| Eddie Vedder – Society Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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"there's those thinking more or less less is more but if less is more how you're keeping score?" Less is more, less possesions and material things i think. But since ones 'worth' is so often judged by ones possesions, how do you measure ones worth without those things? "Means for every point you make your level drops" less is more, so for every point towards less you make, your level in society drops? "kinda like its starting from the top you can't do that..." Butg if less is more, having none of those things is more, and you have to give them up to get there, then you started from the top (high worth, lots of possesions maybe?) to get to the bottom, that you shouldnt have started out with so much to begin with...? Sorry, that last one is just a huge guess as the image it gives me isnt something i can explain very well..... |
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| Belly (US) – Feed the Tree Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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"Broke his own heart, Poured it in the ground. Big red tree grew up and out" "And be there when I feed the tree" its not death as much as when she (or he or who ever) does the same... breaks there own heart and pours it in the ground, feeding the tree. and i think the these religious comparisons arent to accurate as far as the intention of the song, but everyone gets there own meaning and interpertation. |
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| Francis Dunnery – Good Life Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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"Softly now,you owe it to the world And everyone knows that your my favorite girl But there are somethings in life that are not meant to be Im not meant for you, and your not meant for me Here's to our problems and here's to our fights Here's to our achings and here's to your having... A good life, from me" god i love this whole first verse, funny how when you find a song, the timing of it can fit so well into your life. i met this girl, things were great, things didnt stay great, things probably werent ment to be (although i am not one that beleives in desitiny or fate really ), but seemed to be that way, and i miss her, and i know she has moved on already, and i know she is happy, and i know its for the better, and hate all of it, but i really do hope she has a good life, a happy life, a fun life, i just wish it was with me, and i hope someday she thinks the same. *sigh* |
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| Veruca Salt – Only You Know Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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i could think of someone this fits pretty good... ever get in a relationship were the other person wants it all, trust, honesty etc etc etc, and you give it to them, to only find out that they lied, probably cheated, and took everything you had emotionally and mentally, led you to believe you mattered, only to realize, and get blamed, for how it all going wrong...... "Don't blame me cause you got caught You've given me up you've taken everything I got Those lies came straight from your mouth I never dreamed that you would be a sellout Only you know, only you know Only you know, only you know" so fitting, so sad |
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| Tonic – You Wanted More Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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'Cause You Wanted More More Than I could Give More than I could handle In a life that I can't live You wanted more More than I could bear More than I could offer For a love that isn't there" I remember when this song came out a long time ago, and thinking how relatable it was, even though I had never really been there before, till very recently, and now, this song keeps popping up in all sorts of places. I don’t know for me who the “I” was or the ‘You” is (if you go by the lines) but it all sorta fits into things to much for me I think. i met this girl a few months back, we 'dated' for 3 months (funny, but i knew the minute i met her i didnt want anyone else), you know, one of those things were you just fall into everything right away, as much as we both tried to slow things down, it just took a life of its own. And somewhere into things she kinda pushed for the 'relationship' definition, exclusiveness type of thing, and she even pushed for those 4 little words this song is about, and i gave it to her, all of it, and really did and do feel that way, (sorry, cant bring myself to actually say it here), and she knew it, or it wouldn’t have come up I think… makes me sigh pleasantly thinking back on the moments, the look on her face, the feelings… I gave her what she wanted, but it turned out to be to much for her I think, or more than she had, more than she could offer back even though I think she really did want to, and i was the one who couldn’t handle it though. (funny as it is, its really not funny at all). I gave her what she wanted, only to find out, I think, that the ‘love’ really wasn’t there for her, or maybe she couldn’t handle it either, I don’t really know, probably a bit of both I guess, I do want to believe her in how she felt, or what she said though. But for certain reasons that made things to complicated, I couldn’t live in her life, or the life she wanted, and the life I wanted was with her, and I couldn’t live that life. But she never will admit what she did wrong either, even though I know most of it, she wont own up to it, or wouldn’t, maybe never will, maybe if she did, I would just end up that much more bitter? And at some point I did get bitter, bitter from the lies she told, bitter from the way she acted, bitter with myself for not letting go sooner, bitter for the way I acted, bitter for a lot of things. Sad really the way it all went down, the way it is now. But I can say for sure, at this point, it isn’t better when its gone, maybe someday though we can talk again, become friends, maybe then it will be better that its gone, but not now, not for me, I think maybe for her though, witch is really kinda sad for me. Funny how I can see this song from both sides, and from somewhere in between, and I hope I never do again though. Love is bold Love is tragic. |
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| Steppenwolf – Tenderness Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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as the saying goes, how can this not have any comments?? i really cant even sum it up at the moment, but it seems so self explanatory to me that it doenst need it. those times when u have love, but u dont want it, and come to realize years later what is was you gave up, and how you miss it, and how you love it now, and how its just to late..... |
