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| New York Dolls – Dance Like a Monkey Lyrics
| 15 years ago
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What I'm wondering is, are these lyrics for real? It seems like a rather silly thing to write a song about. I mean, Cain "headed straight to the jungle to find a wife"? Is anyone else having trouble understanding which side this dude is on? |
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| Regina Spektor – Düsseldorf Lyrics
| 15 years ago
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I love love love this song. It makes me feel, well, hopeful. I agree that it's about appreciating the little things, and the randomness and the airiness. There's no deeper meaning to this song, other than to just enjoy life. I especially love when she mentions Gelterkinden, as in "In Gelterkinden I forgot to frown, then remembered again" and "In Gelterkinden I remembered how to laugh and I never, ever forgot it again." Those lines pretty much sum up large portions of my life. It makes me want laugh and cry all at once. |
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| The National – Lucky You Lyrics
| 15 years ago
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Jbonanza is totally right. I really like the sarcasm of "lucky you" in the beginning, and the "what you break is what you get" thing.
This song is great; it just breaks mah heart. You own meh, Matt Berninger! |
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| The National – Thirsty Lyrics
| 15 years ago
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I think this song is about depression/low self-esteem. He is curled up behind the house, thinking about how he's "not so important". And I agree with SuperSista, that he wants somebody to lean on for a while, because he's feeling weak and "girly".
I took the hawk in the heart to mean a war hawk, and a dove in the brain to symbolize peace. There's parallelism there. I think he's saying, again, that he's not strong or ready to fight, at least not at this point.
The title of the song intrigues me...Perhaps he is just thirsty for some meaning or semblance in his life, or for strength? Hmm. |
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| The National – Val Jester Lyrics
| 15 years ago
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I definitely agree with this song being about a daughter.
Maybe I'm projecting my own personal experience onto it, but it seems to me like the dad, Val Jester, pampered his daughter and told her he loved her ("how she lives in your blood"), but was maybe a little bit overprotective (he built a room for her). And he "fill[ed] her coat with weapons" to protect her, but "when she goes, she's gone", and he can't protect her anymore, because now she's on her own. |
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