| Xiu Xiu – New Life Immigration Lyrics | 6 years ago |
| Suicide pact. | |
| Massive Attack – Blue Lines Lyrics | 6 years ago |
| A line from nearly every other song on the album reappears in this song. | |
| Scott Walker – The Girls From The Streets Lyrics | 7 years ago |
| I think it's about sex trafficking. | |
| Scott Walker – Duchess Lyrics | 7 years ago |
| God, this song is heartbreakingly beautiful. | |
| The New Pornographers – A Bite Out of My Bed Lyrics | 7 years ago |
| What a gorgeous, romantic song. Straightforward love song I think. | |
| Thom Yorke – Cymbal Rush Lyrics | 8 years ago |
| Thom has said it was inspired by a personal experience, and if you look at the expanded original lyrics for it on CitizenInsane, it sounds like it's about a murder- a lot like Gagging Order. | |
| Radiohead – Bangers + Mash Lyrics | 8 years ago |
| I imagine the narrator getting his hands on information that he can use to blackmail the entire government, and celebrating by getting extraordinarily wasted in a shitty motel and throwing up. | |
| The Mountain Goats – You Were Cool Lyrics | 8 years ago |
| Probably the girl he dates in "Broom People." | |
| The Mountain Goats – Anti-Music Song Lyrics | 8 years ago |
| I know he used to dislike Morrissey but likes him now | |
| Sun Kil Moon – Heron Blue Lyrics | 8 years ago |
| I believe it's about the death of his ex-girlfriend Katie from cancer. | |
| Swans – Volcano Lyrics | 8 years ago |
| Sounds like it's about a porn star. | |
| Manic Street Preachers – Facing Page: Top Left Lyrics | 8 years ago |
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"Mute oily discolor, skin cancer, calories" The album cover? |
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| Marilyn Manson – Pistol Whipped Lyrics | 8 years ago |
| Pretty simple. BDSM song. | |
| Xiu Xiu – Homonculus Lyrics | 9 years ago |
| @[Coow:4140] I think there's more to it than that, it's just that Yvonne being his friend is the simplest explanation. | |
| Xiu Xiu – I Broke Up (SJ) Lyrics | 9 years ago |
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I will make a gate you cannot pass Taped to their loin cloth A sign that says "WHY US!?" This part seems to be about the victims of sexual abuse. Jamie wants to protect them (make a gate you cannot pass). They wonder why they had to endure what they did (why us?) |
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| Xiu Xiu – Luber Lyrics | 9 years ago |
| I think Luber was one of his students when he taught preschool. He or she is being abused and Jamie wants to help but can't. | |
| Xiu Xiu – House Sparrow Lyrics | 9 years ago |
| I think he's talking about escaping his sexually abusive childhood, which has been referred to obliquely and repeatedly in Xiu Xiu's music. | |
| Xiu Xiu – Stupid in the Dark Lyrics | 9 years ago |
| It's about Jamie Stewart's experience being mugged and his revenge fantasy. | |
| Guns N' Roses – Chinese Democracy Lyrics | 9 years ago |
| Seems to be about how China will eventually be a democracy- it's just a matter of time. | |
| The War On Drugs – An Ocean in Between the Waves Lyrics | 9 years ago |
| What's he singing at the very end? | |
| Blur – Entertain Me Lyrics | 9 years ago |
| Definitely about obnoxious frat-bros | |
| Modest Mouse – The Best Room Lyrics | 9 years ago |
| The verse about the novelist is hilarious ahaha | |
| The Smashing Pumpkins – Pinwheels Lyrics | 9 years ago |
| @[osubuckeye420:2686] I think the title comes from the synth intro. The circular melody feels like, well, a pinwheel | |
| The Mountain Goats – 1 John 4:16 Lyrics | 9 years ago |
| I think it's a prisoner about to be executed. He "built" the holding tank by committing whatever crime got him the death sentence. | |
| Father John Misty – The Ideal Husband Lyrics | 9 years ago |
| Who is Julian? Does anyone know? | |
| The Mountain Goats – Orange Ball of Pain Lyrics | 9 years ago |
| there's definitely more to this song than the lyrics might immediately indicate. no idea what it's really about, though. | |
| Modest Mouse – People as Places as People Lyrics | 9 years ago |
