| Damien Rice – 9 Crimes Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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LYRIC: Leave me out with the waste/this is not what i do leave her behind because she is not worth his time- she is saying “have pity on me and let me pay for my mistake”, and at the same time she is saying and when you leave me behind, know that this is not a usual occurrence- Punish me/accept me LYRIC: it's the wrong kind of place to be thinking of you When she is with her lover (whom she is cheating on her partner with), it isn't the right time to think of her partner, but she does, it speaks to the unfinished business between them- This speaks to the unease they have inside- When you are not able to end something with your partner and you get involved in something else, but you are still emotionally involved with your partner- It shows she still loves him, but can't reach inside herself to make the choices that would show love to him- LYRIC: it's the wrong time for somebody new This unfinished stuff is tough and she knows inside that getting involved in another relationship so soon before the other is over, is not a healthy way to deal, and she is feeling guilty. It is interesting she says “somebody new” implying it is just “somebody” nobody that special. However, she doesn't refer to it as cheating as he does later. Her way of explaining her involvment with another to herself is that this is “someone new” and that the future is open-She names it “somebody new” which opens herself up to the possiblity that this could be more than just a passing fling to get her out of the relationship- LYRIC: it's a small crime and i got no excuse Why say it's a small crime? She explains the crime to herself first, minimizing the action, and then says she has no excuse for it LYRIC: and is that alright yeah? i give my gun away when it's loaded She opened herself to someone else and gave them herself because she couldn't put the energy into working it out with her partner and a way to cope with wanting to get out of the relationship was to cheat- She is saying she gives away her power when she doesn't honestly deal with the issues in her relationship and instead goes to someone else- LYRIC: is that alright yeah? if you don't shoot it how am i supposed to hold it? She is putting the responsibility on her partner to have been able to communicate to her and when her partner doesn't, she can't hold herself to the relationship- She has to go elsewhere for emotion connection- LYRIC: is that alright yeah? i give my gun away when it's loaded is that alright yeah, with you? leave me out with the waste this is not what i do it's the wrong kind of place to be cheating on you Now the partner says the same thing to her- but the difference is that instead of “thinking” after cheating about him, he is saying that he knows that cheating isn't the way to deal with the relationship not working anymore, after he has already cheated- LYRIC: it's the wrong time she's pulling me through It's actually the right time for him. He is lying to himself. He is using the escape of being with someone else to get him emotionally through the hard time with his partner- Fill the emptiness with someone else, filling a need that is not being dealt with in his own self- LYRIC: it's a small crime and i got no excuse and is that alright yeah? if i give my gun away when it's loaded is that alright yeah? if you don't shoot it how am i supposed to hold it? is that alright yeah? i give my gun away when it's loaded is that alright? is that alright with you? is that alright yeah? if i give my gun away when it's loaded is that alright yeah? if you don't shoot it how am i supposed to hold it? is that alright yeah? i give my gun away when it's loaded is that alright is that alright with you and is that alright yeah? is that alright is that alright is that alright with you? no? Last line. The NO is quite telling of the lies they say to themselves. All along it was alright because they said “yeah” after each question. If it was really alright to do what they were doing to each other, they wouldn't be asking after the cheating. They are looking for each other to agree with their way of dealing with the disconnection. And when they ask, is that alright with you? And “yeah” comes right after....This is interesting because they haven't spoken to each other about what is really going on, so the “yeah” is asking for approval without having the truth. I think that is all they can handle. This song is about a relationship between two people that can't actually talk and be open about the failures and can't deal with the issues together 'face to face'. And they know that, so they are scared. Hence the asking each other if its alright, and the cheating, and the unresolved, unclosed relationship, that unfortunately if they don't deal with it, it will come back in another way, at another time. And maybe that is all they can do. |
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| Ryan Adams – Let It Ride Lyrics | 19 years ago |
| This song is definetely about escape. "I wasn't ready to go... I am never ready to go" The idea of wanting to escape from the sorrow only to find out that you really aren't ready to let go. I guess using Alcohol to take away the darkness and give comfort. I agree he is looking for something divine, who isn't? We all have to ask the question of ourselves, what do we do to cope with the darkness and lonliness of this life? What can bring us home? He is looking for something to bring him back to the feeling of belonging. | |
| Rachael Yamagata – Worn Me Down Lyrics | 19 years ago |
| I also just saw Racheal perform this piece live and she mentioned that it was about a beautiful German girl from her past, and that she is happy to be able to sing about it because it shows that she is not bitter. I thought it was about an ex girlfriend. I guess her German friend is also is also a muscian performing in Germany? She was stunning in concert. Ok so her voice is a combo of Tori Amos, Melissa Ethridge, and Sarah Mcglaughlin. Of course she has her own style. | |
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