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Yo La Tengo – My Little Corner Of The World Lyrics 19 years ago
It's "We could hide away," not "we'll ride away."

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The Shins – Turn On Me Lyrics 19 years ago
It's definitely "I took your licks at the time."

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of Montreal – Heimdalsgate Like a Promethean Curse Lyrics 19 years ago
uhhh...kidding. my comment was meant for "Cato As a Pun," sorry. songmeanings really needs a delete comment feature.

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of Montreal – Heimdalsgate Like a Promethean Curse Lyrics 19 years ago
The last line is spoken: "Is that too much to ask?"

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Sonic Youth – Teenage Riot Lyrics 19 years ago
...i'm more surprised by the fact that people think Sonic Youth is underrated than by the (boring/overdone) emo debate. i was always under the impression that Sonic Youth was very much appreciated/revered by the music community...

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Sonic Youth – Tunic (Song for Karen) Lyrics 19 years ago
It's about Karen Carpenter's anorexia. just do a little research. ...end of story.

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Wilco – Kamera Lyrics 20 years ago
These lyrics are atrociously wrong. Here:

I need a camera
To my eye
To my eye
Reminding
Which lies that I’ve
Been hiding
Which echoes belong
I've counted out
The days to see how far
I've driven in the dark
With echoes in my heart

Phone my family
Tell them I'm lost
On the sidewalk
And, no, it's not OK

I smashed a camera
I wanna know why
To my eye
Deciding
Which lies that I’ve been hiding
Which echoes belong
I'm counting on
A heart I know by heart
To walk me through this war
Where memories distort

Phone my family
Tell them I'm lost
On the sidewalk
And, no, it's not OK

I've counted out
And no one knows how far
I've driven in the dark (tell them I'm lost)
With echoes in my heart (tell them I'm lost)

Phone my family
Tell them I'm lost
Yeah, I'm lost
and, no, it's not OK

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Jenny Lewis – Handle with Care (Traveling Wilburys cover) Lyrics 20 years ago
ben gibbard makes me want to throw up.

other than that, this cover is a treasure. conor's verse is too appropriate for words.

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Bright Eyes – Southern State Lyrics 20 years ago
the last line is missing: "That's it, I think you're sticking with me now 'cause I'm all you've got."

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Lady Sovereign – Random Lyrics 20 years ago
read: the spice girls were hyped commerically, not critically. bad example. the fact that this is an argument on songmeanings should be really humiliating for all of you.

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The Go! Team – Huddle Formation Lyrics 20 years ago
anyone who has ever seen the go! team live knows at least this: it starts "5, 6...5, 6, 7, 8!," the first line of the "chorus" is "bangin' on the door," and the anthem-like yelling at the end is "GO TEAM!" beyond that....i have no idea.

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Ryan Adams – New York, New York Lyrics 20 years ago
Ryan Adams, from an interview with Pitchforkmedia:

...when I wrote the record Gold, I was trying to close a chapter in my life, on who I was, a relationship that I'd been very possessed by and obsessed with. I was trying to find a musical way of closing doors, so that new ones could open. But after that record, 9/11 happened. And then everybody looks back at that song-- where I'm trying to say to this girl, whatever...

Pitchfork: "New York, New York"?

Adams: Yeah. Where we had a run, but OK, it didn't work. And in some weird way that song was almost like that Bon Jovi song, you know (sings), "Better to have loved and lost..." Basically saying that same thing, but people attached this meaning to it. Recently somebody sent me a funny e-mail they'd gotten where this guy wrote, "It's bad enough that this guy, like, totally calls himself Ryan Adams, so that he can get Bryan Adams' fans, but like, he's still playing that 9/11 anthem?" And I was like, that's the best e-mail I've ever seen! But you know what I mean? That song, for some people, changed. It didn't change for me.

http://pitchforkmedia.com/interviews/a/adams_ryan-05/

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Rufus Wainwright – Imaginary Love Lyrics 20 years ago
I think it's "Schubert busts my brain to start with," not "broke." I don't know for sure, but it sure sounds like it. Anyway, I think it's beautiful.

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Rufus Wainwright – Imaginary Love Lyrics 20 years ago
I think it's "Schubert busts my brain to start with," not "broke." I don't know for sure, but it sure sounds like it. Anyway, I think it's beautiful.

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The Faint – Dust Lyrics 21 years ago
on the saddle creek website this song is listed as "dust rises again." ....but i don't know. anyway, ....it's hawt.

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Metric – Hustle Rose Lyrics 21 years ago
What exactly does "Now that your wallet is all lit up, You're gonna want to wear it out" mean...? Sorry, I'm not very hip. Does it just mean...now that you have all the cash money, you want to spend it? sorry for being dumb!

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Bright Eyes – Southern State Lyrics 21 years ago
To be honest, I think this song is about Andy LeMaster of Now it's Overhead. It's all speculation, but the lyrics hint at a theme of self-deception and repression and not being who you are, not doing what you want. Andy LeMaster recently came out as gay - NIO's new album is about self-acceptance and, basically, about sexual self-discovery. And, he's from Georgia - a southern state. the lines that stood out for me on that theme would be the bit about "a girl you barely know" and....the conviction "that there is something that she knows" and the bars with people that "try as you try and you still can't relate to them." Other big ones: "Are you who you say you are?" and "Is this really what you want?" you know. all the typical lines. woo!

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