| Aphelion – Rusted Lyrics | 10 years ago |
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i wrote this song. normally, i wouldn't divulge the meanings behind songs, but i want to talk about this one, since i think no one ever has or ever will visit this page. i get something out of having the meaning of the song out there in plain sight knowing that no one will ever know what the song is about. this song is about pushing past the boundaries in life that most people don't think about as existing, much less, confining and how doing so frees a person from an artificially shackled life. you have to know a little something about certain topics like biology and layman's astrophysics to get it. the first verse references the fact that the blood is made of up of mostly water and iron-based hemoglobin (my blood is water and iron) and illustrates the physical and chemical nature of the mind's container, the body, but that the mind is not constrained by those physicalities, should the owner strive to overcome them. the second verse references stellar evolution and relates that to the struggle of a determined person. massive stars fuse hydrogen into helium and helium into carbon and so on until they get to iron. often, at that point, the star will collapse into a black hole. the verse compares that process to one's luck running out (you may have heard the old expression about "lucky stars"), but one having the dogged determination to create his own luck by relentlessly pushing forward, like the black hole, which, even though the fuel that fed the star has run out, the resultant black hole feeds itself by pulling matter in from space on its own. the third verse is more philosophical. after a lifetime of breaking free from imposed constraints, one may be recognized as being strong (...my heart was of iron), but even so, those achievements were often the result of painful and difficult lessons learned along the way. none of aphelion's songs are the least bit popular, so may this comment remain obscured in plain sight forever! :) |
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| Trespassers William – Different Stars Lyrics | 12 years ago |
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i think this song may be about a loved one who has died. not a lover, but maybe a parent; because of this: "So you'd sing a lullaby to get me to sleep So it's no surprise my eyes are never heavy For I've not seen you in the flesh for so long That I'm not sure we would know each other at all" like a parent might sing lullabys. this person has obviously been gone for a long time. "Oh the weight it must be light wherever you are And I know you don't think twice wherever you are" might indicate this person is in heaven, with no more cares or worries. "So I will hum alone, too far from you All that I say now is nothing to you" because they can't hear her where they are and earthly concerns are no longer of consequence. "We will lie under different stars I am where I am, and you're where you are You're where you are" it hints at a different circumstance of existence. as in the two cannot be together for physical reasons, like being on two different existential planes, rather than emotional reasons. |
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| R.E.M. – Imitation Of Life Lyrics | 13 years ago |
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"that's what you are, that's what you could" should be "that's WHO you are..." minor correction. |
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| B.J. Thomas – Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head Lyrics | 16 years ago |
| this song is waaaay out of step with my usual preferences in music, but i love it anyway. i agree for the most part with the above opinions. it's about staying positive under bad circumstances and how complaining about a situation can never make it better. it's a great, optimistic tune about facing up to your problems and doing whatever you can to make things better and always realizing that things could be worse and that there's always something to be thankful for. | |
| Cracker – Movie Star Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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i think the movie star part is about jane mansfield, a 60's movie actress and playboy playmate who was killed in a car accident. it was rumored that she was decapitated in the accident (the rumor is untrue, though she did suffer extensive injuries to the head). not sure about the rest... |
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| Traffic – Dear Mr. Fantasy Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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i believe the lyric is, "please don't be sad if it was the straight LINE you had". a "straight line" is a bit in a comic dialog when the stooge, or "straight man" (usually a serious acting individual) feeds lines to his jokster counterpart who twists his words into jokes. bud abbott was a famous straight man. it makes sense in the context of the song where a straight man may be seen as being made a fool of for the humor of others. |
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| Sonic Youth – My Friend Goo Lyrics | 16 years ago |
| i think the lyric might be "she can play the drumset, too" rather than "she can play the drums in two". seems to make more sense and of course it's important for rock lyrics to not be vague in any way. | |
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