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| Rihanna – Diamonds Lyrics
| 11 years ago
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The performance and production of the chorus to Rihanna's "Diamonds" reminds me of Fergie's "Glamorous." Lyrically, the two songs are different. However, "Shine bright like a diamond" gives off the similar vanity and materialism as "Glamorous."
Also, this song reminds me of Katy Perry's "Firework." "Diamonds" sounds like something Katy would write and sing. |
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| Demi Lovato – Give Your Heart a Break Lyrics
| 11 years ago
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QUESTION: What does she mean by "it's wrong" ??
Don't wanna break your heart
I wanna give your heart a break
I know you're scared IT'S WRONG
Like you might make a mistake |
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| Taylor Swift – We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together Lyrics
| 11 years ago
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The main character of this song (not necessarily T. Swift) is telling us this tale. However, instead of feeling sorry for her, she comes off pathetic for putting up with the mistreatment.
And consider the dumpee's point of view of the guy. He obviously didn't think that much of the main character. He used her (when it was convenient for his schedule) and then got HER to break things off - he didn't have to be the bad guy. So the main character is sure to slander him. She is stuck on all the things he did. He probably moved on while she can't yet. |
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| Owl City – Good Time Lyrics
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After the part when the guy sings "Good morning and good night," then the girl sings "I wake up at twilight." That female voice sounds just like Diana Agron ("Quinn Fabray" on Glee) did on many of her song performances. However, I was surprised to find out it was Carla Rae Jepsen singing. Not a one-hit wonder after all! |
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| Train – 50 Ways to Say Goodbye Lyrics
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I like the part where he sings "How could you leave on Yom Kippur?" to get sympathy from the Jewish man in the music video. That was funny! |
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| Demi Lovato – Give Your Heart a Break Lyrics
| 11 years ago
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This song is about pursuing someone who isn’t emotionally available for a relationship. That makes the target even more desired (wanting something one can’t have).
The songwriter asks “Haven’t I passed the test?” That’s a red flag, if one or both are testing each other. Certainly not a healthy relationship. The person the songwriter is describing is someone who pushes away (doesn’t answer cell) and runs (“But you slip out of my finger tips / Every time you run”). What a wreck, like who has time for that?
If someone tells you s/he’ll never fall in love, you gotta take that at face value and move on. Like the songwriter says, there is only one life to live — so don’t waste it on someone who tells or shows you they aren’t ever looking for a commitment…. unless that sort of relationship is fine with you; otherwise the songwriter is going to get hurt.
The song ends by repeating that the other person will never fall in love. Ultimately, the songwriter knows this relationship is doomed. |
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| Positive K – I Got A Man Lyrics
| 11 years ago
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Too bad the publisher blocks the lyrics to this song...there are some clever lines mixed-in this one. |
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| Cher Lloyd – Want U Back Lyrics
| 11 years ago
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The female singer Cher Lloyd comes off as pathetic and desperate singing these lyrics.
The songwriters are dudes. Maybe those guys were dumped, and they imagine women sit around crying over a guy she impulsively cut loose? Wrong. Just move on to one of the next dozen males waiting in line. |
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| Cameo – Word Up Lyrics
| 11 years ago
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How many DJ's "throw back old school" when they play this song, but don't realize the lyrics are (still) slamming them!
"Yeh you sucker DJ's who think you're fly
There's got to be a reason and we know the reason why
Why you put on those airs and you act real cool
Got to realize that you're acting like fools"
Haha. |
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| Billy Vera – At This Moment Lyrics
| 11 years ago
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Realtionships are sometimes hard to let go, as evident in these lyrics. However, a relationship never can work if only one is in love. And she, unfortunately, wasn't in love anymore. I really can't hold any negative feelings toward her for that. It is better to end it sooner than later for the sake of the other person's feelings.
She fell for someone else, but waited to pursue the other relationship, The narrator doesn't hate her. I don't think she has actually physically cheated on him (despite the line "you have found you another") because the narrator is willing to keep her in exchange for twenty years from his life. In the heat of the moment, he most certainly meant that line literally. In another light, a solid long-term relationship can add years (and quality) to a man's life.
Another reason I don't resent her is because the narrator says she has "tears in her eyes" and is telling him in-person. Unfortunately nowadays in 2012, break-ups are commonly done via texting or Facebook.
I believe the narrator handled this heartbreaking in a mature way too. She was expecting a negative reaction to the news, but got only kindness |
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| Cutting Crew – One for the Mockingbird Lyrics
| 11 years ago
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This song, from the mid 1980's, is still relevant today and is slam on critics like Simon Cowell (X-Factor; Idol).
This song is probably about when the songwriter was a struggling musician and got cut down by music critics (the mocking birds). Perhaps he had people saying his band would fail. He made the "past mistakes" of paying attention to them (now he knows better). Other musicians had their hearts and careers broken by mocking birds ("tears" and "dreams, they broke one-by-one, all for the mocking bird."). Yet his band "played one more song," despite the nay-sayers, until they made it.
