Incubus – Diamonds and Coal Lyrics | 6 years ago |
To me this is the aftermath of Oil and Water. In Oil and Water they are getting at a high point arguing and clashing since Oil and Water don't mix. The end of Oil and Water BRANDON is yelling LET'S JUST CALL IT WHAT IT IS... This song is much more mellow and he is basically apologetic and realizing that even something as pretty as a diamond starts off as something cold, black, and dirty like Coal. He says, stuff like love isn't perfect, and I think we just fight to much. He is being like the man in a relationship after the fight got to loud and he is still trying to plea his case in a more respectful and sincere way. Like when you fight with your lover and you end up being like :Baby I love you so much, the reason I get so mad at you is because you do this and that, and I get loud and we argue because we love you, we aren't perfect, come on look at Diamonds they come from Coal... |
Incubus – Oil and Water Lyrics | 6 years ago |
Again I doubt anyone checks these but I wanted to comment... First off I think it is pretty basic in regards to what it is about. I think it is clearly about a failing relationship, at the point where they compare themselves to Oil and Water, which will never be able to mix no matter what. They keep trying, but realize they are just lying to each other, so they decide to call it what it is... Oil and Water... HOWEVER, the very next song is Diamonds and Coal, which I find very interesting, because that song is about how PRESSURE transforms COAL into a DIAMOND. The song even says inspire of this we're doing just fine, even diamonds start as coal. Give us time to shine. SO I am thinking that Oil and Water, was the couple accepting the fact that they have issues, and they may not mix, BUT because they called it what it is, and accepted it they were able to move past their differences and build around it. So in spite of it, they are doing fine, and turning their COAL of a relationship into a Diamond. |
Incubus – Earth to Bella (Part I) Lyrics | 6 years ago |
Pretty sure nobody checks these anymore, but I believe this song is a simplistic discussion with anybody and everybody, we all have moments in life when we feel invincible like we have it all figured out, we don't listen to anyone, and we just do. We also have moments in life when we are down and out, and feel the world hates us, and is an unfriendly place. The moral of the story is that only after failure can you truly succeed, and you have to be OK to Sink if you want to Swim. Like any motivational quite, you miss 100% of the shots you don't take, Michael Jordan missed however many game winning baskets etc. This song is simply Brandon or whomever speaking to everyone, a specific person and or himself, telling them sometimes, we just need to sink, undo what we know, and start a new. Let the Second Sun Ascend |
Incubus – Punch Drunk Lyrics | 6 years ago |
Simply put, a bummer of a day or night is taking place, our narrator wants to get back to normal, he doesn't feel right, and feels he may give in, perhaps to the darkness or temptation. At some point relatively quickly he tells himself he will survive this, and get through it. Sort of like when something really bad happens and right after the first bad response you psych yourself up and say I CAN DO THIS I CAN GET PAST THIS... The narrator realizes he may need some help, so he is willing to lean on another for support or hitch a ride back home... Finally things are starting to brighten up a little, the sun is coming up and he is starting to get over the intense emotion "Have his fill" Than he realizes that maybe he made some mistakes along the way while trying to cope with his actions... Who are you, where is my care. Please forgive me... Perhaps during the punch drunk night, while fighting his emotions he does something that makes him request to be Spared by those he hurt... Another even more simplistic interpretation is that it is a story of a guy who is out, and partying, maybe he had a fight with his girl, had a little too much to drink, and is looking to hook up. He gets a bit over the top and is now looking for anything he can get. He tells himself he needs to get home to escape the temptations but gets desperate and tried to get whatever he can, hitch a ride. Eventually he comes a bit more to his sense, realizes the women he is with he doesn't recognize, and goes back to playing the part of the drunk, where is my car... I need to get home, please forgive me.... eventually his conscience maybe takes over which is why he is yelling to be spared at the end... SPARE ME A RIDE, |
Incubus – Switchblade Lyrics | 6 years ago |
@[spenceriscool:20270] I actually thought you were on to something however... this line made me differ With irises of jade are built to persuade and they're swift like a switchblade. If the switchblade than why does he compare her eyes to it?!?! I think switchblade is actually just something he may call a women who flirts and teases... She is swift like a switchblade. The switchblade is just the switchblade something dangerous, fast, and concealed. The women is attacking him with seductive looks, and stairs with her deep jade eyes, attracting him in, but she is swift, and leaves him. Just like how guys have nicknames for the slutty girl or the fat girl, a switchblade could be what they call a flirtatious tease. A women who gets you there and leaves you hanging... Beautiful like a feather, and a dying star, but built to punish... He knows she is a tease but he is still seduced by her, he is seeking shelter to get away, but keeps getting sucked back in..He would like to GET HER, but he just gets teased "Switchbladed" He keeps getting the eye from her, he wants to get between those american thighs but all he gets is switchbladed "teased" |
Incubus – Thieves Lyrics | 6 years ago |
