| Rise Against – Ready To Fall Lyrics | 5 years ago |
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It seems so many people are caught up on what the music video is about that they miss the meaning of the song entirely. The Video is about environmentalism, but a song and it's music video didn't have to have the same meaning. It's true that Rise Against generally tries to line up their songs and vids to the same message to increase the emotional impact on the viewer but this is not one of those times. Suicide, risky behavior, Raison D'etre (Reason to live) A loved on trying to talk someone out of jumping, regret. All themes mentioned in this song, but how do they go together? "Hold on slow down again from the top now and tell me everything I know I've been gone for what seems like forever But I'm here now waiting To convince you that I'm not a ghost or a stranger But closer than you think" "She said just go on To what you pretend is your life But please don't die on me" I think the first part is the most important part to answering that question. Notice how I divided this section into 2 parts. The first part is from the view of someone talking, trying to get the listener to talk to them and reaffirm their relationship. The second part is from the view of someone listening, likely what they "believed" the speaker was trying to say. We've established that there is 2 POV. That's going to be important later. The Bridge and the Chorus both speak of being unafraid of heights and speak of the singer thinking about committing suicide, with the bridge being the singer trying to convince himself to jump off. The lines "But don't look down" and "but I could be wrong" speak of fear of the result, death. "Height" could and probably does stand as metaphor for any risky behavior, be it drugs, crime, or anything else, The main metaphor of the song is falling, but not necessarily to death. The line "Wings won't take me" speaks of a refusal to die or a belief that he won't. "Perpetual motion, the image won't focus A blur is all that's seen But here in this moment like the eye of the storm It all came clear to me" I found a shoulder to lean on An infallible reason to live all by itself" "I took one last look from the heights that I once loved And then I ran like hell" I've also divided this section. The first part speaks about a realization that he had a reason to live and the second says that the realization made him want to stop his risky behavior. But not just stop, Run Away as fast as he could. Why? He says he found his Raison D'etre (Reason to live) and it's safe to assume the reason is the other person in the song, but then why did that person leave him in the first place? Did they leave his life or die? Suddenly the line "To convince you that I'm not a ghost or a stranger" has a second meaning. I can't tell you which answer is correct, that's up to you to decide. Personally I think the line "I found a shoulder to lean on" means that person died. It's in past tense instead of present. I count the times that I've been sorry I know, I know Now my compassion slowly drowns I know, I know If there's a time these walls could guard you I know, I know Then let that time be right now The "I know, I know" seems to be injected by a second person, so either this is both people apologizing to each other, or this is the singer apologizing to the ghost of the person. There's a third option that the line "Perpetual motion, the image won't focus" means the person had already "jumped" and these were his last thoughts, but I don't believe that. He re-found his reason to live, so he's gone keep on living. |
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| Nightwish – Turn Loose The Mermaids Lyrics | 6 years ago |
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@[Lysithia:24122] I think the first use of "Mermaid" is repesenting the singer's husband/wife. I'm pretty sure the second use of "Mermaids" repesents their children ("Mermaids" is plural, Not singular. that detail is very importaint) So to say "The mermaids you turn loose brought back your tears" could mean our children left home (turn loose) and have now come back to be with you before you pass away. (The parent is sad to see their children grow, the children are now sad to see there parent go, hence "Brought back") It's a truely Amazing Line. |
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| Nightwish – Turn Loose The Mermaids Lyrics | 6 years ago |
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I agree that the song is about someone about to die but i think that the singer has had a long full life. I haven't seen anyone else with my interpretation. The First verse is clearly about childhood imagination, wonder, and innocents, all are common Nightwish themes. The Second verse strikes me as remembering his wife and how they fell in love The Third is saying goodbye to said loved one. The Forth verse is what really makes me think I'm onto something "the forever call" is likely Death, as other have said. "The mermaid grace," I think this "mermaid" represents his wife and "Beauty in spyglass on an old man's porch" is how he views her or the other "Mermaids" but the last line is most importation "The mermaids you turn loose brought back your tears" Note the use of "Mermaids" rather then the singular "Mermaid" I think this line is referring to man's children rather then wife. That these people and memory's are the "Relics of a life long lived" mentioned in the chorus. Thinking about the chorus like that didn't really add any new meaning to the chorus. "The end of the river" is death, and "The sundown beams" is the sun setting on his life for the last time. All in all, the song is simple and lovely. This just shows that even Nightwish's more average songs still have a deeper meaning if you look. |
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| Bastille – An Act of Kindness Lyrics | 7 years ago |
