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| Ryan Adams – My Winding Wheel Lyrics
| 15 years ago
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I am with Hunter on this one. The girl is his "winding wheel", as in a wheel of fortune that totally controls how he feels, that labilizes him. |
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| Rufus Wainwright – Foolish Love Lyrics
| 16 years ago
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huh i got something totally different from this. to me it sounds more like a coming out song, as in rufus saying he's not prepared to spend his life pretending he's attracted to girls (especially mind the "me and my mistress the princess" line). a song in the vein of elton john's "rocket man" or scissor sisters' "take your mama". but maybe you guys have a point. maybe the song's about not wanting to feel that anguish of when you're fatally attracted to someone (and pretend like you're totally cool and aloof with that person), which i suppose is very universal. Or, you could still see it in the first sense, but without it being in any particular relation to any sexual orientation, like in: not wanting to fake love for someone. OR, it might be interpretable as: wanting to stop longing for a person whose whims and craziness you have to adapt to, just to make sure they "love" you back. anyway, what a superbly written and poignant song! |
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| Ryan Adams – Halloween Lyrics
| 16 years ago
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i always experienced this song as very comforting one, but while listening to it for the millionth time just now, i came to realize that it might very well be another song about (or addressed to) beth orton. evidence: the snowflake reference (see "the sweetest decline"); "we are here to help her sing her songs" - it seems that ryan is subtly suggesting her musical incompetence, being "just" a singer and ever dependent on other people for her success. kind of like how in "english girls approximately" he is dissing her brother for "not knowing the blues at all". let's face it, he's just trying to get back at her for hurting him (and who could blame him ;p) - a universal theme. so in this sense, you might say it's a self-comforting song. but i also hear compassion. and so much more that's even harder to put into words. however, i absolutely adore it. |
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| Ryan Adams – Beautiful Sorta Lyrics
| 17 years ago
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in a couple of 2006 live renditions ryan has been changing around the lyrics of the bridge near the end to: "i do everything i can to confuse you, and it works" - haha, great one. |
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| Ryan Adams – Fuck the Universe Lyrics
| 17 years ago
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back on "exile on franklin street" this song was called "faker", in which ryan sang "you're a faker" and not "i'm a faker". i prefer the early version, although this one has its moments. |
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| Ryan Adams – What Sin Lyrics
| 17 years ago
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"I want to kick love right in its gut
Beat it and leave for dead
Wash my hands in the river
Lie down and die in your bed"
--- omfg, so good. |
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| Ryan Adams – Hallelujah Lyrics
| 17 years ago
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check the superb live rendition on this page: http://www.archive.org/details/ryanadams2006-10-17.sbd.flac16
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it's a shame that there are so many mistakes in the transcription here. it kinda hides the fact that the lyrics are absolutely tremendous. |
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| Ryan Adams – Harder Now That It's Over Lyrics
| 17 years ago
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lol jail. - yeah, seems like one of ryan's exes got a new boyfriend and ryan had a bit of a hard time coping with it. --- or maybe we're all wrong, and he's talking about his wiener... think about it: "harder now that it's over"... |
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| Sheryl Crow – If It Makes You Happy Lyrics
| 17 years ago
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voodoochild: yes! yazzers and lilac3397: while that may not have been what sheryl exactly meant, it's exactly how i feel about this song too at the moment! |
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| Eels – Not Ready Yet Lyrics
| 17 years ago
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yeah, it did dressed2depress. great description. although, i wouldn't say "modern" life, but just life in general... it's about fear of life, fear of the experiences and feelings it brings along. great comment by xpankfrisst as well btw. |
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| Ryan Adams – Touch, Feel & Lose Lyrics
| 17 years ago
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http://www.archive.org/details/radams2001-11-02.sbd.flac - a great live version where at one point he replaces the words "and cry, cry, cry" by "meg whi-i-ite": would this song really be directed to her?
anyway, sounds like ryan got hurt and he wishes he could've hurt her back.
and btw, doesn't the fourth line say "'cause all i know now from you is grEED"? |
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| The Verve – A New Decade Lyrics
| 17 years ago
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one of the most intense songs ever. and one of the highpoints of the verve's career. meaning seems pretty clear to me. |
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| Oasis – Roll With It Lyrics
| 17 years ago
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uhm, it's liam singing. i like the repeating of the line "i think i've got a feeling i've lost inside" at the end of the song. no idea what exactly it's supposed to mean, but it's my mantra in times when i'm regaining self-confidence and stability after a dip. if you like songs in this vein, listen to the verve's "a new decade". |
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| Hole – Violet Lyrics
| 18 years ago
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courtney love is charismatic and even talented, but she's VERY much in touch with her satan side. amazing song, nevertheless.
