| Manic Street Preachers – Nostalgic Pushead Lyrics | 1 month ago |
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Not so much the lyrics, but the way they are delivered. I don't think I have ever heard another song where every line is delivered with such sheer enjoyment bursting from the singer and mic at every line. Would not surprise me if this song was aimed more at the impresario characters that emerged from the 60s to manage the bands of the time. |
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| Bob Marley and the Wailers – Stop That Train Lyrics | 3 months ago |
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I have a CD with Stop the Train and Stir it Up on. They are two different songs and the lyrics above are certainly not the ones Bob is singing on my CD to "Stop The Train" but are absolutely 100% the words to Stir It Up. Did no one else notice? Google gets this wrong too. But if you search google for "Stir it up little darling" you will find the correct song. Similarly search for "Stop the train Im leaving" you will find that one too. Two different songs |
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| The Sisters of Mercy – This Corrosion Lyrics | 4 months ago |
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On Jim Steinmans webpage there is the transcript of an interview with Eldritch: "AE: People thought that with the second album we were completely Steinman-ised, but it's untrue. 'This Corrosion' is ridiculous. It's supposed to be ridiculous. It's a song about ridculousness. So I called Steinman and explained that we needed something that sounded like a disco party run by the Borgias. And that's what we got." https://jimsteinman.com/messageboard/d.php?id=45321 |
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| Ocean Colour Scene – Policemen & Pirates Lyrics | 8 months ago |
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I think these are some of the cleverest lyrics I know of. It sounds to me like it is a song about how difficult, unpredictable, ridiculous and unfair life can be, but we all have to get on with it despite the heartbreak. Part political, part romance, part "life in general". For those not in the UK, The Sun and The Mirror are two of the most tabloid type of newspaper. Very clever I thought to highlight that amongst holes in the sky (ozone) that one tabloid of low credibility is shooting down another's showing the pointless madness that takes place whilst the real pains and problems of the world affect the humans. And yet we are all the same and all we can do is get on with life and try to love. Brilliantly written. |
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| The Skids – Into The Valley Lyrics | 1 year ago |
| https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gib916jJW1o | |
| The Skids – Into The Valley Lyrics | 1 year ago |
| The maxell advert using this song was fun. Available on youtube. Just search "Into the valley maxell ad". | |
| REO Speedwagon – Keep On Loving You Lyrics | 1 year ago |
| @[bc10488047:45628] Yep, me too. Love the song, but think that opening verse is really creepy. | |
| The Sisters of Mercy – Floorshow Lyrics | 1 year ago |
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A long time fan of The SOM. Today I reflect on how a lot of this reflects so well on our new media and it's coverage of those on reality shows. I do not disagree with the interpretations above. |
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| Girls Aloud – Call The Shots Lyrics | 1 year ago |
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@[deltasunlight:44647] @[sourblue:44648] - totally agree. Sour by name, sour by nature. So unnecessary. |
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| Girls Aloud – Call The Shots Lyrics | 1 year ago |
| @[his:44646] princess Easy to mishear something. We have all done it. Not dumb at all :) Well done for looking into something you were unsure about and learning what it really is - always a good thing to do. Make it a lifetime habit and you will know much :) | |
| Manic Street Preachers – Nat West-Barclays-Midlands-Lloyds Lyrics | 1 year ago |
| @[Olly:44508] Stubbs I think that is the most likely meaning for the 33 reference. I believe the 33rd degree is the highest degree in freemasonry. There are some interesting people in that cohort. | |
| The Sisters of Mercy – Floorshow Lyrics | 1 year ago |
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@[eo10478576:44028] Well done and thank you. Of course we all understand people are free to interpret art in any way. However there is usually an intended meaning by the writer and I suspect your interpretations is far closer to the actual meaning than the others here. I cannot believe someone as clever as Eldritch would bother to write something so puerile as a complaint about people enjoying a nightclub, his music was designed to be enjoyed at a nightclub. Whereas his obsession with politics and war seem a more likely topic for him to be writing about. |
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| Adam Ant – Stand And Deliver Lyrics | 2 years ago |