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It seems like the story this song is trying to show is someone did something for the singer, an act of kindness (They didn't have to do it, and likely shouldn't have in the singer's opinion. Maybe more then one but it doesn't matter.) And now the singer either wants to repay that act, or took advantage of that kindness and now feels guilty over doing so. What I find sad here is that the act of kindness itself may have been as simple as noticing and talking to the singer. "It caught me by surprise in this town of glass and eyes" "Kindness, so many people pass me by" The phrase "town of glass and eyes" makes me think of people and camras, so the meaning is no one ever notices the singer except this one person. (Who was a complete stranger before this) Also the line "Oh I, kind of hoping it will turn me round" is obvously saying because he meet this person he hopes he'll fix his life problems and/or become a better person. |
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| Iron Maiden – Speed of Light Lyrics | 8 years ago |
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Well as of writing this comment there is only one other comment on this song so maybe i've missed some detail but i think this song is about a journey, the Universe, Black Holes, Light, and maybe Time Travel. First there are many event described that things in space. The Universe/Space: A hollow universe in space (The Universe is mostly empty space.) Just a lonesome galaxy (The 2 lines before are "Let's shot the moon, you and me: And that particular you'll see" so it seem like this is describing what they'll see on their journey. I could mention how spread out everything is but it seem like it could have more meanings.) Light: One way ticket no returne (Light travels infinity until it hits something) At the speed of light Shooting stars/Meteorites/Comets: My shootin' stars are vastly burnt (They all appear to "burn" Shooting Stars and Meteorites burn in an atmosphere and comets have their tails.) Black Hole: On the edge that we can't see (Describes a Black Hole's Event Horizon) Shootin' plasma from my grave (Black Hole let of a stream of plasma from both sides. It's the only reason we know they exist.) Event Horizon lost in space (an Event Horizon is the point that something can't escape the pull of a Black Hole, and it's "lost" because we can't see, sense, or detect these invisible borders) Supernova: I'll say a mass for you and wave (It may not be for a Supernova but since the following lines clearly define a Black Hole and say "from my grave" I think it's for a Supernova that created a Black Hole. Supernova's only come from high mass stars and create a huge shock-wave when they explode. A loose translation could be "I'll pray for you and/or waving goodbye," But only if you take "mass" as "a church congregation". Waving make sense because of "I took a trip to see the sights" I don't really like either of those ideas.) It clearly mentions someone taking a trip: I took a trip to see the sights Let's shoot the moon, you and me (Shooting the moon means to try the impossible, could be motivation to go with the singer.) I'm not particular you see (Could be saying he doesn't care about where they go) We will not return We're slipping through the night And Now the hard to explain stuff Time Travel: Now theirs 3 supposed methods of time travel but only 2 are really hinted here. Option 1: Not so much as time travel as slowing time around you. Time progression is actually affected by speed. We can't go fast enough on Earth to reach the speed needed but some spaceships can. As you approach the speed of light time slows down the ship and everything inside. 1 year at just below the speed of light is 100 years on earth. Lyrics that back this are: At the speed of light (The speed needed for this method.) One way ticket no return (This can't be used to go back in time or anything, just slow your aging while other people grow old.) Option 2: Black Holes can supposedly bend time around them thus getting close enough at close to the speed of light could theoretically make full time travel possible. Lyrics that back this are: Another time, another place (Time traveling and going somewhere to see what it was like) One way ticket no return (There may not be a way to control where you go thus no easy way back.) On the edge that we can't see (Means going into the event horizon around the black hole.) But somehow back in time again I have one other major meaning that i don't have much solid backing for but maybe someone else will agree with it. I think this song is also about the time-lapse between an event and the light from that reaching earth. Distance in space is measured in Light-Years, the distance light travels in one year. They are things and places in the galaxy that a are hundreds or thousands of light-years away and it take the light of those thing hundreds or thousands of years to reach earth. Any event that we humans see in other solar systems likely happened hundreds of years ago and only just now reached earth. Maybe this song is really referring to that instead of time travel but who knows. But I don't really know why i thought of that anymore However there are plenty of Weird/Unknown lines to this song. That will be blacker than the night Shadows in the stars Humanity won't save us Runnin' in a human race I don't know where I don't know why Another take your love at night A single party call on me You won't be trackin' me by sight (Could mean that something is invisible or moving faster then the naked eye can follow. Could be describing many things from radio waves to a spaceship moving at faster then light.) I'm sure i missed something so i hope someone else can figure it out. I hope i helped someone understand it and/or taught someone a little about science with this ramble. |
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| Angra – Holy Land Lyrics | 8 years ago |
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Have you been doing any exercise, the last time i sent you a message, i mention the a diet does no good unless your doing something to require your body to make more muscle. That's where the fat goes. It doesn't disappear, it's converted into something smaller in your arms, legs and such, instead of your stomach area and hips. I hope this helps because i really think you read and/or listened to my last comment. I'm trying to help you. |