ps, a side note: ("fish":) some people point to the fact that kurt cobain was a pisces - well, billy corgan was one too. ("amethyst":) but okay, he wasn't born in february like kurt but in march. |
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| Ani DiFranco – I'm No Heroine Lyrics
| 18 years ago
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thesweatdescends- it's obvious that you're not alone when you listen to the live version of this song on the living in clip album. even to a man it's immensely moving to feel the love from all the women in the room after ani's sung those lines. |
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| The Lemonheads – If I Could Talk I'd Tell You Lyrics
| 18 years ago
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i read a story somewhere about this song being inspired on an interview evan dando did while being unable to speak because of a huge amount of crack he took the night before or something. anyway, great little song. |
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| Ryan Adams – The Hardest Part Lyrics
| 18 years ago
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"the hardest part is loving somebody that cares for you so much"
a fine expression of perhaps life's biggest paradox. the one that makes this world go round and the reason so many people end up heartbroken. if showing another person how super fucking much you love and want them would be enough for that person to fall in love with you back, things would be easy. but that's just not the way it goes. it even works the other way around. |
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| Jeff Buckley – All Flowers In Time Bend Towards The Sun Lyrics
| 18 years ago
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http://www.archive.org/download/All_Flowers_In_Time_Bend_Towards_The_Sun/JeffBuckleyElizabethFraserAllFlowersInTimeBendTowardsTheSun.mp3
just found it today. ;) kind of by accident really. i just did some googling, wanting to know again what the connection of this song was with liz fraser. anyway, enjoy! (i sure as hell did) |
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| Ryan Adams – Meadowlake Street Lyrics
| 18 years ago
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it's amazing how ryan adams can incorporate imagery into his lyrics that's mostly used in very cliché ways by other artists - things like the moon, the stars, blabla.. - and actually, by means of a couple of subtle lingual twists, make it all feel really deep and urgent and moving (what adds to this fact too is of course his usual wonderful singing - even though i prefer his voice as heard on faithless street, rock n roll and love is hell). anyway, this greatness is perhaps only matched by the song's masterful musical buildup and the wondrous timbres it fills my ears with hehe. as for the meaning, it seems simple: pondering on and longing back for a past love - either suddenly struck by the memory, or never really having been able to let go of it. probably a mix of both. ;) |
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| Radiohead – I Can't Lyrics
| 18 years ago
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amazing song. i totally agree with imaweirdo on the meaning, and like geeballs14 i can't help but want to comment on the instrumental outro, it's so f'in powerful! gets me every time. those wild distorted guitar attacks with the occasional feedback on that brilliant bassline backed up by the drums work like magic. (making the right facial expressions even deepens the experience of listening to this last minute of the song btw ;)) |
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| Jeff Buckley – Hallelujah/I Know It's Over Lyrics
| 18 years ago
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rather_shy: shouldn't be hard to find.. it's on mystery white boy. ;) -- and phil_FFF: it really IS "soil". i know it's over is a -fantastic- song by the smiths, from their classic album the queen is dead. |
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| Jeff Buckley – Hallelujah/I Know It's Over Lyrics
| 18 years ago
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rather_shy: shouldn't be hard to find.. it's on mystery white boy. ;) -- and phil_FFF: it really IS "soil". i know it's over is a -fantastic- song by the smiths, from their classic album the queen is dead. |
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| Rilo Kiley – The Frug Lyrics
| 18 years ago
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i read all the previous comments and i agree most with itsmynameforyou (check first page ;)). it's like knowing all the moves but somehow not being able to experience the feelings that should come along with them. |
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| The Dresden Dolls – Coin-Operated Boy Lyrics
| 18 years ago
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isn't this song just about amanda being such a highly evolved and intelligent and experienced woman that she can't find a guy who lives up to her high expectations? which, of course frustrates her, but she also seems to be frustrated because she realizes her expectations may be TOO high. but she keeps hoping finally a "REAL man" will come along that satisfies her every need. someone like me perhaps lol. |
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| Ryan Adams – This House Is Not for Sale Lyrics
| 19 years ago
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Gimme a break.
I feel like this is a song about loss, about losing someone and the feeling (or the knowledge...) of not being able to do anything about it.
I'd recommend anyone to download it btw, it's a sad and melancholic song, but a truly great one too. |
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