| Father John Misty – Only Son of the Ladiesman Lyrics | 9 years ago |
| I've only heard it once, but my impression is that he's using sarcasm to basically say that nobody cares how much of a "ladies man" you are. Like when one of your friends goes on and on about how he totally "made out with two sexy dime pieces at the bar last night," and you're just like, "Yeah man, you're a total badass. The day you get married will probably be a day of international mourning for women everywhere, lemme tell ya." | |
| Bon Iver – Beth/Rest Lyrics | 12 years ago |
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the heath ledger comment seems plausible. the first verse seems to suggest a heart deviating from the star--as in a famous person--and then whatever "the rain" is comes in and makes a boat heavier, and more difficult for a tower to bring back on course, and the tower's rope is thin. maybe it suggests that the rope is their relationship and "thin" means he didn't have much influence over heath's actions. the second part of the verse seems like it could be a metaphor to trying to lure someone back home and getting them to open up. the next part could imply that recovery is difficult, especially if you're a star who has easy access to drugs and the money/means to hold/keep them, and the media could drive one to becoming a recluse, making them that much harder to reach. or, on the other hand, since they were friends, they probably got wasted together regularly. perhaps it isn't a one-sided thing at all. the next phrase could refer to being surprised or moved to nostalgia by the news of your friend dying. "it was found what we orphaned" sounds like drugs to me; it could refer to what was left over, and he" didn't mention" that it would've served them both. the remainder of the song could refer to their last conversation together and the fact that he had taken their friendship for granted, and being like 'damn, i thought we were married,' or inseparable/invincible, and then saying, "i ain't living in the dark no more": that i'm not going to take a friendship for granted again; i'm gonna get my life in order, or whatever; i can't promise that i'll follow through, but i'm gonna go ahead and call it. "our life's a star, sure some hazardry", think about it; it fits. but the hazardry or "danger" or his parter in crime or whatever has been stolen away to go to whatever's next... but then he calls that an "axiom", or assumed: as in faith in what's after life must be assumed--presumably because faith is what you have when you don't have reason/evidence to believe in something, so you have to assume it, like an axiom. of course, this is all speculation beyond the level of prudential. but it seems like it fits, to me. |
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| Bon Iver – Beth/Rest Lyrics | 12 years ago |
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the heath ledger comment seems plausible. the first verse seems to suggest a heart deviating from the star--as in a famous person--and then whatever "the rain" is comes in and makes a boat heavier, and more difficult for a tower to bring back on course, and the tower's rope is thin. maybe it suggests that the rope is their relationship and "thin" means he didn't have much influence over heath's actions. the second part of the verse seems like it could be a metaphor to trying to lure someone back home and getting them to open up. the next part could imply that recovery is difficult, especially if you're a star who has easy access to drugs and the money/means to hold/keep them, and the media could drive one to becoming a recluse, making them that much harder to reach. or, on the other hand, since they were friends, they probably got wasted together regularly. perhaps it isn't a one-sided thing at all. the next phrase could refer to being surprised or moved to nostalgia by the news of your friend dying. "it was found what we orphaned" sounds like drugs to me; it could refer to what was left over, and he" didn't mention" that it would've served them both. the remainder of the song could refer to their last conversation together and the fact that he had taken their friendship for granted, and being like 'damn, i thought we were married,' or inseparable/invincible, and then saying, "i ain't living in the dark no more": that i'm not going to take a friendship for granted again; i'm gonna get my life in order, or whatever; i can't promise that i'll follow through, but i'm gonna go ahead and call it. "our life's a star, sure some hazardry", think about it; it fits. but the hazardry or "danger" or his parter in crime or whatever has been stolen away to go to whatever's next... but then he calls that an "axiom", or assumed: as in faith in what's after life must be assumed--presumably because faith is what you have when you don't have reason/evidence to believe in something, so you have to assume it, like an axiom. of course, this is all speculation beyond the level of prudential. but it seems like it fits, to me. |
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