@[Bullhonkey:20268] WTF are you talking about dude... How would the song be about hating white people when the lyrics clearly say must I be a God fearing white american, and stating that the THEIVES have all the fun... Why can't I get mine... If you wanted to be all ignorante racist about it, it would be from the reverse saying that the non whites have the fun, they get to laugh and try to sell me what I don't want while I am over here being god fearing etc... BUT THAT IS NOT THE SONG MEANING FOOL! The song is simply about how the THIEVES of the world, those who steal, take, trick, and con the rest of the GOD FEARING people have all the fun, and how those of us, who are not the THIEVES can only protect ourselves by being what they want and that is God Fearing White Americans... This country is run by White GOD Fearing Americans, The WORLD is heavily influenced by the USA, OUR Government is heavily influenced by GOD and CORPORATIONS. These people are constantly selling us lies, selling us cures, selling us products, and selling us dreams. We are also shown consequences, and forced to fear GOD and GOVERNMENT. The regular people, the common folk always wait until we GET OUR SHARE, when will I get mine, my shot, my chance... BUT even those who are STRONG, and "Powerful" The MAN about the town, the BEAUTY QUEEN, on a small scale they think they are powerful, yet the shady people, the shadow folks are always selling. Even those powerful folk who believe they are immune and sheltered are still being sold the same crap the common folk are, it is just packaged differently. We are all victims of the corporate and religious hamster wheel... no matter how we try to run away, we are limited to a slow crawl, only to soon fall back and buy some more water by the river. |
Incubus – Here In My Room Lyrics | 6 years ago |
@[Jondude11:20265] To be honest, I think the fact that it is one of the most musically pretty songs on the album and on many albums makes it all the more awesome that it is about sex. I look at it like this, one of the reasons I love incubus is because they are so different in many ways, when I first heard this song, I was like WOW this is so beautiful, it makes me melt a bit, and it is such a pretty deceleration of love, but than I paid attention to the lyrics and was like WHOA Hold up... This is totally about a hook up. Now, think about all the ONE NIGHT STAND songs, nothing compares to this, the thing that makes it even more pretty is the fact, that he isn't rubbing it in the face that HEY I GOT LAID, one night hook up yay me notch on the belt, NO he is saying how beautiful it is when the unexpected comes and snatches you off your feet, when you are someplace, so uncomfortable, so out of place, and you connect with someone even for 1 night, how magical it can be. It is to me a song about how amazing the perfect moment can be, and for many, they have had nights where the night just seemed out of place, and the seemingly littlest thing like a one night hook up can make a magical thing out of the mundane. Taking something that is somewhat considered taboo like a one nighter and making it so pure and beautiful is what makes incubus so amazing. I have experienced a night where I was just not excited about where I was, and felt lost, confused, upset, and out of left field became entangled in a situation with someone that ended up being exhilarating and magical, it doesn't have to be a hook up, but in this case the simplest nature of the one night stand matches with the beauty of the song. Think about it... everything is dull, plain, boring... a technicolor explosion of a person enters the room, and you end up together. It doesn't HAVE to be sex, but that is this story, the sex is what puts it over the top, I came here expecting next to nothing, and this girl came in, and lit up his night, sucked him into her, and showed him the world seen from the stars.... If you have ever had a one night stand, a true one night stand, I mean when you leave the state to return home the next day, with never a chance of meeting again you smile a bit, and say. WOW thanks for being that kind of girl, we have fun, enjoyed one another, and never have to do anything else.... It really is a perfect display of the magic of a intimate connection between 2 strangers who are connected and attracted even if it is 1 night |
Incubus – The Warmth Lyrics | 7 years ago |
This is my all time favorite song... Incubus may be my top artist or band as well.... This is my interpretation based on my own feelings. When you go through something in life, when it is tragic, or heartbreaking, or extremely aggravating, we tend to go somewhat NUMB. I had a point in my life where things happened and I went NUMB, nothing made me smile, nothing made me cry, I was NUMB no feelings no thoughts, nothings. After overcoming that feeling, when you have a bad day, or hard times, you wish you could sometimes closer your eyes, and go back to being numb. The cold winds blowing only add to his frustrations, and he wants to let the warmth blow away... Think of it like this, we use ICE to Numb so as you GO NUMB the WARMTH goes away... As I did, this person has to make a choice. How do I move on, How should move forward in this pressing frontier, which is sometimes a scary decision. Should I be strong and hold my head high and overcome, or fight everything around me, and throw a wrench in people around me.... Either way, he want clear out the air...Come clean, refresh, start over, etc. Getting out of this numb feeling, and figuring out how your going to get back together is hard. That is why he tells himself not to let the world bring him down. The world is full of bad people, but not everyone is fucked up and cold. Sometimes all we need to do is stop for a moment, and remember what makes our lives worth it. We only have a finite number of years on this planet before we are too old to enjoy it, so we need to experience it.. THE WARMTH before we grow too old to appreciate it. |
Deftones – Passenger Lyrics | 7 years ago |
I am not a huge Deftones listener but I love this song. My interpretation seems to be close to what I see others quoting Chino on. I always think of when me and my friend would roll a blunt, and drive to the end of the island where the road literally stops. We would turn the music up, and just drive with the windows down enjoying the cold night air. As we start getting stoned the midnight air becomes curious, as what is out there, what does the rest of the night hold for us, what is going on. We were young, we didn't care who sees anything, and I was usually the one in the passenger seat. The first verse really applies to the car ride after we start, as after your already stoned your sort of laying there lazy, and staring out, sometimes sideways. Depending on the mood of the night, if things were good we are moving forward with no care what was behind, and if things were bad, we were leaving them behind as to no longer care. Maynard did an amazing job constructing this track with Chino, and I think the dynamics between their so very different vocals makes the song even more great |
Incubus – Are You In? Lyrics | 7 years ago |
Love the track, chill music.... I think it is really simple, just that things are always better when everyone is in. When we are all on the same page, all in, all together.... Also Incubus are a bunch of Surfers and for them I would imagine when Sea Foam Green is in fashion the waves are good, and also good times when all are in with that. |
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