| Blink-182 – Dysentery Gary Lyrics | 22 years ago |
| The narrator of the song has no real reason to hate Gary, a guy he does not even know. But what he does know is that the girl the singer has a crush on likes Gary instead of him. And so he invents reasons to hate Gary, ridiculous and senseless as they are. On a deeper level, the singer is blaming society as a whole for his problems and heartache. Because he is too immature to blame himself or just accept the unfavorable situation, he makes it out to seem as Gary (representative of society) is the wrong one and will always stand in the way of his dreams. Relieving himself of all fault, the narrator manages to endure. | |
| Nirvana – In Bloom Lyrics | 22 years ago |
| I feel that this song is about people who never get the full picture and idea or concept. They do things in vain, never understanding the deeper meaning. They live life as empty shells, never able to be truly fulfilled, on a spiritual/emotional level. Instead, they are satisfied by the superficial. A dog can throw his bone around and be quite contented by this simple action, and that is it- there is no more to it. A man can wave his gun around and much like the dog be contented, without putting any real thought into it. The man in the song is the primal force or aspect of society- nature in its true and crude form. | |
| System of a Down – Chop Suey! Lyrics | 22 years ago |
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The song is first and foremost religious in meaning. Essentially, Christ allowed himself to be martyred in order to fulfill the ultimate sanctification of God's name from his (Christ's) standpoint, and later the Christian one. Therefore, in a certain sense, he committed suicide. I also think the narrator (possibly fictional rather than representative of the ideas of the band members) of the song is comparing himself to Christ in his own social, domestic, and/or religious circumstances or situations. He is attempting to justify or explain his self-pitying and self-loathing behavior and attitude by or in terms of the abuse he suffers (at the hands and words of his oppressors) much as Christ did. Still the narrator feels that God, "the father", is not convinced of his religious devotion. Hence, his suicide is performed in vain; therefore, it becomes less identified with martyrdom and moreso with "self-right suicide" (in other words, self-interested suicide). This is perhaps a criticism of the incessant efforts of religious fanatics in trying to please God. Yet, enough is never enough, the bloodshed never ceases, and this fanaticism leads to the point where even "angels deserve to die". Yet, it does not end with martyrdom - God, in his fastidiousness, always demands more. Conclusively, it is in a way anti-Christian, in the way it depicts Christ and God. On a larger scale, however, it presents a negative view of religious fanaticism in general, whether it be Christian, Jewish, or Islamic in nature, and whether the God it is in the name of is called Yahweh, Allah, or Adonai. |
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