| Pearl Jam – Immortality Lyrics | 21 years ago |
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The allusions to Cobain's death is severely uncanny, yet I don't believe that the song is enitirely about it. Some lines just don't fit with that idea. To me: Immortality speaks of truants: those who neglect their in duties in life and the consequences they must pay for thereafter. Vacate, meaning to countermand as in a death sentence, refers to the redemption truants can achieve if they choose to take responsibilities. Because they have no one to blame other than themselves, reprisal for their circumstances is an impossibility (“Vengeance has no place so near to her”). However, none shall feel pity for those who ignore obligations and thus the phrase, “artificial tears.” In such a case, one cannot find salvation through intelligence, but rather their change in morals. “Wisdom can’t adhere.” When some people feel that they have found a place in life, they strive to keep hold of their rank, but without the right priorities, they can easily lose fame and glory. This is depicted by the line: “A truant finds home, and a wish to hold on, but there’s a trapdoor in the sun.” Some of those who fail to strive, lose respect from others, and consequently lose any privileges given unto them. "As privelaged as a whore." “coming up a which way sign” refers to the decision they must make. If they make the wrong decision, they are likely to fall into worse conditions, sometimes to the point in which they would rather commit suicide to escape life. “Some just die to live…” |
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| Our Lady Peace – All For You Lyrics | 21 years ago |
| Does anybody happen to understand the reference to Jack Kerouac... I realize that it may or may not be largely important to the general idea of the song... but I wonder what the allusion is supposed to mean...?? | |
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