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| Angra – Evil Warning Lyrics | 8 years ago |
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You want to stop hating yourself. For starters. STOP. Don't EVER say you HATE yourself! Don't EVER say you're a Freak, or stupid, or ugly. You are YOU! accept that. No one respects anyone with no respect for themselves. And anyone who used to have no respect for themselves won't either. Those people are like me. You want to know why? Because we want you to respect yourself to earn our respect. I knew a guy who was a nervous, social outcast, wreck. He used to Talk about ended his problems with his life, And every time i said "You kill yourself' And I won't ever respect you." I helped him with his problems with advise of how i got though the same stuff. After 2 months with me he didn't really care about fitting in anymore and was much happier because of it. After 5 I didn't hear a single thought of suicide. I haven't talked to him in awhile but I'm sure he's alive even if he still has problems. Now whatever you made of that paragraph, I may seem harsh or rude but that's how i helped him. Telling experiences of my life to give advice of how to deal with the same problem. Or in this case telling you an experience where i helped someone with your problems. Unpopular, outcast, not fashionable, not good looking, self-loathing, suicidal, and turning to the internet to avoid talking to real people. If you read this reply tell me how many of those match up to yourself, and be as BRUTALLY HONEST to your as you can. It may be saddening, but you should never sugarcoat, underplay, overplay, or lie to yourself. Don't take everything I say at face value, or in a harsh way, But NEVER LIE TO YOURSELF! Trust me on that. I may have read you're comment completely by luck and I have absolutely no idea who you are, but i know what it's like to think yourself insane, stupid, awkward, hate yourself, and even thinking you're better off dead. I'm not even 20 but if I'd given up and Off'ed myself when i couldn't stand life anymore, I won't have pasted 15. And now I laugh at how stupid I was for ever even Considering tying a noose. My life isn't that great I've got a literal handful (less then 5) of people I truly count as friends. The more people you qualify as friends, the lower your standards have to be. Facebook's a perfect example. Some people have 400 but only know 3. the same is true with this. You can say you have a dozen friends but how many will loan you 10 bucks, keep your secrets, or drive 10 minutes to pick you up if you need time away from your family. those are friends. acquaintances are fine, buddy are fine, BUT have high standards for friends. If you don't have any, good, that also means you haven't made any mistake. And as for the example, I've done all three of those for 2 different friends. Boy/Girlfriends aren't all there cracked up to be. I won't say you don't need one But i will say you shouldn't ever be desperate. Always remember this, the harder it is to get a boy/girlfriend the the more they actually like and/or respect you. If ever get one, don't be clingy, but don't be like me. Don't assume they understand you, you'll only be disappointing. Listen to them. If it's worry's, get there mind off it. Sadness, offer sympathy. Life Problems. The secret to help someone with a life problem is LISTENING. Then and only then you should give advice if it happened to you. (Like I'm doing for this journal entry) If it hasn't then offer to help, BUT don't make shallow promise or fail to follow though. in fact make NO promises but help if you can. As for the don't be like me part. I had a girlfriend once, but only because she was the first girl who didn't avoid the boy who got expelled for a hit-list. AKA ME (And that was a threat to kill myself, not my enemy's.) I had no feelings for her, no want of a relationship, but i asked. (but only because she told me she wanted to go out.) We broke up because it was going nowhere and she moved for collage. We're still friends, but I have no real special moments with her, not even the prom photo on my dresser holds a special place in my mind or heart. I mean this. Don't do it because they what it, and you just don't care. It will be worthless in the end. Don't worry about diets you can lose weight without them and diets don't remove fat they remove the proteins that make fat and muscle. (It requires the same proteins) Causing the body to eat away at the fat and muscle you presently have. They make you feel hungry because the Required proteins that keep you feeling full aren't in the amounts you need, but more important then that you need some degree of exercise. If you aren't then the protein you are getting will be turned into fat and you'll have done nothing but lose muscle when you stop. A good diets don't remove fat, it breaks down your fat and turns it to muscle. If you don't think I'm right but i weigh only 137 because i don't eat enough and i do pull-ups and push-ups on my stair case. Not because I'm on a diet, But because it follows the same principle, Not enough protein + exercise. (At my heaviest i was 154.) Hope this helps. You've been in the mental ward. Cool we have that in common. I got 3 days for the hit list AKA "death-threats". (If there was any threats there then they'd be dead. so I'm confident i wound have kill anyone besides me.) Important fact while i hated every minute of the expulsion, mental ward, group therapy, and the 14 follow up days, I met one possible friend that i only knew for 10 days. But here's some real advice. NO ONE is more understanding them an group of kids that cut themselves or tried to hang themselves or etc. NO ONE. They have problems as bad or worst. they will understand yours, even the ones like you and me, who never wanted to say a word, will understand. Trust me. I also have Asperger's. Asperger's Syndrome is just a subcategory of the Autism