| Rise Against – Architects Lyrics | 12 years ago |
| Even though they're the same age Tom Gabel has mellowed greatly, Tim hasn't so much (in the politic sense). And it's not Against Me!'s being on a major label that it's about, the line "don't you remember when we were young and we wanted to set the world on fire" is taken from "I Was a Teenage Anarchist" in which Against Me! pretty much burns every bridge they had left with the punk rock community and denounces everything that they were pre-New Wave and that made them such an amazing band. It's definitely not entirely about Against Me! but there's no denying the connection. "Teenage Anarchist" is a song by a jaded, old cynic who has nothing but memories of wanting to change the world, "Architects" takes that and makes it into a beautiful song about never giving up and taking our futures into our own hands. | |
| Harlem – South of France Lyrics | 12 years ago |
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A few corrections: "I'm lookin' for a big old, big old bed" "I hear a party in room 13 I can hear all of them begin to scream" "Do I call the deskman and tell him Or do I just go back to sleep" |
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| Blink-182 – Adam's Song Lyrics | 14 years ago |
| It's obviously about wanting to kill yourself because your mom yelled at you after you spilled a cup of apple juice. | |
| Paul Simon – You Can Call Me Al Lyrics | 14 years ago |
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If attila_carnaki is right and the first four lines of the second verse are a double entendre, that verse could be about seeing a prostitute. Actually, the prostitute idea could be extended to the entire song. Here's an in depth interpretation: A man walks down the street (He's walking to meet the hooker) He says why am I soft in the middle, now Why am I soft in the middle The rest of my life is so hard (He's soft in the middle and requires love and affection. This softness is juxtaposed with the hardness of life) I need a photo-opportunity I want a shot at redemption (He's regretting using prostitutes; probably due to their impure and unholy connotations) Don't want to end up a cartoon In a cartoon graveyard Bone digger, bone digger (Possibly a euphemism. The prostitute is "digging his bone"?) Dogs in the moonlight Far away my well-lit door (The dogs in the moonlight are the hookers. He's probably in a seedy part of town, hence it being far away from his well-lit, and safe, door.) Mr. Beer Belly, Beer Belly Get these mutts away from me You know I don't find this stuff amusing anymore (Mr. Beer Belly: probably the pimp. Mutts: prostitutes. He's sick of sleeping with prostitutes, doesn't find it amusing anymore.) If you'll be my bodyguard I can be your long lost pal (Wants a real relationship based on mutual love and respect rather than a one night stand with a prostitute) I can call you Betty And Betty, when you call me You can call me Al (He could be using a false name with the prostitute because he's ashamed) A man walks down the street He says why am I short of attention Got a short little span of attention And, whoa, my nights are so long (He has long nights with prostitutes and, if attila_carnaki is right, he can't perform due to a "short attention span") Where's my wife and family What if I die here (Either he's having an affair and he's missing his family or he wishes he had a family rather than a hollow relationship with a hooker) Who'll be my role model Now that my role model is Gone, gone He ducked back down the alley With some roly-poly little bat-faced girl (He's the one who went into the alley with that girl. By doing that he lost an important part of himself or his "role model".) All along, along There were incidents and accidents There were hints and allegations (Hints and allegations of an affair?) A man walks down the street It's a street in a strange world (Leaving his meeting with the hooker he's in a seedy part of town which is strange compared to his safe home) Maybe it's the third world Maybe it's his first time around (It might be the third world because it's likely a poverty stricken area that he's in. It might be his first time around means his first time with the prostitute) Doesn't speak the language He holds no currency He is a foreign man He is surrounded by the Sound, sound (He feels lost, disconnected from himself because he's ashamed of sleeping with a hooker/possibly having an affair) Cattle in the marketplace (The cattle are the people buying the hookers) Scatterlings and orphanages (A bad part of town would likely have lots of orphanages) He looks around, around He sees angels in the architecture Spinning in infinity He says Amen! and Hallelujah! (He regains a sense of self and has a spiritual awakening that he doesn't want/need to do this anymore) |
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