know what you're after," invites the listener to reveal their intentions, as if waiting for instructions or commands. The following lines, "It may seem like there's nobody home, really we're sitting right by the phone," suggest that the residents are hiding or avoiding facing something, perhaps even themselves.

The final lines, "Letting you speak to the machine, Letting you go first to say what you want," emphasize that the residents are not interested in real communication with the caller or the world around them. They're merely using the "machine" as a shield, a means to disengage from the world and avoid any real interactions. Overall, the song Welcome is about isolation, avoidance, and disconnection that are becoming commonplace in our modern, technology-driven world.