Spectrum. Autism is any weirdness in a brain structure. It's effect can be widely varied, to a large range of degrees. If you think it's uncommon, WRONG. They say about 1% of the population has autism, Personally i think its more like 99.99%. But if you wish to use official statistics them you can always reverse them and say that 99% of the world is autistic and 1% are normal. Your choice. I said they effects are widely varied. Know anyone with Photographic memory, obsession, always moving some part of their body, Extreme depression, Extreme happiness, furry lover, or even batman himself. Them them the bad news. (No I'm not joking, Batman has hero syndrome. Look it up.) Asperger's is just anything to do with your social life. Extreme happiness and depression, Repeating thing to yourself (One of my thing actually), easily scared, compulsive, Quick thinking, ADHA, Unable to spot emotion, the ability to read anybody based on body language, (I meet a kid at school with that, it's amazing but scary he could just know that from how you sit.) Those are all in this, some positive, some negative. Being a pathological liar is here, but so is being incapable of telling a lie. I'm sorry you lost 5 mouths of your life to lack of privacy, bad food, and doctor and psychiatrists who don't even understand your problem, just to find out there a medical word for pretty much every problem on the planet. It's a waste of time, you probably knew all your problems before setting foot in the unit, just not the name. BUT don't assume a label makes you anything, least of all crazy. Psychiatrists are stupid, they label you will something tat could describe any random person, but they don't listen to you, they never find out what the problem is, and don't ever help fix the problem. But there's on even greater problem you have to deal with. You have to realize you're NOT insane. You're in for cutting. well guess what reliving stress has to happen some how, and despite what any may think, pain is one of the if not THE best way. Pain gets you mind of the problem, it gets your blood flowing, It causes an Adrenalin rush, to remove pain and many other emotions, it gets you muscles active, blood flow and muscles activity makes you happy, Pain is a lot like a stress reveling run only better, and it gets your mind focused to boot. Now I'm going to tell you the most true statement you've NEVER heard. I came up with this myself. 'True sanity is realizing you are insane.' It has several meanings but for now it means, 'any who think they're normal is actually crazy', 'it doesn't matter if they think you're crazy, they are too', and 'It don't matter if you have some problem, it's what you do with it'. That last one is the most important of the 3. He's an example, if you have perfect recall (the ability to remember anything from your entire life perfectly.) you can use that to either, A. Report a criminal sighting that's had done something in your past but was never caught. or B. Skim your sisters diary for just a few seconds them post everything your saw on face book a month later. What will you do with or about your problem? You can't easily talk to new people or something right? You need to beat that problem. So use the fact you want to get past your problem as motivation to talk to someone. Someone new preferably but anyone will do. If you do it once remember that an use it to do it again, and again. eventually, like me, your won't remember not wanting to talk to people. (Took me 3 years though. So take your time, BUT DON'T put it off.) weak-willed eh? You, me, and the rest of the world. I've never been able to follow this advice but you should try to. If you start something, FINISH IT! I do creative writing but i stopped for a month and couldn't get restarted yet. Do you want to be a weak like that? NO. Just remember that and say if you just need motivation. My advice has helped my friends, my buds, my classmates. The only one it hasn't helped is ME. So I'm pretty sure it can help you. You say you could write effortlessly. then you stop and it doesn't come any more. Same here. You because Creativity is a self-propelled loop, it'll keep going as long as you keep doing it. you stop, you stop wanting to do it. You keep doing it, you'll keep wanting to do it, so you'll do it more. You just have to sit down for 1 hour+ every day and you'll be back in no time at all. You write this because you want someone to know you exist. well remember this. YOU know YOU exist. don't ever forget that... ever. You wrote "I hope whoever you are, if you've even read this far, that your life is going better than mine." Well my life is going better. not because it is better or something. But because i had all your problem and I beat each and every one of them. Now i respect myself. i can talk, i can laugh, I can look back and think about how much of a sad, pitiful, fool I was. And while you won't understand why that's a good thing till you can do it yourself, it is the BEST FEELING EVER. You said you have no friends, but I'm sure you have someone to talk to, Oh wait! Me. This isn't intended to be a one time post, if you want help/advice/ someone to tell your problems too. I'm willing to keep a tab of this site open to Message or you can find me on steam as Stealthweasle01. I stay offline usually but if i get a message that mentions this post on songmeanings.com I'll contact you first chance i get. I'll even Voice chat. If you don't have a steam account, it's free. if just want to message me on this site fine, i'll check it every day or 2 for 3 weeks. from August 12 to September 2. If i don't hear from you, then i hope this post helps you LoudSilences. I don't talk for just any pointless reason. That's my way of saying that I mean every word of what I said here. So please learn from it or message me. I didn't want sit here for 5 hours writing this for nothing. Well it's 4 AM. have a good night. |
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| Simon and Garfunkel – The Sound of Silence Lyrics | 8 years ago |
