![]() DeMarco opens the song discussing how as he grows older, he gets more jaded and pessimistic, and how you just end up dying in the end after working hard all your life. “As I’m getting older, chip on my shoulder / Rolling through life, to roll over and die”. In today’s terms or in terms of the track, Mac DeMarco could be referring to his “salad days” being the peak and most successful point in his career. It’s from Cleopatra’s line from when she reminisces of her youth with Julius Caesar: “…My salad days / When I was green in judgment, cold in blood…”. The title “Salad Days” comes from the 16th century Shakespeare play “Antony and Cleopatra”. ![]() Similar to the previously covered track “Brother” from the Canadian musician, the song focuses more on the aspects of life rather than relationships or love. ![]() “Salad Days” is the first track off the “Salad Days” album released in 2014 from Mac DeMarco.
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