| Steven Wilson – Happy Returns Lyrics | 8 years ago |
| @[jpdwebb:7492] Regarding your first paragraph: I understand it tied to the previous line. She has gifts for the children and sorrow for him by her coming (whether via her telling tales of woe or they dealing/not-dealing with problems between eachother). | |
| Peter Gabriel – Growing Up Lyrics | 8 years ago |
| I took this song to be the act of making love and the path of sperm, culminating in conception. | |
| The Tiger Lillies – Gonorrhoea Lyrics | 8 years ago |
| Ha! Love this song. | |
| Dead Can Dance – Persephone Lyrics | 9 years ago |
| Not an instrumental. | |
| Dream the Electric Sleep – How Long We Wait Lyrics | 9 years ago |
| "Light" is also brought up in Elizabeth's section (To Love is to Leave). | |
| Dream the Electric Sleep – I Know What You Are Lyrics | 9 years ago |
| See Judy Chicago's "The Dinner Party." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-D5QGOtRhFc&list=UUkAYNGsadwC45sXpQ14Z9Ag&index=3 | |
| Dream the Electric Sleep – The Name You Fear Lyrics | 9 years ago |
| This is a shift from the individual Elizabeth to the "A system that has made this type of marginalization possible." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SBq-q1_mEgs&list=UUkAYNGsadwC45sXpQ14Z9Ag | |
| Dream the Electric Sleep – Utopic Lyrics | 9 years ago |
| "Raised right in the wrong time- Etiquette decays, norms decline- A future torn between the tides" refer back to the title song, which tells of cracks/crumbling facade (change). See video discussion - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r0Co2u_Ahh8 | |
| Dream the Electric Sleep – Elizabeth Lyrics | 9 years ago |
| https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r0Co2u_Ahh8 | |
| Dream the Electric Sleep – Elizabeth Lyrics | 9 years ago |
| The name Elizabeth is partially influenced by Elizabeth Cady Stanton, as well as his wife's great-aunt, who is named Elizabeth. | |
| David Bowie – As the World Falls Down Lyrics | 10 years ago |
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I played this song for one of the first few songs of the reception. I also used two other songs from the soundtrack for the bridesmaids walk up the aisle and then mine. Many compliments on the choices from guests. I see you posted this quite a long time ago, but still had to comment. |
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| William Shatner – Together Lyrics | 11 years ago |
| I believe this was a tribute to his wife. | |
| Rex Smith – You Take My Breath Away Lyrics | 12 years ago |
| Seriously, "Due to a publisher block, we are not authorized to display these lyrics"? This guy is barely memorable, but this particular song is so lovely. | |
| The Tea Party – Oceans Lyrics | 12 years ago |
| It was written for Steve Hoffman. He had been their manager, but died of lung cancer in 2003. | |
| Marillion – Incommunicado Lyrics | 12 years ago |
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Wrong Lyrics. Here they are: I'd be really pleased to meet you if I could remember your name But I got problems of the memory ever since I got a winner in the fame game I'm a citizen of Legoland travellin' incommunicado And I don't give a damn for the Fleet Street aficionados But I don't want to be the back-page interview I don't want launderette anonymity I want my hand prints in the concrete on Sunset Boulevard A dummy in Tussaud's you'll see Incommunicado, incommunicado I'm a Marquee veteran, a multimedia bona fide celebrity I've got an allergy to Perrier, daylight and responsibility I'm a rootin'-tootin' cowboy, the Peter Pan, the street credibility Always taking the point with the dawn patrol fraternity Sometimes it seems like I've been here before When I hear opportunity kicking in my door Call it synchronicity call it deja vu I just put my faith in destiny - it's the way that I choose But I don't want to be a tin can tied To the bumper of a wedding limousine Or currently residing in the where are they now file A toupee on the cabaret scene I want to do adverts for American Express cards Talk shows on prime time TV A villa in France, my own cocktail bar And that's where you're gonna find me Incommunicado, incommunicado Sometimes it seems like I've been here before When I hear opportunity kicking in my door Call it synchronicity call it deja vu I just put my faith in destiny - it's the way that I choose Incommunicado, incommunicado It's the only way |
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| Florence + the Machine – Dog Days Are Over Lyrics | 12 years ago |
| This is interpretation is exactly how I have understood the song. | |
| Marillion – I Will Walk On Water Lyrics | 12 years ago |
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(Garden Party accidentally posted instead. Here are the correct lyrics) Something is coming out of the rain, magic It's happening again, like the last time I don't know how it happens, but I know what to do Coming up from the ground, I think it's you I will walk on the water You sent me the red sun and the purple sky Cirrus clouds and grins Atoms of roses The power to do anything In the chaos of colours And the fluttering of wings You carry me up And I'm free again Don't let anyone tell you This is impossible What we have here is bigger than fear I will walk on water Don't let anyone tell you This is impossible Hold on to me Believe what you see I will walk on water |
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| Jethro Tull – Bends Like A Willow Lyrics | 12 years ago |
| Pretty straight forward - a man talking about how set he is/rigid/cold and his woman that is flexible/adaptable/warm - she improves him. | |
| Wolfsheim – Wundervoll Lyrics | 12 years ago |
| Thank you for posting the translation. I had a German boss once who gave me the general meaning of the song, but no more than that. | |
| Fish – Family Business Lyrics | 12 years ago |