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@[WeAreLyrics:5332] I don't know how that could become a single line, your Interpretation says more in 3 paragraphs then i could do with a whole page. I salute you Sir/Ma'am. (Give's salute gesture.) |
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| Simon and Garfunkel – The Sound of Silence Lyrics | 8 years ago |
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@[shiningdead:5331] I love the last lines you said. The ones about the paradox, it's sad but true. I just wrote a interpretation of this song and ours are nothing alike but they're both true in there own way. Or maybe just Personal Opinion. |
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| Simon and Garfunkel – The Sound of Silence Lyrics | 8 years ago |
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I've listened to this song 20 something times and read dozens of comments and meanings but i have one other interpratation that seems to have been overlooked, or at least i haven't seen any comments of. Many of you understand the parts of The 3rd verse about the Problem of Silence. (People talking without speaking, People hearing without listening) The 4th verse about how he ties to tell people of the Problem of Silence.. And the 5th is about how everyone kept doing what their doing and nothing changed. But i think the first and second verses are not widely understood, misinterpreted, and even ignored. But I think I've found a way to link them to the meaning. The 1st verse talks about a 'vision' he has while 'sleeping' and the 2nd backs this with the words 'in reckless dreams'. the 2nd is about how he's dreaming and doing something normal then there's a bright 'neon' light that lets him see in the darkness. This let's him see others talking and hearing without speaking or listening, but that's the 3rd verse. Now "Neon" has only 2 uses in this song but I don't think it's the same each time. I verse 2 and 3 it lets him see the problem of silence, but doesn't mention anyone else does anything different. So i think the 'Neon light' represents a revelation that he sees the problem. But in the 5th the 'Neon God' could be anything from money to religion. That one is personal to the listener. And the 5th verse also mentions wisdom on subway wall AKA lost among graffiti where most won't look or tenement halls AKA where must people won't go. But other commenters have covered that stuff better. The point is most won't see them. But verses 1 and 2 show this as a revelation within a dream, (The revelation being verse 3) and verse 4 and 5 could be both in dream or trying to tell people in real life. Again you as the listener can decide. That's the end of the main part of this Interpretation But I have some othe rinteresting some. (Or at least I hope it interests You readers.) The list last 2 lines of each verse have strange, haunting ending to each verse (Still remains, Within the sound of silence.) (That split the night, And touched the sound of silence.) (And no one dared, Disturb the sound of silence.) (And echoed, In the wells of silence.) (And tenement halls, And whisper'd in the sounds of silence.) Now they all have a meaning that connects to something mentioned in their respective verses. I'm sure most understand the 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 5th's meaning but the 1st one seems to make little or no sense. But I put those lines to the thought that the events of this song are a dream, and it made more sense. the 3 lines needed are, (And the vision that was planted in my brain) (Still remains) (Within the sound of silence.) He's clearly saying the 'vision' AKA the dream/revelation still remains. But what does "Within the sound of silence" mean. It means he woke up and is going about his daily life, but he still thinks about the dream. That does contradict that the 4th and 5th lines happen in real life. Or Maybe he tried to tell other but since they didn't listen he gave up and went back to his old life. Either way,doesn't change the meaning of the song. One Last thins i thought of But I also the most appreciated lines in the song are truly the least understood. (Hello darkness, my old friend, I've come to talk with you again,) He's talking to the darkness not because it's a metaphor for silence or anything like that, but because darkness and shadows will always listen, even if it never responds, It listens when no one else will. If that's to complex for anyone to get, I'll simplify it. It means he's talking to himself when he's all alone. (Not because he's crazy or anything. Talking to yourself is a great way to get your thoughts in order. I do it a lot.) The words "Old Friend" and "talk with you again" are a way of saying the the singer/poet/person in the song talks to himself like this often. Hope this helps someone understand this better or understand something new about this or any other song. Otherwise I'm just talking to my old friend, darkness. (If you understand the first 2 lines of the song, you get the joke.) |
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| Rise Against – Black Masks and Gasoline Lyrics | 8 years ago |
| @[TANSTAAFL:5260] Yes this post may be old but you get it. It's not getting rid of government, it's about trying to fix the problems with our current one. Getting rid of racism, sexism, hypocrisy, and pointless, inefficient bureaucracy, replacing them with equality, fair chance, and Effective problem solving | |
| Imagine Dragons – Dream Lyrics | 9 years ago |
