| Genesis – Me And Sarah Jane Lyrics | 12 years ago |
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I've loved this song since I first heard it, but recent listenings have brought an interesting (and quite dark) interpretation to my mind. This song describes a man's descent into insanity, thickly concealed with metaphor. Fires burning, don't start counting–the onset of whatever ailment this man has, distantly affecting him at this point, and he tries to ignore it. Ice moving closer, getting one down–more symptoms of the man's mental illness, depression, what have you. Going round and round, down the same old track–he can't escape it. He invents a fictional companion who lives inside his mind. Randomly, to cope with it. But then things get worse. Searching for a clue, traces on the sand–doctors, family, psychologists can't crack the case here. They can't get into his head. First flying, then sliding–sounds pretty manic-depressive/bipolar to me. Where I start I always end up, crawling through the same old crowded rooms–he still can't escape it, he's trapped inside his own head. Walking down the streets and finding nothing is the same–he can't even recognize his own mind. His family can't relate to him any longer. Now the city lights are dimming one by one, it costs too much money to keep them all on–heavy stuff...his mind is going, and the care and studies to try to help cost too much. His family has to give up on him and stop trying. The last verse, then, is the man fading full into insanity and/or dying. He runs away into the sea with his made-up girlfriend, and that's the last of him. |
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| Spock's Beard – Wind at My Back Lyrics | 12 years ago |
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I've always thought that this song is, as far as religious rock songs go, the perfect specimen. Standing on its own, it's both a love song to God, but works just as strongly as a love song to another person. Romantic love, friendly love, familial love, love of God–it's all here in this song because the lyrics are just open enough. Snow works well with its religious content because it's not all up in your face GOD JESUS GOD THIS SONG IS ABOUT GOD ISN'T GOD GREAT It's subtle but solid in its religious under/overtones, which, as far as I'm concerned, gives it all the more weight with its messages. This is a fantastic song about one's source of inspiration and motivation–be it a lover, a friend, or God. And yes, of course, a thinly-veiled reference to Neal's then-recent born again epiphany. |
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| Spock's Beard – Wind at My Back Lyrics | 12 years ago |
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I've always thought that this song is, as far as religious rock songs go, the perfect specimen. Standing on its own, it's both a love song to God, but works just as strongly as a love song to another person. Romantic love, friendly love, familial love, love of God–it's all here in this song because the lyrics are just open enough. Snow works well with its religious content because it's not all up in your face GOD JESUS GOD THIS SONG IS ABOUT GOD ISN'T GOD GREAT It's subtle but solid in its religious under/overtones, which, as far as I'm concerned, gives it all the more weight with its messages. This is a fantastic song about one's source of inspiration and motivation–be it a lover, a friend, or God. And yes, of course, a thinly-veiled reference to Neal's then-recent born again epiphany. |
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| Genesis – Say It's Alright Joe Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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I have to first say that I always forgot how incredible this song is...I think this really is the most underrated song on one of their most underrated albums. Still, there are a couple sections of this song that have interested me since I listened to this the first time. The two parts where the pace picks up and the music becomes brash and pompous... "There were Kings who were laughing in the rain And they told me I'd come here to lead the parade All the colours were changing, The sky was in ruins The lights are all shining on me and on you Oh, Shine on........" I'd always thought this section, the first introduction of the part in the song, was almost psychedelic in its imagery and the juxtaposition of tone. The slower parts of the song are obvious intimate moments of vulnerability–a troubled man alone in a bar well after everyone else is gone, confiding in the piano player. But this "kings" section is like a hallucination–perhaps it's a brief flash of hope for him, his mind and dreams getting away from him. But to me it really sounds as if it's a reference to drug abuse to get away from problems–preceded by the lines "I'm looking for some other world / to dream out my dreams," and then by imagery like swirling color and "the sky was in ruins." The next part like this... "If there's a fire it's asleep in my bed I must leave it to burn till it burns itself out Catch as you can I'm not staying here long I'll be coming back early or never at all Shine on........" I think the "fire" that's "asleep in [his] bed" is indicative the troubles he has at home. The next line communicates his understanding that he has to let things even out on their own, so, as he then says, he's not staying long–he's leaving his troubles behind. "I'll be coming back early or never at all"–he's either got to go face his troubles right now, or just leave them forever and start again. The first time I listened to this I had no idea it was such a deep and complex song, but now it always sends shivers through me. It's become one of my favorite Genesis songs. |