| Apart from the fun side of the song, it seems clear that the message is: "Outlaws are cool, everyone else is fooled and foolish".\n\nIt highlights the vacuity of the fashion and show business industries and how much stock most people put in to the value of these things, which we all know lasts but a year at most. It comments on how people use their appearance to hide the gap in their lives and soul - we all know people that are more style than substance. | |
| The Sisters of Mercy – Flood I Lyrics | 2 years ago |
| As we all know, lyrics for The Sisters are laden with literary, lyrical, philosophical, theological and other types of references. I like them for that, and have long found myself reading up on topics that sometimes give me the source that Eldritch is referring to. For example, as a young teen listening to Floodland, I had yet to hear Dylan sing of "Stuck inside of Memphis" so when I first heard that song by Dylan it gave me a little more context for Elritch\'s wonderfully atmospheric words. \n\nFor years I thought his "sackcloth and ashes" were a reference to Savonrola (sackcloth) from Florence. \n\nToday reading up about Ninevah an ancient city, I side tracked onto the story of Jonah from the bible and found a direct quote (on wiki - duh! I have some shoddy sources :) ) \n\nThat quote: "The king of Nineveh puts on sackcloth and sits in ashes"\n\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonah\n\nAnd:\n"The entire city is humbled and broken with the people (and even the animals) in sackcloth and ashes".\n\nI\'ve long adopted the idea from others that Floodland does cover the end of the world, so with that in mind these references seems to fit in with this idea, until I read that, I was lost on this songs meaning and think that in typical Eldritch style it might just be metaphorical. \n\nOn that last comment about "is it metaphorical"? I wondered to myself, \'Is this another song about his early relationships?\' A love life like Armageddon because of the pain it inflicted. \n\nWhat an incredible artist Andrew Eldritch is. Did I hear it in conversation, or did I see it? I cannot remember, but in my memory I always remember the idea that Alan Whicker (British TV (icon?)) said Eldritch was the most intelligent man he had ever met, and Whicker met with some astonishingly influential people throughout his career. | |
| Simon and Garfunkel – I Am A Rock Lyrics | 2 years ago |
| @[Jinx:40313] Of course Simon thought so deeply, he is held as one of the best songwriters of all time. Do you think the brush strokes of Van Gogh are by chance as well? The great artists intend every single stroke and nuance of every single note and second.\r\n\r\nBruce Springsteen recorded over 2000 takes of Jungleland, why do you think he did that, why did the band and studio staff support it? Because it was the search for perfection. \r\nThe search for perfection does not leave something as important as lyrics to chance. \r\n\r\n"Don\'t over analyse?" Well, OK, but the entire point of art is that the beauty is in the eyes of the beholder, so let each establish their own level of meaning. Yours is shallow, not deep, enjoy it, but don\'t tell others to not search for meaning, you will kill artistic exploration with such sentiments and that is a heartbreaking thing to be doing. Open your eyes Jinx, open your mind, and your heart and embrace the depth of meaning and feeling that these artists break themselves to achieve. They did it FOR YOU, so if you chose to ignore it, fine, but do not tell others not to. | |
| Bruce Hornsby & the Range – Way It Is Lyrics | 2 years ago |
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Seems to be about racial discrimination as well as other systemic discrimination built in to the system. There is nothing complex in the lyrics, but somehow this song captures at least two sentiments perfectly : 1) The victims disadvantage. 2) The onlookers emotion which to me conveys heartbreak, tragedy, empathy and deep frustration. I think that is what makes this song truly timeless, important and beautiful. It carries the hallmark of real craftsmanship; to evoke so much with such gentle words. |
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| Cold Chisel – Bow River Lyrics | 2 years ago |
| @[MMFB2001:39205] I meant NOT say "I have my first set of wheels and I AM going back", he says WHEN he gets his first set of wheels it is the first thing he is doing. " | |
| Cold Chisel – Bow River Lyrics | 2 years ago |
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Of course it is obvious to see the song as "about going back to the special place", but that doesn't take much to come to that interpretation. Along those lines you would think David Bowie's Space Oddity is about a man going to space, you are all being too literal. Space Oddity is not about going to space, just the same as Bow River is not about going back to Bow River. It is about the loss of youth and being unable to face up to the demands of the adult world, and every second being obsessed with that loss and trying to find a way back. He does say "I have my first set of wheels and I AM going back", he says when he gets his first set of wheels it is the first thing he is doing. So we can infer that he cannot yet go back and he is spending his time hating the factory work and thinking about getting out, but unable to, until the last part of the song. |
