| Bright Eyes – Shell Games Lyrics | 13 years ago |
| Is it just me or does this song sounds a lot like True Blue? | |
| The Decemberists – Dear Avery Lyrics | 13 years ago |
| right, but the "nape of your neck" is sort of metaphorical I think. Like 'would I could grab you' sort of indicates that the parent wishes he could pick up his son by the nape of his neck, but he can't | |
| The Decemberists – Dear Avery Lyrics | 13 years ago |
| I think this song is about watching your son grow up and realizing that you can't always protect him | |
| The Decemberists – Dear Avery Lyrics | 13 years ago |
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Dear Avery I think of you only Were you waving Were you dead on the vine? Oh Avery To think of you lonely Would I could just grab you By the nape of your neck There are times life will rattle your bones And will bend your limbs But you’re still far and away the boy you’ve ever been So you bend back and shake at the frame Of the frame you made (But don’t you shake alone) Please, Avery, come home Head strong You and your long arms Listing lazily On the cusp of your teens But you were my Avery And when you needed saving I could just grab you By the nape of your neck |
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| Neko Case – John Saw That Number Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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The horns are on the beast, not on John. Also, I think it's hilarious that she took an old gospel song about John of Patmos and thought it was John the Baptist. The original song didn't have the intro about John the Baptist. |
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| Arcade Fire – My Body Is a Cage Lyrics | 16 years ago |
| I think it's very obvious that it's about some kind of limitation preventing a person from receiving love. The actual interpretation of what that limitation is...well that's certainly up to the individual listener. Personally, it makes me think of a transgendered person who feels their body is wrong. | |
| The New Pornographers – All the Old Showstoppers Lyrics | 16 years ago |
| Sorry, I referred to John in the song as St. John, which can be confusing, this is John of Patmos, or John the Divine, which is an entirely different person from John the Baptist or John the Apostle. Just wanted to clear that up. | |
| The New Pornographers – All the Old Showstoppers Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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I also thought about Neko Case's song when I was listening to this song. This obviously references the book of Revelation in which St. John (NOT, in fact, John the Baptist, which causes much amusement when I listen to Neko's reimagining of the old traditional John Done Saw That Number, the beginning lyrics about John the Baptist was added by Neko...clearly she didn't read up on St. John, but I digress) records many numbers, such as the number of the Beast, and the seven scrolls, etc etc. Essentially, the lyrics are insinuating that St. John invented the things written in the book of Revelation. It sort of gives a sense of not knowing your place in the universe, not knowing what the end will be, and how St. John was just a man who was looking for something to guide him home. |
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| Bright Eyes – Another Travelin' Song Lyrics | 18 years ago |
| I like the typewriter being compared to painting in a cave. Just an interesting metaphor. | |
| Bright Eyes – First Day of My Life Lyrics | 18 years ago |
| I think this song is kind of about a turning-point in a person's life. Like, they've spent so much time being 'in the rain' and then something comes along that makes them just feel like it's the first day of their REAL life, coming out of that depression. | |
| Commander Venus – Jean's TV Lyrics | 18 years ago |
| This song really speaks to me. I feel like it's about going to a psychiatrist or therapist, since the first line is about talking to 'them' about dreams and things. | |
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