| Depeche Mode – Monument Lyrics | 10 months ago |
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Rather unlikely, though not completely out of place. Given lines like 'It fell down' or 'Anything passes when you need glasses'. It would not be the first time Depeche (M.L. Gore) used a double entendre in their lyrics (another example would be "Sacred" with lines like 'I'm a missionary'). |
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| Cabaret Voltaire – I Want You Lyrics | 2 years ago |
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Seems to be about some strong kind of desire for someone or something. Could be purely sexual, but also more generally mandatory (like in 'I want you for the army'). Richard H. Kirck, though, said in an interview that it's about masturbation. |
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| Blur – Turn It Up Lyrics | 2 years ago |
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I heard Blur didn't like that song much; so Damon Albarn probably just wrote some nonsensical lyrics to it (offhand). Maybe, a kazoo (the instrument) happened to be lying around in the studio and Damon fancied it (who knows). |
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| Blur – Blue Jeans Lyrics | 2 years ago |
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On possible interpretation could be: it's a kind of stalemate in a long-term relationship - she wants to have changes, while he wants to 'stay this way forever'. Yet, though he doesn't want to change a thing, he nonetheless wants to express how important she is to him, that he still loves her ('You know it's to be with you', 'Don't give up on me yet'). |
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| The Police – Can't Stand Losing You Lyrics | 6 years ago |
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@[CuteSparkina:21336] Oh, I (as non-native speaker) thought, girlfriend could only refer to lover/sweetheart, not female friends (of a girl) in general. Not necessarily lesbian though, as one my assumptions was that the singer is adressing a close (male) friend, whose (several) girlfriends are passing on nasty information |
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| Tears for Fears – Mad World Lyrics | 8 years ago |
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(as this section is about the Tears for Fears song, I'll refer exclusively to their -original- version, no bloody cover whatsoever) The way I see it, the lyrics are quite straight-forward and self-explanatory: just a 'mad world', how everyday life can bring you down, drive you nuts and stuff; Roland puts it even more simple: That came when I lived above a pizza restaurant in Bath and I could look out onto the centre of the city. Not that Bath is very mad – I should have called it "Bourgeois World"![5] — Roland Orzabal (from Wikipedia, or the liner notes to the 1999 remaster of The Hurting) [it's quite ludicrous btw how the comment section to this song got inflated by contributions like "Gary Jules did a cover...", "I prefer Gary Jules's version..." etc. etc.] |
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| The The – Perfect Lyrics | 8 years ago |
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Sorry, but the original (vinyl) album as well as Matt Johnson's 2002 remastered CD version (both containing just 7 tracks) finish off with "Giant". Matt Johnson found the addition of "Perfect" to the US CD version useless and detestable. I agree with him that "Giant" is the much better closer, but don't agree that "Perfect" would be useless. As a kind of compromise, I usually listen to the 8-track CD version in a reversed order, with "Perfect" coming first and "Giant" coming last, so that I don't have to miss out on (the indeed great) "Perfect" but still finish off the album with "Giant" (a really more suitable closer in my {and Johnson'} opinion). |
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| Tears for Fears – Memories Fade Lyrics | 8 years ago |
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According to Roland, "Memories Fade" is not necessarily (or solely) a love/relationship song: "The whole notion of repression in psychology is that although things are shoved to the back of one's mind, they still exert a force on your behavior, creating phobias, depression, insecurities... You're using up energy when you're repressing things, which could be used for far better things, like a forehand volley!" |
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| Depeche Mode – Sometimes Lyrics | 8 years ago |
| On this song, Martin Gore is not (necessarily) addressing a lover, but (more so) a potential soul-mate, encouraging them to share his (rather nihilistic) worldview (sometimes) | |
| The Police – Can't Stand Losing You Lyrics | 8 years ago |
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The first stanza is a bit strange "And I guess it's all true what your girlfriends say. " How could a girl have (several) girlfriends? Unless, she's bi, or the word girlsfriends is in fact to be written apart as 'girl friends' (standing for the addressee's female friends). Notwithstanding this, I think the song could also be about a breakup with a close friend, beloved family member or the like. |