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| Talking Heads – Girlfriend Is Better (Stop Making Sense version) Lyrics | 2 years ago |
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1) This site is song meanings not "songs I love". So your comments of "I love this" are just not adding value to the discussion, but thanks for letting us know. 2) This is the shiiittt - how about you express yourself with eloquence and elegance rather than 'spring break style' shouting, you will find you are suddenly far more capable of influencing and engaging people. 3) The singers name is not John Bryne. 4) The lyrics about bows are more likely to be about childhood innocence or the fashion of the 50s (think Grease) than paedophilia. Paedophilia was a word that was almost never used at the time of writing the song, and people did not think that way back then. Paedophilia is very much a 2010s 2020s consideration even though such crimes have long been committed. 5) "This song is about" is definitive, so it is worth backing it up with a reference to where you heard Bryne say so. Or try saying "I think" or "To me this means" or "It might be". 6) The years between when Fight Club was written and this song produced (there were many), and Chuck was a teenager at the time this was written. This site can be a great resource. |
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| Deacon Blue – Real Gone Kid Lyrics | 4 years ago |
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The web has a few places saying it is about Maria McKee, but none of that tells us anything really. He says he will tear out pages, and that the old 45s don't mean anything...but that still tells us nothing. The band is Scottish, does "Gone" mean something in Scotland, is it slang? What does it mean? Does it mean she really "left somewhere and is now gone" ? That would be the correct meaning in English. So did she leave somewhere? Or does it mean she is out of her mind ? Her mind is real gone? Or does it mean something else? |
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| James – Getting Away With It (All Messed Up) Lyrics | 4 years ago |
| Possibly a hint at "impostor syndrome" in the lyrics - maybe for them and their career (doubtful - they are super talented) or possible people in general these days - it is a feeling that seems to affect more and more people these days. It is quite a cryptic song though and I am not certain at all. | |
| James – Getting Away With It (All Messed Up) Lyrics | 4 years ago |
| Disappointed to keep seeing the word "Grease" crop up. I fail to see how it is relevant to that film and as far as I am aware there is no Grace in the film Grease. Deary me. | |
| James – Getting Away With It (All Messed Up) Lyrics | 4 years ago |
| @[Richardzimmermann:33224] Wow. Great stuff that you have found your way back to James. I hope you have found a few more to listen to. The Album Laid has some great tracks, the title track, and Sometimes are good starters. Dont be put off by the slow songs on the album, if you give them time, they will get under your skin. Goldmother is the first album and has some great upbeat tracks, "Come Home" for one..maybe a little dated now, not sure. | |
| Chris De Burgh – Borderline Lyrics | 4 years ago |
| @[tentmantent:32987] Spot on :) | |
| Chris De Burgh – Don't Pay The Ferryman Lyrics | 4 years ago |
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CBD's music is often littered with religious references and this seems to be another, although more ancient Greek than Christian this time. The ferryman being the man to take you across the river Styx and to Hades. A journey he has been preparing all his life - i.e. Life prepares us for death. It's pretty clear if you read it literally. As an aside, if you like this, I urge you to check out the album with this on, The Getaway, it sits in my collection alongside Linkin Park, RATM, LZ, Kate Bush, White Lies, and is one of the nicest albums of it's time. Just a shame CDB is know by most folks for Lady in Red which isnt really representative of his style. |
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| Fields Of The Nephilim – And There Will Your Heart be Also Lyrics | 4 years ago |
| @[eonb1:32388] Interesting comment and insight, Andy Jackson produced the album and he has done a lot of work with Pink Floyd. | |
| Bob Seger – Hollywood Nights Lyrics | 6 years ago |
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No one cares if you like the song, the site is called songmeanings not whisimcal "I love this song" - there are hundreds of thousands of songs on here, are you really going to click on them all and say "I like this" wow- talk about filling the web with rubbish and devaluing the content of a site! It is actually about a roady friend of Bob's who got hooked on a hooker and spent all his money on her, so the song is actually about addiction and loss. |
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| INXS – Listen Like Thieves Lyrics | 6 years ago |
| No one cares about your opinion on whether it is a good song or not, your post on song meanings is about the meaning of the song not whether you like it. | |
| Elvis Costello – Oliver's Army Lyrics | 8 years ago |
