| Rufus Wainwright – Cigarettes and Chocolate Milk Lyrics | 21 years ago |
| The line "A little bit Tower of Pisa" is brilliant. Leaning but still standing, that's what the lifestyle gets you (if you're lucky). | |
| Simon and Garfunkel – A Poem On The Underground Wall Lyrics | 21 years ago |
| This is one of my favorite Paul Simon songs. I think it is a beuatifully poetic impression of the myriad of paths towards a personal salvation. | |
| They Might Be Giants – Don't Let's Start Lyrics | 21 years ago |
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The part of the song that has been neglected in out commentary is: "No one in the world ever gets what they want and that is beautiful Everybody dies frustrated and sad and that is beautiful " which I feel is true. I am not sure if the major issue is chaeting, but I think that he still wants to be with her because he realizes nothing is ever perfect. (Read Lovesong: I and thou by Alan Dugan, it's a beutiful poem to that effect.) I think the song is about a desirte to change and save the relationship, but frustration about the lack of support from the girls side. |
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| The Postal Service – The District Sleeps Alone Tonight Lyrics | 21 years ago |
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The major point of the song to me is the sense of being left behind for something better. I don't really think it matters if the girlfriend is in rehab or in college or just now in the city. There is a point when lives diverge. I think the biggest sense of loss in the song comes from the fact that the "narrator" didn't have the courage to do what the girl has done. She has forged a life without him to the point where she is giving him advice on how to behave when he is here so that he doesn't mess up her new life. My personal theory is that this is a long distance relationship. They left it hanging as to whether it would continue, but she obviously made new friends and connections without thinking about him because she wanted this life. He, on the other hand remained static. He did the same things as always only without her. Now, when he sees the life she made he is impressed and saddened both because he can't be a part of this new life which he admires and because he did not create a life like this for himself. That's why "he was the one worth leaving." And seeing his life in contrast to hers makes hime realize this. (I think there is an interesting subtlety in the line "I am finally seeing why I was the one worth leaving" as opposed to the possible line "that I was the one worth leaving." The former implies he knew that was his position all along, but could not quite understand why she left him.) |
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