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| Depeche Mode – The Things You Said Lyrics | 10 years ago |
| The singer is sad/disappointed that his girlfriend (or any other close person) is talking ill about him behind is back (and appears to have an utterly negative/'twisted' view on him), when (initially) the singer thought their relationship was stable and trustful ('I thought we had something precious...') | |
| Ultravox – Mr. X Lyrics | 10 years ago |
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Though Warren Cann later denied this, I first thought this song was vaguely about John Foxx: Foxx was born in the forties, sang lyrics about cars and planes; and most of all he, was an ex-Ultravox member/frontman, so it could've been a pun: Mr: X = mr. EX = John Foxx (but like I said, Warren Cann later denied the song being about Foxx) |
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| Kraftwerk – The Telephone Call Lyrics | 12 years ago |
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I'm tired of reading all those boy-girl interpretations, especially when applied to bands like Kraftwerk. Come on, this song's primarily about telecommunication via telephone. Period. All other meanings are left to subjective interpretation. Well, could be about a couple in love, but could as well be about a phone talk between friends or family members. (it's something else with the song "Computer Love", there you could really get the first impression that it's about love, via computers; but not with a song with a factual title like "The Telephone Call") |
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| Depeche Mode – Sacred Lyrics | 13 years ago |
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For me, the song's content is not overtly or only sexual. Martin once said, his lyrics are open to many interpretations. So the sexual interpretation is one possibility, but not the only one valid. For me, with lines like 'And I will go down on my knees when I see beauty', the song's just going to say that the singer is a devout practitioner of the religion of love (which includes sex, but many other things as well). |
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| Depeche Mode – If You Want Lyrics | 13 years ago |
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I find it hard to discern the meaning of this song; Alan's lyrics are so much more oblique than those of Martin. I will relate to the first stanza only (which is my favourite part of the song). At first, when just looking at the words, it seems a joyful celebration of leisure time at the weekend ('Working week's come to its end, party time is here again'). But the gloomy, brooding atmosphere/music in the first stanza suggests something different. There is that low bubbling bass synthesizer, that raw stomping beat, various unsettling noises/samples (e.g. a shrieking door), and Dave's voice is also very eerie on this one. This makes me think that the lyrics are tongue-in-cheek or obliquely suggestive. Alan Wilder may somehow refer to his role as an occasional outsider who despises the masses and their inclinations (boozing, disco, partying etc). The quintessence of the first stanza may read like this: 'You can come with me if you want to; it's surely not gonna be what you're expecting or what most people do. It may also be dangerous somehow, solitary too (just the two of us). But if you dare to do so, it might be something of high value, interesting, and more fulfilling than the ordinary dispersions of the masses (boozing, disco, partying etc).' With this meaning in mind, it is effectively similar to Martin's "Something to do" ('I can't stand another drink, it's surprising this down doesn't sink. You're feeling the boredom too, I gladly go with you'), and would suit the general mood of the related album (Some Great Reward) very well. I could be wrong of course, but it makes sense to me somehow. |
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| Tears for Fears – The Working Hour Lyrics | 13 years ago |
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The above stated psychoanalytical interpretation is quite insightful and almost works very well, with one important disclaimer: The lyrics say 'This is the working hour, we are PAID by those who learn by our mistakes' (not pained). This makes me thing that this song is about just what the title suggest: working hours, frustration and exploitation at work; and if you make to many mistakes, you receive little or no payment (the line 'This day and age, for all and not for one' is much more vague however; could mean that at work you're just part of a subordinate collective, the individual doesn't count). And the fear in 'Fear is such a vicious thing, it wraps me up in chains' for me indicates the primal fear that everyone has for their very employment, their livelihood (you never know if you're gonna get sacked next week) |
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