Quote Originally Posted by Azar
Well, I suppose it's because depressing/slow/melancholy songs with real meaning just make more of an emotional impact on people. A lot of songs I love are really lighthearted, fast, and fun, but they're not as moving as something like "The Freshmen" to me, for what it's worth.
Arrite fine then, MEANINGFUL OK GO BABY. On the surface, it's lighthearted and meaningless, but try with the lyrics.

Ok Go - The House Wins

Fingers blistered from the nightly scratching at the window which will open far enough to let air in
The house wins, oh the house always wins
Feral cats are screaming at the clouds beneat the window with the cracks so small that nothing gets within
The house wins, oh the house always
You don't have to be alone to be lonely, you might as well give in

Telephones are howling at the cats out in the alley and the window offers nothing in the din
The house wins, oh the house always wins
Clouds and caves and car alarms to chase the cats and telephones, fingers rake and rasp away their skin
The house wins, oh the house always wins
You don't have to be alone to be lonely, you might as well give in
You don't have to be alone to be lonely, you might as well give in

*solo*

Ice age upon catastrophic ice age of selection, and only one result has trickled in
The house wins, oh the house always wins
If evil were a lesser breed, then justice after all these years, the righteous would have freed the world of sin
The house wins, oh the house always wins
You don't have to be alone to be lonely, you might as well give in
You don't have to be alone to be lonely, you might as well give in (You don't have to be alone)
You don't have to be sick to be tired, you might as well give (You don't have to be alone)
You don't have to have lost to be lost, oh give in
You don't have to be alone to be lonely, you might as well give in

It sounds like a happy song, but certainly isn't, ever heard the term in casinos? The house wins? Means that everyone else loses and the casino gets the money.

That's what this song is saying life is like.

You can't win, in fact you've already lost, and every moment you spend in life is another pointless moment as you're dying, so why bother even doing anything if you can't win anyway? You might as well just give up.

Here it is to <a href="http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/lindianajones/Ok Go - The House Wins.mp3">Download</a> if you're at all interested, since it sounds nothing like you'd assume it would for the message it's trying to get across.