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| Radiohead – True Love Waits Lyrics
| 23 years ago
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such a beautiful song...it has pain, fear, passion, and hope all rolled into one...thom writes such good lyrics..any time I am feeling emotional about anything, I tend to put this song on...great stuff |
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| Placebo – Pure Morning Lyrics
| 23 years ago
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I agree that this song is in a way a celebration of friendship with women..but it has some serious undertones...this song is a real self-examination....its like "what are you in it for?" it isn't just with women either, it seems it could be for any friend (although this song specifically was certainly about a female friend)...maybe I am getting too deep here, but its the age-old question "is man generally good or generally evil?" meaning good- naturally giving and friendly and helpful even if there is no personal gain in it? or evil-viewing life as a businessman and only maintaining relationships that prove to be "assets" to you? I think it kind of bothers the singer that he has personal lust and needs that need to be fulfilled in order to make the friendship "better" or even exsistent in the first place..and he knows that ideally they shouldn't matter....but they do..........so ask yourself - are you a giver or a taker? (we are all a little bit of both, and I think that's the message, you know, just to keep things in balance) ....but this friendship seems to be over simplified ("our thoughts compressed") and people always want to believe there's "something more"(more than the giver-taker thing I mean), so this over-simplification leads to some problems ("makes for stormy weather") 'cause nobody want to get the short end of the stick. |
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| Placebo – Slackerbitch Lyrics
| 23 years ago
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I really love this song, despite the fact that it is a bit disturbing..by disturbing, I mean a bit harsh. when I first heard this song I half smiled and half gasped when it got to the first chorus...."slackerbitch, fag-hag whore, looks real cute but lips are sore"?? my god, I thought, someone's angry. I mean, of course I have heard more shocking stuff than that in music and elsewhere, but it was the delivery of the lyrics that got me..but thats whats so great about this song. like any really good song (in my book at least) this song is an emotional release that doesn't hold back, but whats special about this is, it isn't hardcore...and it certainly isn't "emo" either (two genres that pride themselves on unfettered emotional release).its definately unique...Malko is pissed, but he's still vulnerable..that comes through in a lot of placebo's stuff...thats what keeps the song from being just a "fuck you girlie you're a slut" type of hard-ass thing..his nasal half scream half moan is abrasive at first, but then its one of the most beautiful things you've ever heard...the song is art, the song relates his anger to me..I feel like this girl has done me wrong....., but it isn't full blown rage..its mixed with a little questioning ...I don't pretend to know the details of the story behind it, but I don't have to know the specifics to like this song... good song. |
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