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Wow. This is impressive. A song so simple and that doesn't state it's direct meaning, but has 3 main meanings and a 4th possible implied one. Protected Childhood Not being Aware of World Problems Not being Prepared for the Real World And of all things: Imagination I'm not going to do this line by line because the song is so fractured, but here we go. (Protected Childhood) And I watch from a distance seventeen In the eyes - Of a teenage crystallized Oh the prettiest of lights that hang the hallways of the home We have the curtains drawn and closed 'It’s not what you painted in my head - We all are living in a dream - But life ain’t what it seems' Oh, I know all your reasons - To keep me from seeing - Everything is actually a mess But now I am leaving 'Distance 17' is an age. The age of 18 is when most people are considered adults and can live on their own. It's the minimum age a child is supposed to be protected till, or "distance" in this case. So it means "I couldn't really see for 17 years." 'In the eyes - Of a teenage crystallized' and 'Oh the prettiest of lights that hang the hallways of the home' Means that he had a nice home or was rich because this implies chandlers or colored light fixtures. 'We have the curtains drawn and closed' They don't look outside or more specifically, aren't bothered by it. Whether because they don't look out or this child isn't allowed to look out is personal preference. 'It’s not what you painted in my head - We all are living in a dream - But life ain’t what it seems' Easy meanings. "Life isn't what is what I though it was" 'Oh, I know all your reasons - To keep me from seeing - Everything is actually a mess' It's that child saying, "You didn't want me to see the problems of life, and I know why. This is horrible." The child saw what it had been protected from. 'But now I am leaving' The child is saying "I'm 18 now, and i have to live with these problems. Not being Aware of World Problems OK, most of the lines from before apply here too 'And the cries from the strangers out at night - They don’t keep us up at night - We have the curtains drawn and closed' 'It’s not what you painted in my head - We all are living in a dream - But life ain’t what it seems' 'To keep me from seeing - Everything is actually a mess' 'All of us were only dreaming' 'I’m just in the tier of everything that rides below the surface' 'It’s not what you painted in my head - We all are living in a dream - But life ain’t what it seems' They hold the same meaning as with childhood. 'And the cries from the strangers out at night - They don’t keep us up at night - We have the curtains drawn and closed' "We don't care about other peoples problems so we ignore them." 'To keep me from seeing - Everything is actually a mess' Also holds same meaning 'All of us were only dreaming' "I/We were stupid for thinking life was easy." 'I’m just in the tier of everything that rides below the surface' This is a beautiful line, while it has no meaning the first time, in context to the song it means "This is the first challenges and problems, I know there's more I haven't considered" Not being Prepared for the Real World I won't repeat the same lines again 'In the dark' 'And I’m short of the others dreams of being golden and on top' 'In the dark' He doesn't know what to do. He's never had to do this before. 'And I’m short of the others dreams of being golden and on top' This means "I'm not where I wanted to be by now." it could also show that he had friends or competitors that are doing better that him, but started at the same time as him. Not those are the Pretty much directly stated meaning. I didn't go too in-depth because the song it have no solid details. It's a trademark of Imagine Dragons that lets you make your own meanings and put your life problems to their songs, but it make direct meanings near impossible to find most of the time. I say this because this next part may not truly be a meaning or could just be something only I understand. Imagination 'It’s not what you painted in my head' 'There’s so much there instead of all the colors that I saw' 'But I wanna dream - I wanna dream - Leave me to dream' 'It’s not what you painted in my head' This on it's own means "It's not what I expected" but instead think about it as "It’s not what I imagined" Not I want to point out the interesting wording on these 2 lines. 'Painted in my head' and 'Colors that I saw' You use colors in painting and if painting in the first line is means Imagination, then the second line could mean "There’s so much there instead of all that I Imagined' They both boil down to "It’s not what I imagined" But there's one more part to this meaning. 'There’s so much there instead' The 'There' it could be referring to could be the 'Head' from the first line. The true question I'm asking is is what does the guy think is in his head if it's not imagination. Knowledge? Lies? I don't know, but look at the last lines. 'But I wanna dream - I wanna dream - Leave me to dream' 'I wanna dream - I wanna dream - Leave me to dream' In the other part of the song the word 'Dream' has been used to mean "Wrong" But that doesn't work here. in these 2 lines Replace the word 'Dream' with "Imagine" He's saying he doesn't want to deal with the worlds problems. He wants to imagine, or create, or maybe I'm completely over-analyzing and he's asking to live his life in ignorance of the worlds problems. And to leave him let him do that in peace. |
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| Imagine Dragons – Monster Lyrics | 9 years ago |
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I have both a short story and my own meaning here. Today I was at lunch and was listening to various songs by Bastille and Imagine Dragons when I clicked on a lyric video to this song. I've heard it 50+ times and never once did i actually look at them. I used to think that this song had only a little meaning and no story behind it, but reading the words i realized that this song did have a story. My Life Story. This is a mix of my personal meaning and a general one. Ever since I could remember Everything inside of me Just wanted to fit in (I was always a weird kid, and if any of you have read my post on Odd One by Sick Puppies I think I make that pretty clear. But my point here is I spent a whole section of my early life trying to fit and be "normal" but it never worked.) I was never one for pretenders Everything I tried to be Just wouldn't settle in (I really think that most people miss interpreter these. The "Pretenders" isn't a Ex-Girlfriend, or fake friends. I think he's talking about himself. In that context the first line here is saying "I don't like trying to be something that isn't me" and the second is "It just never