| Baroness – Steel That Sleeps the Eye Lyrics | 11 years ago |
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this is a soldier's lament, sung to the weapons of his enemies. 'Steel that sleeps with the morningstar, would that I could sin once more' If only I could have had more time before this fight to enjoy what life has to offer. 'Reel in place 'til the bastards take me away' I'll fight them here, won't move from this spot; I'll hold them off as long as I can. A reel is a dance. A battle is a dance. |
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| The Cat Empire – Sly Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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'Boom shak hit the sack backstage feeling alright' 'Light checker with a "do-not-disturb" sign outside' As in, having some fun behind the scenes at a show. ;) |
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| Isis – In Fiction Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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The panopticon is a model of authoritarian society. I think the fiction referenced in this song would be the works of Orwell, and Huxley, and Atwood of all those who foresaw dystopia in our future. We would like to think that these stories are just that - fiction. The bones of the dead are only in our imaginations, not in the streets. But our world is steadily progressing towards a workable facsimile of one of these stories. Go through your day and count up how many cameras get a look at you. Think about the concept of DNA registration that very nearly became a reality in Great Britain, largely through misinformation and the sheer apathy of voters. There's nowhere to hide. What was foreseen in tales of fiction is nowadays not so hard to imagine as a real future. |
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| Isis – 1000 Shards Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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"Old sun and stars - Celestial "And oceans" - Oceanic "Below me" - Panopticon, perhaps? Somehow tying together the concepts of their earlier albums. I don't know their early stuff well enough to draw the connection, though. |
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| The Killers – All These Things That I've Done Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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The straight religious interpretation is overly convoluted and doesn't really fit the diction of the song. I agree that the religious references and imagery are deliberately placed, but I think that they're used here ironically or at the least as an allegory. This is about a man that has screwed up his life and is turning to his family as a last resort. Consider: 'is there room for one more son' implies there being more than one son. You could of course take this to mean all of humanity as the sons of god. It makes a lot more sense to me as a plea to a father from his estranged son for aid - e.g, "is there room for me here? Can you take care of me? I have no-where else to go." Further, 'putting someone on the backburner' is a euphemism for shutting someone out of your life. Not unlike what a disciplinarian father might do to a rebellious son. Again, you could make this out to be an old testament style god figure, but there's no evidence for it. The style of the song seems to imply a personal, heartfelt plea. I know that some people certainly do feel that they have a personal relationship with god, but the expectation seems to be of a literal, verbal response. Not sure how many would actually say that god speaks to them in words. |
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