| Burial – Untrue Lyrics | 13 years ago |
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The other lyrics are from Beyonce - Resentment....I read in an interview that "Untrue" was sort of like the opposite of his "Unite" tune... This is from Kode9's interviw with Burial before "Untrue" dropped in '07.. "9: Why is the album called Untrue? Burial: When you are not acting like yourself . . .that's an everyday thing for everyone, but it can be a bit sinister . . .It's like the opposite of Unite. " |
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| Bad Religion – Walk Away Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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I watched "Death of A Salesman" yesterday, and I think Brett got some inspiration from this movie. The movie is about a salesman (Willy) who gets fired "after 34 years of toil". He desperately tries to hang on to his job, working for commission. The reason he does this, is because he is obsessed with this idea of being rich and liked by everyone, just like his brother and father was. He wants to live up to them and their impression of successful. He also has a mortgage and bills to pay. I will come back to this later. He tells himself and his family all these little lies everyday, like how everybody knows his name/likes him and how rich and successful he and his sons is/will be. Even though he knows deep inside that he's not liked or successful, and maybe that he wasn't meant to be a salesman. He's afraid to face reality, so he clings onto this idea/false hope and job of being a salesman. Everything else is out of the question. His wife and one of his sons plays along with this "dream" of his, because they're too afraid to tell him the actual truth. Afraid of his reactions, because he's been contemplating suicide, so that his family will get the insurance money. So they keep on telling him that everything's gonna be alright and that he's one hell of a salesman. In one scene, Willy says: "It's so strange, your worth more to your family dead, than alive", or something like that. I'm finally getting to the point...In one scene Willy is visiting his only friend at his office. He's there to borrow money. Even though his friend has offered him a job, Willy's to proud to "work under him", so he declines. In the same scene, the son to Willy's friend says to Willy: "Sometimes, it's better to just walk away". Willy replies: "Walk away? But what if you can't walk away?". Willy knows that he has "something old to pay", that being mortgage and bills. And on top of that, this absurd obsession of being a successful businessman and the pressure he's put upon himself of living up to his father and brother. Which makes it too hard for him to walk away. In the movie Willy shows his skills as a handyman. Building a stair outside of the house. His family says that he put more of his soul into that stair, than anything else in his life. Implying that Willy wasn't really meant to be a business man. That wasn't he's real dream. But "after 34/40 years of toil", it's too late to turn back and start living/chasing your real dream... That's what I think this song is about. Sometimes people get stuck in jobs they don't really like or something else that is far from their dreams. But because of factors from outside (mortgage, kids, wife etc.), they have to keep going back to this job/situation. And when Brett writes that "he'll sure take some time to burn all the bridges that I'm leaving behind", I believe that he's implying that people who find themselves in those jobs/situations, are a bit too afraid to burn all the bridges because they might have to come back again. Sorry for the long post. I think everybody who likes this song, should see this movie. You'll definitely see the parallels. |
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| Bad Religion – Grains of Wrath Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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mournsanity is right. The song is about biofuels and how powerful and greedy people turn food crops into fuel. In effect the food prices rise high, making it even more difficult for third-world countries to buy food. It's about 800 million people starving, and countries like USA and Brazil are making fuel out of food.... |
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| Chasing Victory – first step to recovery Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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Well..I'm no christian,..but the first thing that hit me when I heard the song and read the lyrics, was the tsunami in Asia... Just read the lyrics..it makes sense...You'll figure the rest out.... |
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| Bad Religion – Heroes and Martyrs Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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The first thing to hit me when I heard this song, was the war in Iraq. Or the West Vs. East, Christians'/non-believers Vs. Muslims etc. etc.. The heroes are clearly the American soldiers and the martyrs are the suicide-bombers...Graffin's atheist point of view shines through in the last line of the song: "What's the sense of heroes and martyrs?" The line "An ultraviolent call summoning both poet and thrall" could mean that their leaders are calling upon the heroes and martyrs to fight. Not sure about this one,though.... The next line : "The inveterate blind seeking daylight", to me this is BR describing the soldiers and martyrs. The are totally blinded by their beliefs and are unable to give even a bit of credit to the beliefs of the "enemy"! And they are seeking victory or answers, but due to their handicap (blind/ignorant), they will never find it... And like Brett and Greg said, the last album was more about talking shit about the war in Iraq, on this album they're going to try to find some solutions to the problem and how we are going to fix it and get out of this shit!... |
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| Alexisonfire – Rough Hands Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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This song is very similar to City And Colour's "Save Your Scissors".. The first verse reminds me of a theme very much used in Dallas Green's lyrics...That is about being away from the people you love and the ones who love you, when on tour... He comes home with rough hands and sore eyes..played a lot guitar and staying up late...He tells her not to looks soooo surprised that he's home.. And they both know that they're not really in love with eachother: So don't speak, I am tired Let's just live through this lie The girl is always trying to change him and shape him like she wants him to be, hence the lines: She says I swear too much She says a lot of things He replies to this by saying that he: I'd swear every other word if I could For her, I'll make an attempt The key to the theme in this song are these words here: Sometimes love isn't about how much someone suits you But how much you're willing to change to suit them He won't change, he have to stay true to himself, even if it means that they can't be together... Cause if she doesn't love him when he is himself, she doesn't really love HIM at all... |
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| Alexisonfire – To A Friend Lyrics | 17 years ago |
| No, minus6000....I don't believe this song has anything to do with Jesse..."Keep It On Wax" was made for him, I believe... | |
| Alexisonfire – To A Friend Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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I agree very much with "twiliglightskyline". I think this song is about a person who's suffering from paranoia and schizophrenia... There is something Waiting for me in the darkest part of my imagination. and This is just self-induced terror There's more to come, this is just a glimpse I tell myself it's all in my head but I'm pretty hard to convince these lines doesn't concur very well with drug abuse/addiction! As far as the chorus goes, he could be talking to himself... "To A Friend" is the songtitle, and this friend is probably himself...again, schizophrenia! |
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| City and Colour – Sensible Heart Lyrics | 17 years ago |
| If anyone have the original version of this song (I only have the live one)...please contact me... | |
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