| A pretty straight forward tale of being the neighbor who knows a woman/children are in an abusive situation and choosing not to get involved. There is guilt along side the decision. I have always liked to think that at some point when the song is over, the neighbor offers some type of help. I had a neighbor in a similar situation (abuse) and when she finally did flee, she took time to thank me. I had not done much, simply said to her one day over morning coffee that when she was ready to go, I would do whatever I could to help. I never demanded details or pushed her; we both knew I could hear the noises across the apartment hallway. When she thanked me months after that comment was made, she said hearing that alone gave her enough strength to prepare her exit. | |
| The Tea Party – Emerald Lyrics | 12 years ago |
| I think "emerald" is an endearment, either due to eye color or indicating the person is precious (I lean toward the latter). I also believe this is a song about telling a love interest that he will wait for her to be able to leave a bad situation/state of mind she is in (several types come to mind). He is advising her to do what she can to cope until she is able to leave. He is giving her strength with the knowledge that he understands and will be there for her when she is ready. | |
| Fish – Incomplete Lyrics | 12 years ago |
| One of the saddest songs I have ever hear about a relationship that is failing (has failed) despite the longings of both parties to have what once was. | |
| Fish – Tara Lyrics | 12 years ago |
| A song from a parent (Fish) who is away to his child (Tara). | |
| Meat Loaf – Bat Out Of Hell Lyrics | 12 years ago |
| According to "The Indispensable Book of Useless Information: Just When You Thought It Couldn't Get Any More Useless-It Does" by Donal Voorhees this song "is about a motorcycle crash where the rider's organs are thrown from his body." That is it (and that is plenty!). None of it is a metaphor for anything else - it is all a dramatic description of a deadly motorcycle crash. | |
| Sir Mix-A-Lot – Square Dance Rap Lyrics | 13 years ago |
| Great fun-time song. | |
| The Tea Party – Soulbreaking Lyrics | 13 years ago |
| I love this song, also. I see it in a bigger way, for lack of a better term. I feel like this is a general song about dealing with traumatic memories (of any kind). | |
| Drive-By Truckers – Used to Be a Cop Lyrics | 13 years ago |
| To me (a woman) this song can be metaphorical. Despite very clearly being a tale about a person, I also see it as a description of anyone that never quite "made it". Everything they attempted never quite worked and looking back it is just sad. So sad. | |
| Dessa – Alibi Lyrics | 13 years ago |
| This is friend/relative singing to a woman who is either covering for a criminal man or assisting her criminal man. | |
| Fish – The Perception of Johnny Punter Lyrics | 13 years ago |
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The US release had different opening lyrics: "Just another wake up, a hostage of a sunrise, Just another paranoid, victimized motherfucker living on the planet" |
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| John Wesley – Silver Lyrics | 13 years ago |
| I used to be a dancer in strip clubs. I played this song all the time. Pretty sad and fitting, eh? Knew far too many women like "Silver"; heck, sometimes I was her. | |
| John Wesley – Waiting for the Sun Lyrics | 13 years ago |
| A drug song. Very sad. | |
| Fuel – Falls on Me Lyrics | 13 years ago |
| I could certainly see that interpretation. That is one of the beauties of ambiguous songs like these. A deeply religious person can find connection on that level, also a generally spiritual person, but at the same time a person who is neither can still find a message that they can relate to. *NOTE: I am not guessing as to whether this was written deliberately ambiguous, just that it is. | |
| Dada – Feel Me (don't You) Lyrics | 13 years ago |
| Wanting to be "touched" (help/understanding/comfort/closeness/ect.) but at the same time fighting against it. | |
| Marillion – Hooks In You Lyrics | 13 years ago |
| This is the song I used to play to introduce Marillion to my more "top 40" type of friends. A shame US radio never gave it a chance, at least in the area I live, because I think it could have been well received. | |
| Marillion – An Accidental Man Lyrics | 13 years ago |
| A male friend of mine (who was abused as a child) felt very connected to this song. I believe the abuse (several types and quite severe) stripped away not only his connectedness to himself, but also makes it difficult for him in the outside world. He logically and socially understands what it means to be a man in our society and in our time period, but is unable to find a way to be that. I think of him whenever I hear this song. This song breaks my heart. | |
| Marillion – A Collection Lyrics | 13 years ago |
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Now, I seem to recall (correct me if I am wrong) that this is suppose to be a love song of sorts, about collection of photographs; it is suppose to be a sweet song. For me, personally, it is very creepy. I love it, but it is dark for me. I experience it as a stalker/obsessive/possibly even a serial killer-type person singing to someone. |
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| Fish – Mr. 1470 Lyrics | 13 years ago |
| "1470" itself has to do with the skull (KNM-ER 1470) found in 1972 in Africa. It was believed to be a bridge between two already "known" steps in the development of modern humans. I understand that eventually it had been determined not to be part of that line. At the time this song was written I think (but might be remembering wrong) that KNM-ER 1470 was still being argued as a possible bridge, but more and more experts were coming to believe it was a different species. | |
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