| Coldplay – Amsterdam Lyrics | 14 years ago |
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I think this may be more than just rescuing someone from himself. I think that there is something holding the singer back, like a person is keeping them in one place or forcing them to forget their dreams just so they can be together- this is mainly from the lyrics about getting out of "this hole." Cutting the noose from his neck, releasing the "ball and chain" that allows him to be free is really how this person is saving him. I think the name is a very good choice too. In this song there are a lot of water/land references, like he is drowning on dry land. And Amsterdam is known for its picturesque, yet toxic, canals. Overall I think the major theme behind this song is letting go even when it seems like the hardest thing you can do. |
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| The Script – Anybody There Lyrics | 14 years ago |
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I would have to agree with gunner-chica below. I think he's talking about how nobody is perfect, and if he's not going to heaven, then admittance to heaven is so strict that he wouldn't know anyone in heaven anyway. As an atheist, this song has a different meaning to me. I come from a religious family that is always worried I won't be in the afterlife with them. But I'm a good person who cares about other people, and that's one issue I have with Christianity. If a serial killer/murderer asks for forgiveness from God, he is forgiven and able to get into heaven, but just because I don't believe in God, I'm supposedly not going to heaven because I don't believe. I question the justice behind this entire concept. Is God so much of an egotist that he needs my recognition? So any rapist, child molester or murderer can get into heaven if they ask God to forgive them? Because allowing a murderer over a doubtful person inside the gates of heaven is clearly and unarguably unjustified. "Well if this is the face of a sinner, And if heaven is only for winners, Well I don't care," I think this indicates what I talked about above. This person doesn't consider himself a sinner, but if it is than heaven is really only for the specific people who "won" by making the right choice in life. It is said that God plans out everyone's entire lives before they even live them, so he creates winners and losers in the respects of heaven and hell in an afterlife. "Thought that I'd let it slide, But it's me that's slipping in. Thought that I'd go for a ride Before this crash I'm dying in." I think here he is talking about enjoying life while you can before the ultimate end of your life. I think the repeated question "Is there anybody there?" and this piece of the song rely illuminate it's meaning: "Well if I'm judged on the life I've been living And if heaven is not so forgiving, Well I don't care, 'Cause I won't know Anybody there." If everyone is being judged and heaven doesn't allow this person into heaven, there must not be many people there anyway. |
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