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| Counting Crows – Barely Out Of Tuesday Lyrics | 17 years ago |
| wow... makes u realize (or me) how little i have done with my life | |
| Counting Crows – Barely Out Of Tuesday Lyrics | 17 years ago |
| wow... makes u realize (or me) how little i have done with my life | |
| Mazzy Star – Rhymes of an Hour Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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i love this song for some reason, a quite, sad but sweet sound to it. just heard it the other dqay at the end of an episode of House, really kinda striking the context it was put into, and really fit into the end of the show. |
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| Counting Crows – St. Robinson In His Cadillac Dream Lyrics | 17 years ago |
| as adam says.... "Thats the one song we had written before we started the album, its the only one, although it was drasticly diffrent before. It's of a different depth lyricly cause its really about someone, It's sort of me taking the piss out of myself in a way. It's about a guy with big dreams, which is you know, been what I've always been. But it's about a guy whos so obsessed with his big dreams and like everything he wants out of life, but he cant relate to life on simplier terms, all he can think of is in terms of his big dreams, and it makes it so he can't deal with day to day communication with people, specificly this one person. It's a song about how at some point this guy is looking back at him life and hes seeing a point where two peoples lives spun together and then for what ever reason they spun apart.." | |
| Counting Crows – Round Here Lyrics | 17 years ago |
| heres a funky thought... how about adam is really maria..... | |
| Counting Crows – Recovering The Satellites Lyrics | 18 years ago |
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i'm gonna cheat here... this is from annabegins.com.... this is Adams take on the album as a whole... "I could tell you that the songs are about a guy doing this, but it's all me. I'm that guy. I think the "first album" is really about a lot of the shit I was going through and how difficult it was, about being unable to function within it. It was very frustrating and bitter, and it culminates with "Have You Seen Me Lately"--a howl which says "Not only do you not know me, but neither do I." It sums up the touring, fame, and everything, saying where it brought me to. The second half of the album is about a lot of the same feelings, but it's more cathartic, more about dealing with it. I find "Miller's Angels" to be about something that horrifies you and you're crying with it. It's not exactly chronological, but it's definitely moving from one place to another, in fit's and starts, one step forward and two steps back, that kind of thing. Um, well it still seems kinda weird to me. Just because the songs are very personal to me. But I didnt... they seem so singularly about me that I didn't think they would relate to other people. I didn't think other people would relate to them that well. I've sort of learned that thats not necessarily true. But it's still..... I just accept that it happens now, but it's sort of strange to me. Because they feel... I don't know.... when I write a song I just write it about myself. Generally. So. Then you know. They feel real personal. I don't.... I guess there are things that people have in common that make it meaningful for them as well I guess. I don't understand what that is." and this is the song... " Recovering the sattelites has a sense of trying to resolve that question. I came to the realization that my life will always get shot up into the sky and then come crashing down. It's mostly about myself, but it's a very important statement about what we're doing. I wanted this, so I will take the other stuff. I don't have to like it, but it's my life, and I'm not going to throw it away. I write very few songs about other people, It's more about me. It's what I know. I defenatly think August and Everything After came to a place at the end of it [in the song "A Murder of One" where a guy says--addressing a woman in an abusive relationship--"Get out or your life will be a waste." He's also addressing himself, how he abuses himself in life. It says at the end, "Change." I think this album is an attempt to do that, while being overwhelmed by all things that are happening. Like the guy says in "A Long December": "And there's a reason to believe/ Maybe this year will be better than the last/ I can't remember the last thing you said as you were leavin'/ Now the days go by so fast." That's me in a nutshell--people leaving, me leaving, days going past. By the end of the song, what he says is "I can't remember all the times I tried to tell myself/ To hold on to these moments as they pass." You have to remember to hold on to these moments. Life can be flashing moments that pass by you and add up to nothing, or they can be things that you keep and cherish. Loss doesn't mean gone forever: you have your memories. The things you lose don't have to be such ghosts as we always make them out to be. They can be memories that we can keep--especially me, since I get to write songs about them." enjoy,,,, although from the looks of it,,, i doubt many people will be reading this..... |
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| Dashboard Confessional – Again I Go Unnoticed Lyrics | 19 years ago |
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i'm too old for this crap, but this song sums up my situation pretty good at the moment......... and i cant pick one verse that fits more,,,, that thay all actually fit perfectly...on a positive not though.... "I'll wait until tomorrow. Maybe you'll feel better then, maybe we'll be better then. So what's another day when I can't bear these nights of thoughts of going on without you? This mood of yours is temporary. It seems worth the wait to see you smile again. Out of the corner of your eye won't be the only way you're looking at me then." how long do u wait though....... |
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| Goldfinger – Here In Your Bedroom Lyrics | 19 years ago |
