| Weezer – The Good Life Lyrics | 23 years ago |
| this song is about a period in River's life when his leg had metal through it to extend the bone. each day he had to turn a screw to separate the bone another millimetre to make the bone grow longer. the song is about how he was sick of feeling like and old man with a walking stick and how he wanted to 'get back to the good life' | |
| Team Sleep – Natalie Portman Lyrics | 23 years ago |
| this song seems to be about someone getting messed around by his girlfriend, or an ex maybe. he says he wants to get away from her, he's fed up of waiting for her but at the same time he can't forget her and can't imagine not knowing her. | |
| Rage Against the Machine – Bullet In The Head Lyrics | 24 years ago |
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"A yellow ribbon, instead of a swastika" A yellow ribbon is used, in the United States, to signify support for its troops in foreign wars. A yellow ribbon was most recently used to show support of US troops in the Gulf War, the focus of the song. A swastika is the symbol of the Nazi Party, now illegal, in Germany, and of Nazism in general. this is talking about the fighting in the wars being no better than the nazis but for some reason it is celebrated in america. |
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| Rage Against the Machine – Take The Power Back Lyrics | 24 years ago |
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"Like the motherfuckin' Weathermen" The Weathermen were a militant sub-group in the late-1960's politically-focused Students for a Democratic Society. The Weathermen were known for bombing buildings at various college campuses and similar activities to illustrate their point. SDS distanced themselves from the Weathermen after the bombings started. |
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| Rage Against the Machine – Know Your Enemy Lyrics | 24 years ago |
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this song seems to be about the 'system' in general and fighting against it. it talks about defiance, and the mind of a revolutionary which will change the system and "Now action must be taken We don't need the key We'll break in" is talking about breaking into the system to start revolution and ditch the capitalist system which has given the few the power to control the many. 'know your enemy' is obviously the main point in the song - to know as much, if not more, about your enemy than you do yourself because only then can you fight against them. the end is saying the enemy is the people who taught you to fit into the system and not be to yourself and who you should be, the people who made society the way it is. then there is the list of the characteristics of the system as it is - the capitalist system which makes an 'elite' section in society at everyone elses expense. |
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| One Minute Silence – 1845 Lyrics | 24 years ago |
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"1845 is the date the Irish holocaust set in proper. The British government had impoverished the nation of Ireland, which they had occupied for hundreds of years. They gradually made the majority of people dependent on the potato through economic disparity, and then when the potato blight struck in 1845, the British economists went into overdrive with their murderous idiocies. They insisted that Ireland keep exporting right through the famine, with the result that between one and two million Irish people died. This was genocide. Yap is making the point that all peoples of the world have suffered oppression, no matter whether black, white, red or yellow. Nobody has a monopoly of prejudice, indeed, philanthropy and tyranny are available in all colours (hence the title of the album). Which leads us to the conclusion that the only war we should fight is the war against economic inequality - CLASS WAR." - Eddie Stratton |
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| Deftones – Teenager Lyrics | 24 years ago |
| "lyrically, its a teenage love story, which sounds pretty goofy, but its actually alright" - Chino | |
| Deftones – Pink Maggit Lyrics | 24 years ago |
| "it started from this interlude that we wrote that goes into the heavier part at the end. the title comes from a Kool Keith song. we just thought it was some funny shit. the song is meant to be triumphant. I just imagined being the shit in school. just holding your hands in the air and knowing that nobody can take anything from you. its one of those things where, if you tell yourself that you are the shit, then you will be the shit. im trying to spread a little confidence. a lot of artists try to make songs for the kids who are tormented in school, telling them its ok to be tormented. but its not okay. don't be lazy. don't be ridiculed. become the leader of your surroundings. confidence is one of the most important things in life. if you are confident, you can do whatever you want. " - Chino | |
| Deftones – Feiticeira Lyrics | 24 years ago |
| "the working title was new murderer, the name itself is some Brazilian name that I read in a magazine and just liked. its loosely based on the scenario of being taken captive. it's completely fictional. I want people to listen to it and feel like they're in the situation, because I do put myself in the story. its up the people to listen to it and figure out whether im enjoying myself or not, even though it sounds a little eerie." - Chino | |
| Deftones – Elite Lyrics | 24 years ago |
| "this is laughing at everybody trying to become what they already are. if you want to be one of the elite, you are. im sort of the asshole in the song, pretty much talking shit about everybody else. you're supposed to feel stupid after listening to it and wonder what it is to be elite." - Chino | |
| Deftones – Knife Party Lyrics | 24 years ago |
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it was inspired by a bizarre party on the tour bus. abe collects knives and everyone was dancing round the bus with a knife. it became a band joke because of how silly is was and then chino made up a fake scenario from it - "I made up this fake scenario of some kind of underworld society of knives, people who just get off on these erotic fantasies," he says. "Or something like that. An 'Eyes Wide Shut' kind of thing." - Chino |
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| Deftones – Korea Lyrics | 24 years ago |
| "This was the first song we wrote for the record. its a little heavy. it talks about the white pony, strippers, and drugs and shit." - Chino | |
| Deftones – Change (In the House of Flies) Lyrics | 24 years ago |
| "its a metaphorical song. you could take it in the literal sense of me watching someone turn into a fly and taking them home with me and pulling of their wings and laughing. its spawns from me being a complete asshole--and getting the complete repercussion for it by having my life taken away." - Chino | |
| Deftones – Passenger Lyrics | 24 years ago |
| "I did this song with Maynard from Tool. Basically, I told him I wanted to create a scenario of being in a car and being taken for a drive when you don't really know what's going on. I wanted him to create a lot of imagery. he wrote a majority of the of the lyrics and left blanks for me to fill in. it seems like you're being held captive, but enjoy what's going on." - Chino | |
| Deftones – Street Carp Lyrics | 24 years ago |
| its a story about meeting someone on the street that you haven't seen in a long time and you really don't want to talk to them, but its somebody you are still infatuated with | |
| Deftones – Rx Queen Lyrics | 24 years ago |
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this song is about chino's wife - "I dont want to talk about this one, its about my wife." - Chino |
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| Deftones – Digital Bath Lyrics | 24 years ago |
| Chino says he came up with the idea while drunk in the bathroom of the Hollywood Hills house where White Pony was recorded. - "It was probably 5 in the morning - we were still up partying - and I just pictured this whole scenario of having this girl, bringing her downstairs and taking a bath and like, out of nowhere, just reaching back and . . . electrocuting - basically throwing some kind of electrical device in the bathtub and then taking her out of the bath and drying her off and putting her clothes back on." | |
| Rage Against the Machine – Revolver Lyrics | 24 years ago |
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i think this song is about abusive husbands who beat up their wives and the wives finally fighting back. "Pass tha purse to the pugilists He's a prizefighter" this seems to be about him hitting her for money out of her purse "He bought rings and he owns kin And now he's swingin' And now he's the champion" this, i think, is saying how he feels because he bought the wedding rings he now owns her and he can do what he wants to her and feels great about it. "Hey revolver, don't mothers make Good fathers ?" this, the chorus, seems to be about the women fighting back and not putting up with it anymore. it seems taken literally to be the woman shooting the abusive man, and saying she can be a better father to their children than he was. i think this basically is just supposed to mean her getting him out of her life and taking control. |
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