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What's up Paul? Can't you handle being wrong and accept it with good grace, because let's face it, you have posted something as fact when it is actually baloney. That makes you wrong. So accept it and move on rather than insulting me back in an attempt to recover what dignity you might feel you deserve. Your point 1) It makes no odds whether this is song meanings of beauticians.com, if you are going to post something as a fact to support your interpretation of a song, at least post something credible. 2) Good for you. I'd have thought with an education like that you would grasped the value of being correct when posting something as fact. |
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| Elvis Costello – Oliver's Army Lyrics | 8 years ago |
| @[paul_f:7069] My god where did you get your education from a toy shop? Check your facts before posting please. It is posts like this that devalue the internet, for every one of you there is a million more posting absolute crud online and thereby turning the internet into a world wide web of wollocks and wallies. If you are going to post something that will be online for a very long time at least have the brains to make sure you are right. English soldiers have been organised and paid since medieval times. Two minutes with Google will prove that, but just in case, here is a published website of fact from an English University, they at least probably checked their facts before posting: http://60.southampton.ac.uk/englands-medieval-army-revealed/32 | |
| Elvis Costello – Oliver's Army Lyrics | 8 years ago |
| @[opivy7898:7068] Not sure really what to make of your post, but I quote : "Checkpoint Charlie on the british wall " - Perhaps that was a mistake, but there is no such thing as the British Wall. Honestly if you are going to post something as a statement of fact rather than "In my humble opinion" then you should get your facts right. | |
| Kate Bush – Cloudbusting Lyrics | 9 years ago |
| @[Chloe:2365] le Fay - directly before your question there is, 5 months earlier, by GaffaUK an answer to your question. | |
| Ocean Colour Scene – The Circle Lyrics | 9 years ago |
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Yes it is a great album by a great band, but that isn't want this site is about. It is about "song meanings", if you really feel it necessary to air your personal opinion on a song, please do it on youtube and stop ruining songmeanings with your pointless opinions - that is NOT what this site is for. For those that still don't get it - read up on what a "song" is, and then what "meaning" is, and then add the words together and think about it. |
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| White Lies – Bigger Than Us Lyrics | 9 years ago |
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Having listened to it again and again and read the comments. I would say it sounds so much like it is about Princess Diana's death. Strange topic for a song, but the references are all there in the lyrics, not hidden you just need to know a few things. Such as - Love in the City of Lights=Paris where Diana died with her lover Dodi ******in a tunnel****** which was a different route they took that night to avoid the paparazzi. The affairs/betrayals/guilt/death/ Clear as crystal I think. |
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| k.d. lang – Miss Chatelaine Lyrics | 10 years ago |
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Chatelaine is a lady of the castle in French. It is also a famous wine growing domain. I can find no evidence to suggest that Ms Lang was Ms Chatelaine in 1988. So, is she saying I don't know why I have become a soak? (Drunk), "Every time your eyes meet mine Clouds of qualm Burst into sunshine" That is certainly what happens when an alcoholic has a drink. Not for me to say that KD has any association with drink, those that know her better than I will know that. Just that the lyrics certainly don't match to the idea that she is confused about why she got the awarded a title of Ms Chatelaine. |
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| Andreas Johnson – Glorious Lyrics | 10 years ago |
| Disappointing to see yet another collection of "I love this song" rather than any meaningful comments on the songsmeanings which is why this website is here. | |
| Warren Zevon – Werewolves of London Lyrics | 11 years ago |
| Jeez, when will people realise that this is not a website to say "i like it" - do it on youtube, this is about meanings of songs. | |
| Leonard Cohen – Dance Me to the End of Love Lyrics | 11 years ago |
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Im kind of getting a little frustrated by the comments on this site in general, this song is written about something specific by LC, it is not about what listeners interpret it as. **************************************************************************************** As mentioned, it is indeed about the string quartet that played at the gasing of the jews in the holocaust. **************************************************************************************** It shouldnt be trivialised into something less. Sure, a song can be interpretted in many ways, as with all art, however LC intended this song to be about the holocaust - therefore comments stating it is about something else are invalid, and shouldnt be here at all. Those who think it is about something else could say "To me this song means...." but you should not say "This song IS about".....because you are making a definitive statement which is totally wrong. |
