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| Andrew Bird – The Happy Birthday Song Lyrics
| 20 years ago
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My favorite song on the album. Just a wonderful ending. It doesn't answer any of the questions that the first few songs pose ("Why are we alive"), but I like how it treats the question: Hey, who cares. Let's have fun. Sing me a song.
"'cause hell, what's it all about?" |
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| The Decemberists – Sunshine Lyrics
| 20 years ago
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Awesome! Now, all we need is "Everything I Try To Do, Nothing Seems To Turn Out Right".
I think the Billy Liar 7" was the best four bucks I've ever spent. Even if you have Her Majesty, the two unreleased songs are entirely worth it. |
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| Streetlight Manifesto – The Big Sleep Lyrics
| 20 years ago
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Anybody else notice the violin (I think?) early in the song? I'd heard it a million times, but only really noticed it a few months ago. It's pretty quiet. It's most audible on the line "gone, gone, gone..." |
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| Streetlight Manifesto – The Saddest Song Lyrics
| 20 years ago
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But on a billionth read, that line could be referring to him killing himself, and saying "if you were in my shoes, would you kill yourself?"
In case you were wondering my initial interpretation of that line was "if you lived a better life, would you have still killed yourself?"
Eh, who knows. |
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| Streetlight Manifesto – The Saddest Song Lyrics
| 20 years ago
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I was never able to figure out if the speaker is killing himself or if his friend already did (or both?). The chorus really throws me off.
I'm leaning towards the speaker's friend killing his or herself, because of the line:
"if my life was your life, would you ever take it back?" |
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| Streetlight Manifesto – We Are The Few Lyrics
| 20 years ago
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The part of the song that TFFMO quoted is actually pretty interesting, as to what it means. Go buy the four-track demo, it has songwriting notes that explain this song.
PS. You've all got it wrong. |
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| Streetlight Manifesto – That'll Be The Day Lyrics
| 20 years ago
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Too bad the person he's singing about in this song is obviously dead, 'else maybe the two songs could be connected. They're both anti-suicide, but so is all of Tomas' work. |
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| Streetlight Manifesto – Here's To Life Lyrics
| 20 years ago
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It's unclear whether or not Holden Caulfield kills himself. His frequent suicidal thoughts and extreme actions make it certainly possible, and it's pretty much up to the reader as to whether or not he did kill himself after the book's ending. It's certainly a more interesting way of looking at the novel, thinking about it as more of a suicide-note than a telling of a story. |
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| Streetlight Manifesto – Everything Went Numb Lyrics
| 20 years ago
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This is not about a man plotting to rob a bank. He is put in the situation against his will, most likely, which is what leads him to his "how did it come to this?" state-of-mind. Also, there's nothing about a bank in this song. |
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