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The Rolling Stones – Mother's Little Helper Lyrics	19 years ago
There's enough information in this song... Definately valium. Little yellow pill, plus the time the song came out (1966), and the time valium came out (1963) all point to this along with other textual clues.

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Lifehouse – Quasimodo Lyrics

21 years ago

Have you ever read pilgrims progress by Bunyan? This may be the namesake of Hugo's Quasimodo, but the other really dominant imagery fits in with Bunyan's character Christian and kind of fuses the two ideas. Since "Pilgrim's Progress" is an allegory Christian can be taken as any christian, and therefore the song being about God is quite plausible, and in fact I think probably the most effective interpretation of the entire song. Saying "Screw the world and their expectations" is the full explanation of the song lyrics seems just not to add up to everything present in the song.

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Switchfoot – Concrete Girl Lyrics

21 years ago

Ummmm... Actually guys its an anti suicide song. Jon actually said so at a concert I was at a couple of years ago, and truthfully it probably makes the most sense. (Has anyone else noticed that at times what a group says their song is about doesn't always match with everything that is in the song. I mean for example there are songs that U2 has said to be about one thing and years later Bono has come back and said that actually although he really didn't notice it when he wrote it the song was subconsciously written about something else. [If you're wondering what song that is, its "Tomorrow" off of War]). So I thought you all might like that little piece of information as to what Jon says (or at least said) the song was about overall. Actually it makes your analysis more complete in the end.

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Switchfoot – You Lyrics

21 years ago

I think with a lot of songs there is either a tendancy to overanalyze stuff thats not important to the context, and in doing stuff add something that isn't there at all (which is a big mistake :-) ), or there is also a tendancy to undervalue the lyrics because they are lyrics and therefore take away some of the effect of the lyrics as a whole. Saying that this song is beautiful, although its definately true, undervalues it, as does saying that its great simply because fits in with whats happening in A WALK TO REMEMBER (which to be quite frank, and without trying to insult anyone I thought was actually overall a subpar movie based off of a stellar novella) when the song is being played. Also there is really truly only one meaning to the song, and one person who can fit into the description of "You," and that is God. There is just simply no other person that fits the discription. This song can be summed up this way, As a person I am truly insignificant. God gives me meaning and significance.

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U2 – October Lyrics	21 years ago
Simple yet elegant. The song if you all are still wondering is off of the album October, so it wasn't actually any kind of added bonus, it was the title track for an album. Other than that U2aholic in my opinion got it right. Also one of my favorite U2 songs.

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Switchfoot – Amy's Song Lyrics

21 years ago

Actually Amy is an embodyment of the different heroes that the group has (actually the band has admitted this in interviews, so I'm not just going out on a limb, and even if I were there is enough justification in the text to support this). The zealousy for christ is only a part of the whole. John Donne once said in relation to the interconnection of man that if "...one clod is washed away Europe is the less" this also holds true for poetry or lyrics. There are more factes of "Amy's Song" than would generally meet the eye. For example. Amy is dead. (if you don't belive me read the first stanza). Symbolically standing for what Blake would call "experiance" (as opposed to innocence) where the earlier optimism that a person has had has been tainted by the world. The death of Amy becomes more important though, also because of the memory she left with the speaker, and the speaker's burning passion to emulate the ideal set by Amy/ his heroes.

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Switchfoot – Dare You To Move Lyrics

21 years ago

Once again Switchfoot brings a sort of existential philosophy into their music. The song deals with a couple major themes. 1) Avoiding personal complacency. People like what is normal and familiar to them, and therefore at times may need a dare or push to get out of their comfort zone. This song is meant to provide it. 2) Becoming a mature individual. This is the more existential part of the song. Society always has a certain degree of resistance towards individuals that do not neatly fall into the norms created. However, rather than violate norms and behaviors in negative fashion it is more of an urge to succeed after one has either fallen, or been put down. It is not the more cynical existentialism of the early 20th century, but tends to be coupled with religion and hope, rather than athiesm and viewing the world as absurd, and pointless.

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Switchfoot – Only Hope Lyrics

21 years ago

Um... Actually the song lyrics posted are incorrect. They are correct for the Mandy Moore version of the song, but the original Switchfoot lyrics are different. The only difference between the two is the last word of the first line of stanza 5. The correct word should be apathy instead of destiny, which actually changes the meaning of the song. The song has really nothing to do with destiny at all. The song truthfully is about human frailty rather than anything else. The speaker of the poem recognizes that his own human abilities are strictly limited and without God he is both truly isolated, and truly incapable of achieving or creating anything of true value (kind of sounds existential doesn't it).

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