feels right." The third is saying that 'whatever he's pretending the be' just doesn't and never has felt right. I used to know this feeling so well.) If I told you what I was Would you turn your back on me? And if I seem dangerous Would you be scared? (This is him thinking about someone he either likes, wants to tell his secret, or just the first person who wants to know him. (Maybe he's really taking to said person but I doubt it from my personal experience.) He wants to knew if the person would want to be his friend if they knew all his secrets. He wants to tell them but is too worried they wouldn't want to know him anymore, so he just thinks about it. Trying to get the courage. I've both seen and done this before, and it saddens me to even think about.) I get the feeling just because Everything I touch isn't dark enough If this problem lies in me (The first 2 lines are loose so I have no solid meaning. What is the "Feeling". The fear of rejection in the last four lines? The feeling of Rejection itself? Or is he referring to the next line/lines? The next line could be implying depression, or he ruins anything he tries? He could be saying he think that he's such a bad person that he? I really don't know. But the third is self explanatory, 'is he the problem?' But when added to the last two lines it is more 'I can't do anything right, am I the problem." Like I said though, No solid meaning.) I'm only a man with a candle to guide me I'm taking a stand to escape what's inside me (This is interesting, the first line is a feeling of unknown, 'what to do?', and 'I'm lost', but the second is a complete 180 on the whole song, saying "I'll fight because that's not who I want to be." I think this is saying "I don't know what to do but I want to change who I am.") A monster, a monster I've turned into a monster A monster, a monster And it keeps getting stronger (This confirms the he at least thinks he's a bad person, but not why. Maybe he hates pretending to be someone he's not? Maybe he's so concerned that he's "Dangerous" be cause he has seriously hurt or killed somebody? But this could just be as simple as he's afraid he'll break a girls heart. This fact can be taking as you wish because their are no specifics. But why he thinks himself a bad person is what really makes the meaning of this song. And since you can decide that yourself this is really a 'Choose your own meaning' song. For me and my life, it's that I'm not good with people skills, and my compliments usually end up angering or confusing people. The one relationship I had failed because I can't say the right thing.) Can I clear my conscience, If I'm different from the rest Do I have to run and hide? (This is straight forward. It melts down to, "Can I be OK with myself without fitting in." I myself have forgive myself and stopped caring about other peoples opinions. I don't try to fit in. But for a long while I hated being different and avoided talking to anyone. I'd transferred school in their somewhere and didn't let myself make any friends for 2 whole months.) I never said that I want this This burden came to me And it's made it's home inside (Once again, simple. "I don't want this. I didn't ask for this. Now it's something I'll have to live with forever." Those are words I once used to describe my own problem. I like how the lack of details lets you make your own interpretations, but this one is better then the last because you can project yourself here and it won't change the meaning of the song. But that may not make sense to anyone expect me.) If I told you what I was Would you turn your back on me? And if I seem dangerous Would you be scared? I get the feeling just because Everything I touch isn't dark enough If this problem lies in me (This is just a repeat to emphasize that this song is about wanting to tell all this to someone, or maybe anyone. But I still think the true meaning is what you make of it.) I'm only a man with a chamber who's got me I'm taking a stand to escape what's inside me (This part sounds the same as the part with the candle but the first line has a mostly different meaning. Instead of "I can't see", this first line says "I'm trapped." The second line doesn't change meanings. So it's saying "I need to get out of this. I have to change.") And the rest is all repeats to say something like "This is who I am and I'm gonna change that." So the abbreviated meanings are "I never fit in. No matter how hard I tried. I always though it was my fault. I'm a horrible person. I hate myself. I found I have a problem. Can I live with that? What should I do? I want to change. Can you still love/be friends with me?" So with everything i have here. It's a person wanting to change themselves for someone(s) else, or trying to explain why they are who they are. But for the 3rd time this song complete lack of detail makes it whatever you make it. It certainly sounds like someone with a mental disorder. But more emotional and mental then nitsemc's comment, and I really like the first sentence of crystallia's comment. But like BetterThanYuu said, "The thing about songs is that people can relate to them with their different experiences." I find different meanings then the most of songmeanings.com, so maybe I'm just crazy or maybe "A Monster" |
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| Five Finger Death Punch – Wrong Side of Heaven Lyrics | 9 years ago |
