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The eighth track on the sophomore album from The Strokes, “Under Control” is a soothing proposition from one person to his lover to end a relationship on peaceful terms, despite their different perspectives on life and the world.
Lyrically, the song makes heavy usage of the topic of Carpe Diem (often translated as “seize the day”). Musically, this is one of The Strokes' songs most clearly influenced by Bob Marley, since Julian once said that the band’s purpose was to “take more underground, weird stuff like the Velvet Underground and Bob Marley and make it mainstream,” yet it’s difficult to find substantial similarities to the latter.
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