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heres one for ya, fits my current situation perfectly. We both live at home (and i shoudlnt be, to old, beyond my control at the moment) and it took going out maybe 3-4 times before she says come home with me........ and eveything gets better from there...... except i dont really know what she\'s thinking, when i lay in her bed with her.... when she says all the right things,,,,, i turn my head off and try not to think of all the different possibilities..... like maybe becuase it is still new she hasnt figured out if its real for her, like she might change her mind when we get up in the morning, or maybe we rushed into things to soon,,, and when we are not together, i feel like.....like i dont know, like i dont exist to her, but then i see her, and i feel like the only person in the world, then we get to her bedroom, and i wonder about that stuff,,,, and then i just try to turn my head off.... because for me, what i think or feel for her doesnt change in the morning, but with her,,,, i dont know... there, confusing, repetative and probaly hard to read, but i think it gives u the idea. |
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| Chris Isaak – Solitary Man Lyrics | 19 years ago |
| GOTTA comment here.... for any guy that has been decked over by a chick and stil lhas hope,,, perfect song | |
| Veruca Salt – Benjamin Lyrics | 19 years ago |
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well, i have a live recording of this were she says in the begining that 'This is a song about forbidden love between a very young girl and a much older rabbit' go figure........ |
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| Evanescence – October Lyrics | 19 years ago |
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Personal opinion here, but why does eveything require a label? be it a 'christian' song or a 'christian' band or not, it seems that most artists right from personal experience and life and there views and opinions of both. Is it possible for a person that has a 'religious' back ground to right music that was influnced by that background, and yet still have it just be a 'song' and not some religious message? I see alot of things in Evanescence's music that could be interperted as religious, or about love, or about loss, or has anyone ever thought a mixture of all three could be combined into one thought? Think about the relation of religion and love? finding 'god' compared to finding that one true love of your life, or the losing of both? To me (and i am not at all religious) the similarities are pretty striking, and could go either way. but hey, i'm not the brightest bulb anyway, but it is a beautiful song, and she has a beautiful voice. |
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| Counting Crows – Goodnight Elisabeth Lyrics | 20 years ago |
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this is from annabegins.com, and its Adam explaing his own songs. "One of the interviewers said to me yesterday "Ya, but how bad can it be...you can have any girl you want." OK, but what if the one girl you do want is at home studying for a Ph.D., and she can't come. She can't even come visit because on the weekends she interns at a clinic. What do you do. Life isn't about having any girl you want. That can seem great for a minute....and, I'm sure that if I was 21, that would be a lot better than it is now. Maybe that would be more fun. I don't know. I'm sure it would have been. The road gives a lot to you, and this whole business gives a lot to you, but it takes away too. I lost things that were really important to me...things that I thought would be with me my whole life. What do I have for myself from that period? I have a buncha money, and I have songs about periods of my life that are gone now. Like, I have "Goodnight Elisabeth". But Elisabeth just got married 2 weeks ago to somebody else. so, that's...that's gone..and that's gone because *I* was gone all the time. And not, like, doing anything wrong, not that I cheated on her ever, but it's gone. And, you know, that goes on...and, and...that's not heaven. The reason I said goodnight instead of good-bye is because I wanted it to be a lullaby... something she could remember it...us by. It’s a little sorded, that song, in places. Because I wanted to be honest about it too....I knew what I was going to do after I lost her. I knew that I would go out there and I would sleep with people. I would do anything to stop myself from thinking about her in the middle of the night.... where she was...with some other guy or something. It’s like it says: "I’ll wait for you in Baton Rouge, and I’ll miss you down in New Orleans, I’ll wait for you while that girl takes her clothes off, and I’ll wait for you while we’re having sex, and I’ll miss you while we’re having sex, but I’m still going to be doing that." That last verse is about that... the difference between me and her: You can wrap yourself in daffodils...me, the nut that I am, I’ll wrap myself in pain and mope about it all day long. But, you’re you and I’m the king of the rain. "We played here 10 years ago, we had our original record release party for AAEA here at bimbos back in 1993. How many of you were here? How many of you weren't born? I should tell you this story cause it has to do with this song. Because I had this friend "Betsy" and I had been begging her to go out with me for like a year and every time I saw her I'd say "come on", she'd say "no". And then we had this gig here that night and her friends were leaving and she decided to stay. We went up to her house in Berkeley. She had a big boulder behind her house we went and sat on the boulder all night long..anyways, it was very nice. (I was just remembering a really dumb joke she told me... ) It was like 2 in the morning, we were sitting on this enormous rock behind her house. and I said "Man this is so cool, I wanna rock". And she goes, "Adam, you do rock". So, anyways she ended up being my girlfriend, not because of jokes like that. And I thought my life had just completely come to fruit you know. We had a successful band, we signed a record contract, our record was coming out, we went out on tour, I had a great girlfriend. By Christmas..it was all gone. Being away on the road just screwed the whole thing up. And I came home at Christmas very bitter and wrote this song. I think it was the first song written for RTS. But I wrote it at Christmas..and its called Goodnight Elisabeth. " ""I Wish I Was a Girl" is a sequel to a Recovering the Satellites song, "Goodnight Elisabeth," about a former love. Duritz said he spoke to a friend of Elisabeth's at a wedding recently. The women claimed to be the person on whose shoulder Elisabeth cried when she thought Duritz was out on the road being unfaithful. "[It's] something that I didn't ever do," Duritz said, "but she was kind of crushed by that thought when we were going out. That song is about how 'I wish I was a girl so you would believe me.' If I was your friend you'd probably actually believe me when I tell you this." |
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