vital signs and cold hands). Like he says 'I did my best to notice when the call came down the line' but he really wasn't aware of his life moving or even ending. This is the British English definition of cut the cord.View American English definition of cut the cord. just my 2 cents, for what its worth It would be like us being a game controlled by someone in another (their own)reality. I think the reason he is saying goodbye to all those feelings: romance, devotion etc. This song alludes to an alternate reality where we are being controlled by another force. But when I read the first versus, it was so good that I needed to keep reading. I like it. good analysis! I think you're definitely in a closer ballpark than everyone else I've heard from. No Comments; 0 Tags; Know something about this song or lyrics? Cut The Cord Lyrics Pushmonkey – Cut The Cord. Cut it!

Thinking of the nature of dancers, they are able to move freely, however, they are secluded within a space and are told to move a certain way to a certain beat while having to look a certain way, therefore they have the illusion of free will but not the real thing. You are clueless. Anyways, Icarus this is a great analysis. But when I read the first versus, it was so good that I needed to keep reading. Freedom, follow me. Anyway I read the whole thing then read Icarus Fixius's inYea. or "ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country"). just makes it sound more drastic and better than saying "are we people with individuality, or are we people without individuality", and it makes you understand more clearly, and helps you realize it. Great job! Add it to our wiki. It wasn't his choice. Gutter Black Lyrics: Lying in the gutter / I cut the cord from my mother / She pat me on the head and say / Go to sea boy, get to sea man / Barbara O'Reilly / She come in to my house / Trouble trouble Freedom, la,la,la,la. Change your default dictionary to American English. The artist is telling you to close your eyes and cut the cord. To be a dancer is to be more than human, or it's another way of saying that being human is always about being more than "simply" human (i.e. He makes such puppet like movements and postures, mimicking the loss of flexibility and dexterity that comes with being controlled by strings, yet again supporting your theory that puppet means loss of freedom or to be let go. Freedom) Cut it! Yea. I don't listen to the killers. Also why would the lyrid be 'dancer' rather than 'dancers'? I like the idea but I think your making a bit of a leap from 'dancers' to 'puppets'. In order to "cut the cords" and not be a puppet any longer, he has to let go of the human feelings too. There's the illusion that we control where the 'dance' so to speak is going? And the singular thing is perhaps because we're not a group of separate beings, we all simply are manoueverd as one. I've never listened to this song. Breakdown-----Simply means to remove yourself from the source of power. So, virtue, grace, devotion, all those values prepare us to be human, but in the end, life is a toss-up and you just have to call the shots as you see them, you have to learn to dance through (or maybe with) life's adversity. Cut it! dancers use choreography, which is planned.so although they may look free, it is all planed and well they are sort of marionettes so to speak. All though I think it very well could be talking about if there is a god, and if there is some greater being controlling/influencing us. "Are we human or are we dancer" seems like a rhetorical question. Lyric Segment #3-----"Cut the cord." View by: Highest Rated; Most Recent ; Oldest First; 0. Definition and synonyms of cut the cord from the online English dictionary from Macmillan Education. If you're not spot on, you're definitely very close to what the song is expressing. "Human" as written by Dave Brent Keuning Brandon FlowersLyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLCNon-lyrical content copyright 1999-2020 SongMeaningsJavascript must be enabled for the correct page display I've never listened to this song. Yes, i think you have the right idea with the puppet thing...'Dancer' to me is structered routine, nice to watch and possibly fun to do; I think he could have used the word 'Dancer' as opposed to 'puppet' possibly because we don't realise the strings are there? To me thats what this song is refering to.