Alt J Matilda Song Meaning

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Alt j matilda song meaning. The lyrics encapsulate the odd yet endearing relationship between a 12 year old girl matilda and her unlikely new friend léon a professional hitman who eventually molds her into being his protégée. For instance the an awesome wave album title comes from a line in american psycho while the lyrics for this gentle acoustic folk ode are an ode to natalie portman s 12 year old character in luc besson s thriller léon. The song is fuelled by the shared demise of both the protagonist and antagonist and repeats leon. The professional matilda will be an easy song for you to understand.

If you have ever watched luc besson s cult classic leon. In the 1994 luc besson movie mathilda is a 12 year old. I originally wanted to write all my songs about film and have that novelty he told loud and. The english rock group alt j was by far my favorite music group of 2013.

Just the french version of. It seems as if they picked the right name as their fans have happily embraced the as. Matilda is a song by british rock band alt j from their debut studio album an awesome wave released on 10 january 2012 as a digital download. Matilda looks at the last moments of leon in the eponymous film by luc besson.

However it s pronounced alt j because if you press alt j on a mac computer you get the symbol. One of the group s first releases was a song called matilda which they recorded in 2008 or 2009. It was released as a split single with fitzpleasure on 24 february as a digital download and on 10 triangle shaped vinyl. This is from this is from this is from matilda just like johnny flynn said the breath i ve taken and the one i must to go on put the grenade pin in your hand so you.

And so i decided to listen to the song closely and realise that it is actually some french words elle a besoin de toi. Above it is written as and love is wonder twice. Their name isn t actually alt j. Alt j frontman joe newman has been heavily influenced by cinema all his life.

He is an assassin who grows too close to a young girl named matilda. This song was inspired by a chapter from hubert selby jr s 1964 controversial novel about the brutality of urban life last exit to brooklyn lyrical allusions include tralala the title character of a prostitute character in the book and broom shaped pleasure the chapter ends with a particularly gruesome gang rape of tralala involving a broom.