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Regina Spektor – On the Radio Lyrics 19 years ago
"this is how it works
you're young until you're not
you love until you don't
you try until you can't
you laugh until you cry
you cry until you laugh
and everyone must breathe
until their dying breath"

that part makes me think & feel a lot. it's like - things are the way they are. sometimes, you don't have control over things. you can only do so much.

that message is kind of repeated when she talks about the song being on the radio twice in a row because the DJ fell asleep. all you can do is listen to it over again.

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Regina Spektor – Poor Little Rich Boy Lyrics 19 years ago
it's like, the only reason the poor little rich boy has a girlfriend is because everyone else does and he wants to feel important, maybe. maybe he even thinks that loving your girlfriend isn't a requirement for the relationship. he isn't looking around for someone to love... he's just sad (maybe surprised) that the couples want to go off and be alone and kiss when he doesn't.

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Architecture in Helsinki – Maybe You Can Owe Me Lyrics 19 years ago
I think this part:

"I don't wanna be here
you just wanna be there
but its awful complicated and you're warning me to beware"

is about person A wanting to be with person B who is deliberately staying away. B feels that a relationship would be very complicated and probably has issues to resolve with past relationships, etc. B might even feel like a heartbreaker and might be thinking that s/he might hurt A if they were to get involved. So B warns A "to beware" because the relationship could end badly and B is insecure.

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Devendra Banhart – At the Hop Lyrics 19 years ago
I agree with delial.
It doesn't have to be about the end of a relationship, just a person leaving, maybe halfway across the world. And their friend/lover/etc. wants to be remembered and thought of. S/he wants a part of themselves (and memories) to be in their suitcase, meals, dreams, words, bones, etc. S/he wants everything that this person does to be associated in one way or another with him/her - so that they'll always be thinking of him/her.

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Mirah – Engine Heart Lyrics 19 years ago
I agree with digitallove.

I think this song is about person A who likes person B, despite the fact that A knows B is not a very good person and, specifically, not good for A. A is falling for B even though B is all wrong for A and A knows it ("this one's come to tear me all apart").

A is reading B's gestures and body language ("just read those eyes, trembling lips, and carburator sighs/thighs") and can't control the crush "even though [A] know[s] they're telling lies." A wants to stop liking B and begs his/her heart to "be still."

A also notes that s/he's "grown soft" - s/he probably never stood around for the shit and lies that B is feeding A in the past, but now s/he's taking it. And the feelings A has for B are so strong; A feels B can use A whichever way s/he'd like ("cut me, smash me, strain me, eat me") - A is like apple sauce: fluid and weak, unable to be strong against B.

I think the "don't forget" part is A reminding him/herself to be strong and remember that B is full of lies, reminding him/herself to "be still."

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The Matches – Scratched Out (Track 11) Lyrics 21 years ago
this song is actually titled Scratched Out

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Bright Eyes – If Winter Ends Lyrics 21 years ago
when i downloaded the song, it had this beginning that sounded like children screaming and a truck, possibly a crash or something. i don't really know what it is but it kinda freaks me out. i was just wondering is anyone can clarify. thanks in advance.

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Bright Eyes – Waste of Paint Lyrics 21 years ago
i think this song is basically a portrayal of many break-downs. everyone's world is crumbling down around them and no one is worthy or lucky or great. everyone is trying so hard and everyone is mediocre. and there comes a moment when you just open your eyes and realize that this is what's in front of you and your whole reality is tumbling down.

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