Somebody Please

Kimbra's song 'Somebody Please' is a haunting plea for rescue and solace amidst a backdrop of chaos and destruction. The opening lines, 'Somebody please, please take me home,' immediately set a tone of desperation and longing for safety. The imagery of 'children igniting like sweet cherry bombs' evokes a sense of innocence being violently disrupted, suggesting a world where even the most vulnerable are not spared from turmoil. The 'blacked out coulombs' lying 'safe in cocoons' could symbolize hidden or suppressed energies and emotions, waiting to be unleashed or protected from the surrounding chaos.

The second verse continues this theme of impending doom with lines like 'Squeeze time and night by a plastic bombshell bomb,' which could be interpreted as a metaphor for the artificial and fragile nature of the world around us. The 'razor blanket betty parade scheduled for noon' adds to the sense of an unavoidable, sharp-edged catastrophe approaching. The use of 'razor blanket' suggests a painful and inescapable reality, while 'betty parade' might hint at a facade of normalcy or celebration masking underlying danger.

In the final verse, the song takes on a more surreal and abstract tone. 'Birds at your eyes melt your face like sea spray' conjures vivid, almost hallucinogenic imagery, indicating a loss of identity or self in the face of overwhelming forces. The mention of 'a plagiaristic tendency paving the way' could be a critique of unoriginality or the repetitive nature of destructive cycles. The song's drifting nature, as described in the lyrics, mirrors the sense of being lost and adrift in a world that feels increasingly unstable and unpredictable.