LCD Soundsystem - Someone Great Meaning

Someone Great Lyrics

I wish that we could talk about it,
But there, that's the problem.
With someone new I couldn't start it,
Too late, for beginnings.
The little things that made me nervous,
Are gone, in a moment.
I miss the way we used to argue,
Locked, in your...

1. anonymous

   • 1
   • 2
   • 3
   • 4
   • 5

   click a star to vote

   Sep 24th 2014 !⃝

   The song is about the death of the lead singer's therapist.
2. anonymous

   • 1
   • 2
   • 3
   • 4
   • 5

   click a star to vote

   Aug 18th 2012 !⃝

   It's a combo of all situations in which someone great can be gone, a lover, a child, and so forth.
3. anonymous

   • 1
   • 2
   • 3
   • 4
   • 5

   click a star to vote

   Apr 15th 2012 !⃝

   it actually sounds like it would be about an unexpected pregnancy that didn't make it or something, mostly because of the end where he's like "you're smaller than my wife imagined, surprised you were human..." and then he says "when someone great is gone" reread all the lyrics with that meaning in your head and it makes a hella lot more sense :) idk if that's what it really is, but it sounded like that to me!
4. anonymous

   • 1
   • 2
   • 3
   • 4
   • 5

   click a star to vote

   Apr 1st 2012 !⃝

   It's about a break-up. He felt really sad, about losing someone great. He saw the break-up coming but he couldn't prepare for what she will say. He's all bitter inside due to what happened.
   
   I really like this song, can't stop listening to it.

   This interpretation has been marked as poor. view anyway
5. anonymous

   • 1
   • 2
   • 3
   • 4
   • 5

   click a star to vote

   Mar 7th 2011 !⃝

   It describes the feelings of emptiness created when someone you know and love dies, very beautifully actually. After he's heard the news he says "the coffee isn't even bitter because what's the difference" because everything is bitter to you