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| Genesis – Inside and Out Lyrics | 16 years ago |
| I understand how the first part of this song has to do with a guy's brother reading a letter to him and his mother, explaining his life for the past few years after having been thrown in jail on questionable charges. What I have always wondered is the significance of the instrumental part at the end. I know it doesn't have lyrics but the mood changes considerably and I've never been quite sure what it means compared to the rest of the song. | |
| Genesis – Pigeons Lyrics | 16 years ago |
| I really like this song a lot. I hadn't heard it but recently and I've really grown to love it. It seems to me like one of those songs inspired but a silly little every day occurrence that's just fun and meaningless. | |
| Genesis – Keep It Dark Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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I don't really see the alien abduction thing, but I'll let you know what I think these lyrics mean. I don't know if these lyrics communicate one story, but I think it definitely is a hopeful yet bitter message. Actually, it seems to me as if perhaps that the part after "Now he's back at home and happy/just to see the kids" is the man who, according to earlier in the song, fell victim to some creeps who wanted to rob him. Maybe his kids asked him what happened, and he's like "well, i wish i could tell you that everything's great and man, i wish the world was really nice and a sparkling utopia" but—oh wait, that's not really how things are. Shut up, face the truth—keep it dark. It's almost like the lyrics are despairing for the state of the world, wishing that things were wonderful, but in reality it's all quite dark. |
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| Yes – Arriving UFO Lyrics | 16 years ago |
| This song has crazy lyrics...bordering on the silly. But the song is really good! | |
| Yes – If Only You Knew Lyrics | 16 years ago |
| I think that this song has some of the best lovesong lyrics ever. | |
| Yes – Sound Chaser Lyrics | 16 years ago |
| I just have to say that this is probably one of if not my most favorite Yes songs. The way the main theme is stretched and transposed and taken slow and ridiculously fast...and the last two minutes are absolutely mind-blowing. Particularly the bassline at the end under the keyboard solo after the cha-cha-chas. Fantastic. | |
| Genesis – One For The Vine Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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This is probably my favorite Genesis song, by a long shot...it's an absolutely beautiful song with wonderful melodies and a prime example of how Genesis was so great during the 70s. Most of the points I could make have already been made, but overall its lyrics present a classic "power corrupts" kind of story about a defector who gets lost on his voyage away from his twisted king, and finds a secluded tribe of primitive people in a cold, snowy wasteland. He fulfills their prophecy or whatever and he ends up leading them on a conquest. He later realizes he's no better than the king that he was running from in the first place. The meaning can be taken as kind of simple or rudimentary i suppose, but the lyrics and delivery offer the story in such a beautifully haunting way...this song is a wonderful journey through the chaos of this man's values as he meets a culture by whom he is regarded as a savior—or a god, even. The lyrics do a nice job of providing a good amount of ambiguity to the ending. One part I've never really understood fully (or at least been able to fit any logical meaning in with the rest) is the "There he talked with water/and then with the vine" line. I suppose it's a bit of introspective self-reflection on this man's part, considering "do I take advantage of these people's dreams or just dash their hopes and leave?" |
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| Yes – To Be Over Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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I have to say of all the Yes albums, Relayer definitely seems to me to have the most uniformly symphonic format...all the songs seem to sort of flow into the next, with no jarring "Oh, this is a new song" moments. The whole work is very fluid and is a truly beautiful and unique piece of music the likes of which would (sadly) never be seen today... This song, specifically, though, I think has a message that says to shed your inhibitions and go for your dreams. Dreams are portrayed by this song to have a more real meaning than anything else and they can lead you to real meanings and happiness. |
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