"But the sweetest sound of all the mockingbirds / Couldn't hope to match one note of any song we played" brings up that while music critics may play instruments, they are mostly not performing musicians. As the lyrics say, after years pass that "time will tell" ... not any music critic. |
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| Richard Marx – Endless Summer Nights Lyrics
| 11 years ago
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The songwriter had an intimate romance with someone who came to his city for the summer. Now she's gone away, and he's left to reflect. It is inferred that he can't relocate for her, but he hopes she can hold on to see him again next summer. ("We can have it all again / Say that you'll be with me when the sun brings your heart to mine").
They remain in contact. She wants to stay a couple ("And now you're looking back at me / Searching for a way that we can be like we were before"), but she is also conflicted about maintaining their long-distance relationship (because he tells her "please don't run away from what we have together").
Nice contrast of sight imagery of endless nights with the summer daytime "glistening" |
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| George Michael – Cowboys and Angels Lyrics
| 11 years ago
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The songwriter is involved with someone who won't commit. He has fought for this person, and that only makes him more determined to win that person's affection. Ultimately the songwriter knows his fate: "It's the ones who persist ... who will pay." |
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| Shania Twain – From This Moment On Lyrics
| 11 years ago
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This song has a double meaning. The other comments so far focus on a couple's wedding. Here is a second interpretation of the lyrics:
This song could be from the point-of-view of a parent singing to a newborn child. "Life has begun" can be taken literally. The lyric "I give my hand to you with all my heart" could be figurative for all the help the parent will provide (effort spent raising the baby and all the challenges of childhood). All other lines of the song are exactly how a parent would feel about a newborn baby. "I will love you as long as I live." |
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| Def Leppard – Blood Runs Cold Lyrics
| 11 years ago
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Although Steve Clark's death wasn't a suicide, he did have "suicide drive" behavior before sadly losing his life in 1991. Maybe that what "You don't know your time is up" signifies.
In this song, Joe Elliot and Phil Collin are sharing their feelings of losing their good friend. Perhaps the songwriters are also giving advice to people considering taking their own lives: "as if you'd ever go and make that same mistake." The cold running blood in this song belongs to the songwriters who say "I feel it in my bones." A reminder that suicide inflicts pain on the living. Powerful imagery. This song could be stronger with an anti-suicide message -- after the end of the guitar solo, instead of repeating "Strung out as the night comes crawlin' / Your halo of thorns is fallin'" the lyrics could repeat : "...because livin' / Livin' is the best revenge you can play." Emphasizing the optimistic and hope for the living, inspite of Steve's death. |
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| Barenaked Ladies – The History of Everything Lyrics
| 11 years ago
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The "Big Bang Theory Theme" lyrics tell a scientific history of the universe and its matter and life. A little like "We Didn't Start The Fire" except Billy Joel's lyrics mostly list names in chronological order; whereas this song provides a little story and humor. I was glad to see there are more verses after the first and then found it on YT. |
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| Mike Oldfield – Innocent Lyrics
| 11 years ago
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"Cow jumps over the moon" is from the nursery rhyme "Hey Diddle Diddle." The songwriter is reflecting on his child or children. There are a lot of 'firsts' mentioned in the lyrics : speak, laugh, smile, walk, sing. Childhood is a wonderful time, and he wants to cherish his children while they are still innocent. Even gives advice to them that innocence is a wonderful gift to keep and use to their benefit. "Innocent" thinkers maintain their view of the world as good, and they have experiences others miss. Assume the best about others until proven wrong. The world will become a warmer place. |
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| Night Ranger – Four In The Morning Lyrics
| 11 years ago
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"So bad I guess you're playing me touch." Should be "tough" not "touch." Also, the credited songwriter above should be Jack Blades. Jerry Chesnut wrote a song of the same title that was recorded by another country singer in the early 1970s. This "Four In The Morning" song performed by Night Ranger was recorded in the mid-1980's and was not a cover. |
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| Linkin Park – Burn It Down Lyrics
| 11 years ago
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A song about the raping of our planet and its people. Also a song about Linkin Park's fans. The fans have built them up to be a huge band. Then some have turned against them. Their record company even tried to screw them too. Now the band is back again. And fair-weather fans are back for the time being. Eventually, though, fans hold the power to burn them to the ground. That's the double-edge sword of fame. |
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| Bon Jovi – It's My Life Lyrics
| 11 years ago
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Having plans is nothing. Trying means little. There is no consolation for doing your best but not succeeding. ("This ain't a song for the broken hearted"). And giving up is for losers. (No silent prayer for faith departed"). The rewards go to those who take control. Don't knock on doors, KICK THEM OPEN. |
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| Gorky Park – Try To Find Me Lyrics
| 11 years ago
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This song / album was released by this Russian band in 1989 - the closing months of the Cold War period. A song of world peace and hope for the future. |
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| Johnny Mathis – Chances Are Lyrics
| 11 years ago
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The songwriter is a little devilish in the lyrics. Making the other person wonder if there are signals of attraction and love. The signals could be misgiven, either by purpose or unintentionally. Not until this line do we know: "Well, chances are your chances are awfully good," but still not 100% sure of the songwriter's feelings! |
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| The Wizard Of Oz – Somewhere Over The Rainbow Lyrics
| 11 years ago
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Sure, the grass is always greener over the rainbow. The songwriter is facing "clouds" and "troubles" in his/her current location but that may always be the case. Wherever you go, there you are! |
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| Andy Williams – Moon River Lyrics
| 11 years ago
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Haven't seen Breakfast at Tiffany's. Like Andy Williams' version. Just going off the song lyrics beyond the literal: The river represents love and marriage. Love is a dreammaker and a heartbreaker. The songwriter hopes to cross into love with a particular special person (his huckleberry friend, someone he's known dearly). Two drifters off to see the world. |
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| Billy Ocean – There'll Be Sad Songs (To Make You Cry) Lyrics
| 11 years ago
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The songwriter has fallen for a woman who may not yet be over her ex. The songwriter is trying to convey that he is willing to wait for her to be ready ("Until the moment that you give your love to me"). Until then, he has fantasies in his mind of how good their relationship could be.
