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| Elliott Smith – Christian Brothers Lyrics
| 19 years ago
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christian brothers is a type of brandy. i think there is a definite reference to his self-destructive behaviour in 'nightmares become me it's so fucking clear'. it's almost as if he keeps succumbing to these stereotypical issues which plague so many decent artists and he's entirely aware of it, even wants it maybe - 'it's sick what i want'. |
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| Sugababes – Overload Lyrics
| 20 years ago
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I think they meant it in that way. But why should it be frowned upon? I think it's a really good lyric, as though she's finally sleeping with someone she's been obsessed with but knows she doesn't mean as much to and she's just dreading the end because then it will all be over. Meh, maybe, maybe not. That's the way I like to look at it. |
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| Eels – Elizabeth On The Bathroom Floor Lyrics
| 20 years ago
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Scrap that, further research (I have nothing better to do) has shown me that she was actually his sister and that he had a mum so possibly, just possibly, wasn't an orphan. |
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| Eels – Elizabeth On The Bathroom Floor Lyrics
| 20 years ago
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As far as I was aware, Elizabeth wasn't actually his sister, as it were. She was someone who he grew up with in the orphanage and therefore was probably like a sister but was actually just a friend. I think there have also been rumours about a romantic involvement between E and her at some point but he apparantly won't mention anything to do with it. I like Malformation's idea but I can't see this song as anything other than one of the most negative and depressing songs I've ever heard. |
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| Aimee Mann – You Could Make A Killing Lyrics
| 20 years ago
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I wouldn't be surprised if this song was about drug abuse. Firstly, the line 'there is nothing that competes with habit' - i.e. a drug habit. 'and I know it's neither deep nor tragic' - I've personally known a lot of people who have got into drugs, particularly cocaine and heroin, because it has been glamourised by the movies as being 'deep and tragic'. Obviously the next line follows on this idea.
When she says she wishes she had been young and stupid so she could 'have the fun that you did' perhaps she's regretting the fact that she can't relate to this person because it was never something she was involved in. In 'Save Me' she refers to herself as a girl in need of a tourniquette - which perhaps could be taken as a reference to her desire to take heroin (as a tourniquette is used when injecting) (possibly a long shot)
When she talks about searching the rubble it could be saying that she's lost this person to the habit - the rubble being the ruins of a life lost to drugs.
As for the making a killing bit - that's lost on me. |
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| Manic Street Preachers – My Little Empire Lyrics
| 21 years ago
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To me, this song represents what depression and isolation in younger years can result in - feeling trapped in a sort of 'secret' world, unable to actually put your finger on why it was you created this world in the first place. I think it's about trapping yourself in your head and thinking you're somehow better or different to everyone else - then realising that you may not be, but still having this 'empire' that you automatically retreat into. 'My ideology it is dead and gone' - You can't remember what you were striving for when you were younger. 'Almost forgotten for the eye to see' - But you know that you never achieved it. |
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