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I'm surprised how few comments are on this song. I think it's very deep. My first and foremost thing her the the god referenced as a woman. The devil is referred to as a man. I think is Symbolizing the 2 as a mother and father, and implying human race as a child. This is slightly backed up by "She said She's ashamed" and "He swears He's not to blame" both things that might be said to a child they consider a troublemaker or failure. The meaning of the chorus is more straightforward. He claims to not be a hero and not invincible or unbreakable. (Not stone) He can't tell if what he's doing is right or wrong, and claims "I'm on the wrong side of Heaven, and the righteous side of Hell" Meaning 'I'm not doing the right thing or a good thing, But I'm doing it for the right reasons. The quick example is a soldier, Which is also the theme of the Official Video. Maybe not the main point of it, but think about this. A soldier goes out an kills people. That's a terrible thing to do under any circumstance, but they do it for the right reasons. To protect people and loved ones. The sad thing people start these wars for the wrong reasons, religion, oil, territory. If we didn't care about that we'd never fight, but since we do people are fighting, and I like to think that some do it so their children don't have to. Off the deep stuff though. God sounding like him and the devil looking like him is double symbolic. He's a human, he's saying humans say "God's Will" is this and that, and humans decide what they think is OK against what's bad. Al Qaeda says it's OK to kill non-Muslims. The US government sends troops saying it's OK to kill Terrorists. They both think they're doing the right thing. The true fact and problem here is there's no true thing as right and wrong, just many different Points of View. But it's also an an individual level. He sounding like god is him telling himself what he's doing is okay because it's for the right reason. The devil looking like him is he know that he's doing a bad thing or that other people see him as a horrible person. The line "I looked away, I turned away" is that he can't truly forgive himself for what he's done or what he's doing. "I'm not defending" is he can't and isn't going to say what he did is right. He could also be saying he really doesn't know what drove him to do it in the first place. "Downward descending" Decent to Hell. That's he's someone who can't be "saved" for lack of better terms. "Falling further and further away" The chance he makes up for whatever it is. It's a 'I can never fix this or make it up to you.' "Getting closer every day" Death. It's the true point he can never make up for whatever happened. The way the song vocalizes it makes it sound like a plea. 'Tell me what I can do PLEASE.' While that last thing i wrote may make it seem like he's asking for a chance to make it up to one person, I still believe this is a song about a soldier. But I hope I've shown that this is by no means a shallow song, that Satan and God aren't man and woman for contrast between them and likely not overly religious. (No offense to mustang809, or mdbdoc) Still it's a great song. Even people who don't think they ever done anything wrong to someone else. |
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| Sick Puppies – Odd One Lyrics | 9 years ago |
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While I think the other interpretations are right, there are a few meanings that may be being missed. I while I'm not the only 'Odd One' out that I'd going to put the ones I think are overlooked. Both of us basically unattached to anything Or anyone unless we're pretending (This line while from a second person point of view, My experience of being bullied and losing friends has left me unable to form any "close" attachments to anyone even my group of friends. I've had one girlfriend in my life and even then I think i was "pretending". I never saw it going anywhere, I never felt a physical attraction, and i definitely don't think I loved her. I only tried because she was the first girl that didn't shun me for being a depressed loner.) you live your life in your head some call it imagination (This one speaks to me like almost no Lyric line ever has. I mentioned I was a loner. That's because I'm the guy who would rather shadowbox street fighting or sword fights. They'd all say "That's not real." and "That's not cool." And I'd ignore them because I didn't care. My family says if I don't care about real life, I'd never get a job, and i need to stop living in my head. I had a job, but I like practicing, thinking, and writing too. And all that takes imagination, and it's something not many people have anymore.) I'd rather focus instead on anything Except what I'm feeling, what I'm feeling (This again is from a second person POV, but if you take the implied statement, It means the "Odd One" likes to focus one what they're feeling, and I do too. Some people focus on winning a game (Not caring which NPCs die along the way.), I focus on the fun exploration and how every choice makes and challenge makes me feel.) You're never concerned with acceptance We are all desperately seeking out And fitting in with anyone who will accept us (Easy one to understand and others may have said or said it better but it's true. I used to be like that to. I just wanted to fit in and be normal. But every time i got some minor "acceptance" I always left because i never really fit in, was ignored, or once even got punched by one of them because he got too close to me at lunch. So now i don't care if i fit in or even if a group of people acknowledge my existence. I see people how just want to be normal and will go to any length to make it happen, just to be laughed at. One such was like that and was contemplating suicide when i met him. After 4 days we were friends, after 2 weeks he said my advice made him realize that you don't have to fit in. after 3 he'd completely stopped thinking about suicide. He's said again and again I give great advice, and all I can answer is that it's what i realized going though the same problems.) Aye, it's gonna be okay Aye, we're gonna laugh at this one day Don't let someone tell you you're no one Don't let someone tell you you're no one Odd one (This is ridiculously straightforward, but to me is also has a second meaning. It may be someone telling the "Odd One" that it will all be fine and don't give up, But to me i imagine this is actually the "Odd One" telling that to someone else. Listening to the song, the line "Don't let someone tell you you're no one" isn't just Simon singing but it's dominantly Emma. So it's both at once but more the second person that the first is talking too that's saying that.) |
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