| Duran Duran – Come Undone Lyrics | 6 years ago |
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Guys, this is a song about a woman's orgasm. Oh yeah. |
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| Starset – It Has Begun Lyrics | 6 years ago |
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I see this as a song about The Resistance, whatever form that may take - whether in today's world or in the futuristic dystopian Starset universe. The first verse talks about fairy tales, where all is right with the world, evil is punished, and the good wins. But "fairy tales are not found, they're written in the walls" - that was just a fairy tale. Reality is the opposite: evil wins, the good will be crushed in a "landslide". The chorus talks about regrouping to defeat this pervasive evil. The Resistance is writing its own stories, or fairy tales - it has begun to rise. |
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| Red – Part That's Holding On Lyrics | 6 years ago |
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Okay, so almost every online version of these lyrics omits the following line (right before "Never tried to see"): You went dark on me (Never tried to see What it’s like to be...) I mean, I know they stole it from Starset, but still! |
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| Starset – Ricochet Lyrics | 6 years ago |
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The first four lines remind me of Icarus flying too close to the sun ("we should've been afraid of heights"), or perhaps the gods themselves, feeling they had power over everything - but they behaved recklessly ("moths to the flame" - moths tend not to survive an encounter with fire). He describes the relationship in spiritual and sacred terms but it's also co-dependent (ultimately not healthy) - "We were one and the same... You'd hang on every word I'd say". His lover left this (apparently) perfect union and closed herself off, leaving him broken ("If I was whole..."), without the strength to forget her and walk away. No one else understands because they don't know the pure love between kindred souls. He first says she made the wall, then admits he made it. This implies he shut her in, or shut himself out. It seems she stopped being so enamored of him while he persisted and is still persisting ("dragging it out") - not the best tactic to win someone back. The last part of the bridge is sort of hopeful ("I'll send out my soul / To worlds more beautiful") but this being a Starset song, there's gotta be a bitter ending - "they won't know my heart", so even if finds a better place (emotionally), he doesn't expect to ever replicate the sacred (if one-sided) love he had before. I think this is my favorite Starset song (so far) - musically and lyrically. |
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| Starset – My Demons Lyrics | 6 years ago |
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The reference to becoming his own worst enemy is the key, I think. *Something* which he's referring to as his demons, is dragging him under, which could be a bad relationship, mental illness, drug abuse, etc. He's terrified of giving in to it. His one hope is the person (or thing?) he sees as a would-be savior. "We are one in the same" implies a close connection with this savior, the only one who understands his demons and has the power to control them (whereas he does not have the power, even though he recognizes what's happening to him). Love the way the melodic chorus pops out from the grinding verses in this song. |
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| Starset – Carnivore Lyrics | 6 years ago |
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The reference to chewing through ropes and being eaten by a carnivore suggests he feels specifically like prey - weak, helpless, victimized and definitely unheard, worthless. In human terms "never [good] enough". There's no sense of self-pity, though. He recognizes that this hounding by the enemy (society, father-figure, whatever) isn't because he IS worthless, it's just what the enemy has tried to teach him since childhood ("Silly boy!") But there's a lot of power in the lyrics (derived from anger) so he's fighting back. But he doesn't want to escape the ropes, he wants to be devoured and reborn into something completely new. ("Change me... Take away everything I am.") |
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| Starset – Dark on Me Lyrics | 6 years ago |
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This song is about love being a beacon. His lover was his world ("found in you what was lost in me" / "the cause, the antidote") and made him feel grounded in life ("guide me home"). She left for inexplicable reasons and now he's lost. "You en-dark on me" is nonsense. The lyric should be "You went dark on me", meaning the beacon went out. A dark star is (was) a real thing (astronomy reference, as with most Starset songs) - from the early universe. They didn't emit much light, just radiation. This description makes his connection to her more visceral - invisible, inexorable - and the pain of losing her guidance more devastating. This is in my top 3 favorite Starset songs. Beautiful. (But just once can we have a happy/hopeful love song from the band?) |
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