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| Joan Armatrading – Drop the Pilot Lyrics | 11 years ago |
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Whilst lesbianism was a political topic in the 70s and 80s, I think J.A. was more politically focussed on the issues of Africa than those of bedroom antics, and I think she is educated enough to use a finer metaphor for breasts the balloons. Perhaps in the 5th form locker room Balloons works, but J.A. is far more of an artise to sink to that level. Thehsabs, you could do some reading on why using "abolutes" in discussion is often frowned upon. Perhaps you could have said "In my opinion" rather than telling the world that you know exactly what this is about. |
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| White Lies – Bigger Than Us Lyrics | 12 years ago |
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Sorry, one more...at the time it all happened, there were questions about why the driver had taken that route, instead of the usual route he drove. City of Lights is certainly referring to Paris. Which is where the accident happened. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/City_of_Light |
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| White Lies – Bigger Than Us Lyrics | 12 years ago |
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PS..."Bigger than us"...meaning that the things that happened before Diana died (rifts in the marriage, relationships with Dodi Fyed, Major James Hewitt etc), and the supposed reasons she was killed meant that whatever good/love had happened between husband and wife could not help her, and that it was out of his hands - in the eyes of the royals she had done untold damage to thier image and therefore the problem was bigger than a marital issue. Im not convinced, but it certainly could "fit" the lyrics. |
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| White Lies – Bigger Than Us Lyrics | 12 years ago |
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Every reponse talks about similar things. Which could all lead to my interpretation... Maybe: Young girl....could indicate someone who was young when they married, also could suggest naivety of the world she has become part of, and never wanted to the conclusion it came to. It is sung with a lot of anguish suggesting tragedy. The opening lines mention a tunnel. Upon hearing this song the first time, I immediately thought of Princess Diana, who was killed in a car accident in a tunnel. Many conspiracy theorists think she was assasinated by the UK secret service. |
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| Cold Chisel – Cheap Wine Lyrics | 13 years ago |
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Sonofagunzel - think you are onto somethign there. I reckon its about a homeless person, who as you say "had everything" and lost it. Descends into alcohol abuse, and homelessness. I wager you got it figured with that one. |
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| Cold Chisel – Cheap Wine Lyrics | 13 years ago |
| Filthy_paws - made me laugh. Thanks. | |
| Owl City – Fireflies Lyrics | 13 years ago |
| fecal matter. | |
| Joan Armatrading – Drop the Pilot Lyrics | 13 years ago |
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Oh.. and "kissing cousins" - suggests you are in bed with someone you shouldnt be - metaphorically. So, perhaps she is saying that the leaders of the African country in the song are in cahoots with people that they shouldn't be - not in the best interests of the people. Im not sure about this, it's just an interpretation and Im looking forward to what others have to say about this truly great song. |
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| The Rolling Stones – Waiting On A Friend Lyrics | 13 years ago |
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Kfe2 cracked me up. I swear I read a comment like that on every song I look at. I reckon its the same person adding it to every song..priceless. |
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| Joan Armatrading – Drop the Pilot Lyrics | 13 years ago |
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I should have added that it could be political about the exploitation of Africa's riches and that trying to fight against this is a loosing battle. Perhaps Joan thinks there is someone better to lead the continent or country she is singing about - "Im the one you need". It could be a metaphor, or it could be as straight forward as it sounds. |
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| Joan Armatrading – Drop the Pilot Lyrics | 13 years ago |
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Im not sure, but with Joan I would imagine this is political. http://www.idiomdictionary.com/definition/drop-the-pilot.html "Don't use your army To fight a losing battle" Animal, mineral, physical, spiritual (The riches of Africa) |
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| Owl City – Fireflies Lyrics | 14 years ago |
| Owl City= death of music | |
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