Track Seven: Sweet Coraline
Sweet Coraline has a very funny backstory. The song was written and inspired by a woman he had never met, who asked him if he was MGK, and he could have been asked anything, but she asked “How did you fumble Megan Fox?” and he responded “…That’s your question??”
Out of all of the questions, that is the one you want to ask? She asked for a do-over and asked something else, but in that moment, it was raining, a Taxi ALMOST hit her, and he pulled her out of the way.
It kind of goes to show, we have no clue what is happening in people’s lives. The rumors about them breaking up were untrue – though through his music you can tell there was definitely a discussion about being more present and clean since they are introducing a new baby in their lives.
The naming of this song is very much a play on Sweet Caroline, feeling extremely ‘Americana’. A song that [unfortunately] everyone sings a long to when it comes on. Maybe that is an indicator it’s a song to sing out loud obnoxiously.
Lyrical Interpretation
Lady, I just met you, I don’t know your name
Saved you from a taxi in the rain
You’re so rude, but I’ll hold my complaints
You might be dumb, but let me explain
Sweet Coraline, I’m hanging by a thread
I can’t let go of things that you said
Sweet Coraline, I’m hanging by a thread
You’re never gonna see me again
The boy is freshly out of rehab – having a rough night, and this is the icing on the cake.
The one main question this woman asked, forever in his brain, and a stamp in his memory – even though she’ll never see him again, she clearly didnt leave a good mark.
Lately, people talk like I don’t have a brain
But both my ears hear all the words
You’re sayin’ when you’re out with your friends at the bar
And you act like you aren’t who you actually are
And you’re drunk, and there’s one me, but you see three more
Can you count? Ha, fuck you, three, four
There isn’t much to ‘interpret’ here but this does make me think about just how misunderstood Meagan and Kells really are. He is so damn sarcastic and has such a dry sense of humor, but the tabloids pick up one liners and make him come off extremely dumb, when he is just playing along.
Like, clearly he was kidding around because she mentioned she loved something and he was like “i am that something’ but just said it in a joking manner – however, the tabloids took off running with these out of context things, with no tone of the real conversation – and that is where we are with miscommunication.
So the lyrics about people thinking he has no brain feel very much an ode to these misunderstandings of his humor or the one off things he says sarcastically – that make people think ‘there is no possible way this man can write serious things’ when really, a lot of his music is hard-hitting and discussing deeper things than most artists.
Sweet Coraline, I’m hanging by a thread
I can’t let go of things that you said
Sweet Coraline, I’m hanging by a thread
You’re never gonna see me again
Looking for a exit, okay, let’s go
I can see your silhouette through the window
Splash my boots in a puddle of mud
What’s a good night if you kill the buzz?
Looking for a exit, okay, let’s go
I can see your silhouette through the window
Splash my boots in a puddle of mud
What’s a good night if you kill the buzz? Uh
This song definitely isn’t the deepest one on the album, and there isn’t too much to interpret – besides the fact it’s an event that happened, it’s a slammin’ bop, and he is discussing being at his lowest lows and being asked a question about a tabloid discussion he wasn’t even apart of while he was in rehab.
If you were never going to see an artist or celebrity again, would you ask them something so stupid?
He saw this woman across the street, through the window, discussing with her friends, made her way over, got saved by Kells from a taxi, and asked a dumb question.
Sweet Coraline, I’m hanging by a thread
I can’t let go of things that you said
Sweet Coraline, I’m hanging by a thread
You’re never gonna see me again
Lady, I just met you, I don’t know your name
Nice to meet you, but there’s a nice girl, lady
I thought this song was still going, hahaha
Hahaha, that’s hilarious, oh, okay
Visual Representation
800 cinestill asa / 35mm film
Splash my boots in a puddle of mud
What’s a good night if you kill the buzz?