Another interpretation is that the songwriter has unrequited love for this woman who's a co-worker or a classmate. He doesn't know what she's thinking or feeling. In fact, there is no indication in any of the song lines that she interacts with or even knows the songwriter. He will be crying to "sad songs" if he doesn't even try! |
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| The Stylistics – You Make Me Feel Brand New Lyrics
| 11 years ago
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She brought him back to life. Perhaps he had been used and dismissed (or worse) in previous relationships, and didn't feel worthy of anyone. ("Cared when I needed a friend"). A second songwriter credited is a female, Linda Bell, so there is a woman's perspective too. Gave up her virginity to someone who in heinsight wasn't worth it. Or person in the lyrics was a victim of rape or incest. ("Taught me how to live again.") Now this new partner comes into her life, is trusted with her past, and fully accepts her. "You make me feel brand new." |
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| Ellie Goulding – Lights Lyrics
| 11 years ago
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If it's a sci-fi interpretation, then I take the line literally: the lights actually turn into stone. That would be a wicked, unnatural phenomenon! |
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| Ellie Goulding – Lights Lyrics
| 11 years ago
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But there are some interesting interpretations here on this song. I like reading your thoughts. |
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| Asia – Only Time Will Tell Lyrics
| 11 years ago
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"And no karma doesn't always come back on some that don't do right by others." I think it happens, but we will never see it. A person who constantly breaks the law is bound to slip-up and get caught sooner or later. Same way, a person who breaks hearts will pay some kind of emotional toll. It can also change that person back on the path of righteousness into a relationship that lasts a lifetime. Either way, the healthiest thing for a person who has been dumped is to move on and live well! |
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| Dionne Warwick – Heartbreaker Lyrics
| 11 years ago
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A song about what happens when you make someone else you're total everything. Unfortunately, it can have catastrophic results - as it did in these lyrics. The writer treated the other person better than she do herself. Did everything to make the other person happy. Sounds like it should work. But it's not healthy. You must never look to someone else to complete you. You must enter into a relationship only as a whole person. Even at the end of the lyrics, the songwriter still has not reconciled why the other had to be a "heartbreaker." I hope the songwriter (and listeners who identify with these lyrics) enters their next relationship looking for balance and leave jaded emotions behind. There are lots of wonderful partners out there who are emotionally-healthy and capable of an unselfish, mature relationship. Keep the faith. |
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| Asia – Only Time Will Tell Lyrics
| 11 years ago
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The songwriter is trying to gain sympathy from the audience because his ex dumped him. He tries to villianize the ex. Would like to hear her perspective of the relationship. And why he thinks the world of himself ("The brighest ring around the moon will darken when I die" - that's conceited).
Several decades have passed since this song was composed. If it was based on a real life incident, I hope the songwriter has moved-on; bet the ex doesn't even reflect on what she did to him. The ultimate revenge (if a person is dumped) is to live well; not hope for the ex's misfortune. Karma always comes back around to everyone in one form or another. |
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| Kenny Rogers – Lady Lyrics
| 11 years ago
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The songwriter is taking great risk: putting his everything in her. What if she doesn't feel the same? No risk no reward. Love is only for those willing to put it all on the line. |
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| Barry Manilow – Copacabana (At the Copa) Lyrics
| 11 years ago
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"Her name is Lola, she was a showgirl
But that was 30 years ago, when they used to have a show
Now it's a disco, but not for Lola
Still in the dress she used to wear, faded feathers in her hair
She sits there so refined, and drinks herself half-blind
She lost her youth and she lost her Tony
Now she's lost her mind!"
Reminds me of Miss Havisham, that character from "Great Expectations," who was deserted on her wedding day and couldn't ever move on. |
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| The Wanted – Glad You Came Lyrics
| 12 years ago
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"Glad You Came" has much more emotionally-healthy lyrics than "We Are Young" by FUN (which slips in a tale about crazy abuse). A happy song. Upbeat. Definitely an international musical appeal in this song by The Wanted! |
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| Debbie Gibson – Foolish Beat Lyrics
| 12 years ago
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In the song, she takes the role of the one who ended the relationship (rather than crying over being dumped):
"It started the day when I left you
I could never love again the way that I loved you
I could never cry again like I did when I left you" |
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