| something about the way he sings "and the people you loved, but you didn't quite know" destroys me | |
| Modest Mouse – King Rat Lyrics | 9 years ago |
| @[bukowski8:1578] Your comment was a pretty good read, but god, who'd wanna be? God, who'd wanna be such an asshole? | |
| R.E.M. – Discoverer Lyrics | 9 years ago |
| Marriage proposal. | |
| The Mountain Goats – Woke Up New Lyrics | 9 years ago |
| Anybody else noticed the Oceanographer's Choice connection in the chorus? | |
| R.E.M. – Hallelujah Lyrics | 9 years ago |
| I think it's about war. | |
| St. Vincent – Chloe In The Afternoon Lyrics | 9 years ago |
| Mention of a whip makes me think it's about BDSM | |
| The Mountain Goats – Orange Ball of Peace Lyrics | 9 years ago |
| According to TVTropes, this song is about one member of the Alpha Couple setting the other's house on fire. | |
| The Mountain Goats – Dilaudid Lyrics | 9 years ago |
| @[embassyrow:948] It worked out for the best in the end, though! | |
| Freelance Whales – Generator ^ Second Floor Lyrics | 9 years ago |
| Since Weathervanes is conceptually about falling in love with a ghost girl, this represents the point where the narrator dies and is reunited with her in the afterlife. | |
| Xiu Xiu – Pink City Lyrics | 9 years ago |
| @[ilikefuzzy:895] I wonder if she threatened to cut open his forehead with a roofing shingle. And theeeeeeeeeey broooooooooooke uuuuuuuuuuuup... | |
| Xiu Xiu – El Naco Lyrics | 9 years ago |
| Complete mental break. Like when you look at some kind of eldritch monster and go mad from the revelation. | |
| Xiu Xiu – Nieces Pieces (Boat Knife Version) Lyrics | 9 years ago |
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anybody else notice that right after the line about her heart breaking, the riff from "I Luv the Valley OH!" returns? "it's a heart that you made, i won't rest until i break it" / "mommy's heart is broken, I can't wait to watch you grow up around the people who broke it" |
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| Xiu Xiu – The Silver Platter Lyrics | 9 years ago |
| suicide cult | |
| Interpol – The Scale Lyrics | 9 years ago |
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@[srbsam:828] "I made you... and now I take you back." Makes sense. |
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| Xiu Xiu – Botanica de los Angeles Lyrics | 9 years ago |
| After some more listening, I think the suicidal person here is a rape victim. | |
| Swans – A Little God in My Hands Lyrics | 9 years ago |
| Anybody know what the background vocals are saying? | |
| Swans – Kirsten Supine Lyrics | 9 years ago |
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This song is about the Von Trier film Melancholia. The poster is a picture of Kirsten Dunst lying supine. |
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| Massive Attack – Flat Of The Blade Lyrics | 9 years ago |
| An assassin or soldier takes jobs and kills people in order to provide for his family. | |
| Massive Attack – Saturday Come Slow Lyrics | 9 years ago |
| lyrics are completely wrong | |
| Against Me! – Tonight We're Gonna Give It 35% Lyrics | 9 years ago |
| I think she said in an interview that it's an early example of her singing about grappling with her gender identity. | |
| Xiu Xiu – Ale Lyrics | 9 years ago |
| This is definitely Jamie talking about himself. | |
| Broken Bells – Medicine Lyrics | 9 years ago |
| I think it's about a girl who's severely depressed (she cuts herself). She's being told to take the antidepressants she's been refusing. | |
| Xiu Xiu – Crank Heart Lyrics | 9 years ago |
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"we'll catch him unawares but what if he doesn't wear underwear" A common prank is to yank down someone's pants. If they're not wearing underwear, it gets awkward fast. |
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| AJJ – Sense, Sensibility Lyrics | 9 years ago |
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"a pretty girl with broken wings is all that i desire" He wants to help someone who's been hurt by life and nurture her and love her. |
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