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| The Tallest Man on Earth – The Gardener Lyrics
| 17 years ago
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If you take it literally, there are people that don't want the narrator and the girl together, so the narrator kills them and buries them in the garden ("fertilize the roses" "death will grow my jasmine" "buried by the lilies" "buried by the daisies"). They dance in the garden, and the narrator gets pleasure out of the fact that those that he now has the girl, the garden, and no opposition to their love.
He's a killer, but he still wants to be a prince( or the tallest man) to the girl. ("ain't no frog kissing your hand" is like the fairy tale of the frog turning into a prince, so he's already the prince) |
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| The National – Cardinal Song Lyrics
| 17 years ago
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"don't let her see your cardinal eyes"
Cardinal is also a shade of red (where the bird gets the name from), so you could have cardinal eyes from crying or being upset. |
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| Clap Your Hands Say Yeah – Some Loud Thunder Lyrics
| 18 years ago
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It's about how music on the radio and TV sounds compared to "underground music." It's a commentary on the loudness and distortion added to bands in post-production, as opposed to the original sounds of bands. |
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| Why? – Simeon's Dilemma Lyrics
| 18 years ago
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I love the reference to his bicycle.
"on my fixie with the chopped horns turned" is a reference to his fixed gear bicycle with a common handlebar modification. |
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| Rumbleseat – Trestles Lyrics
| 18 years ago
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The literal image from this song is hanging out on a bridge over the James River. I get the image of the train scene from "Stand by Me" from the song. |
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| Rumbleseat – Trestles Lyrics
| 18 years ago
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The literal image from this song is hanging out on a bridge over the James River. I get the image of the train scene from "Stand by Me" from the song. |
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| The Old 97s – Crash On The Barrelhead Lyrics
| 18 years ago
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I've read that it's about Ryan Adams when they witnessed his wild antics at Austin City Limits Fest when he was with Whiskeytown.
So, it's less of a feud and more of a "We've been around longer than you, watch yourself or you are going to end up dead." |
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| The Gaslight Anthem – Angry Johnny and the Radio Lyrics
| 18 years ago
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I see the Bob Dylan references: "Thinking about the government" and "Mixing up the medicine" from Subterranean Homesick Blues. And then "Bobby does it better." I assume it's about times with a friend and listening to Dylan. Great song. |
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| The Ergs – Radio K Lyrics
| 18 years ago
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Radio K is the college radio station for University of Minnesota. The song is you standard "Boy likes girl, girl doesn't like boy" kind of song but it's awesome. |
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| The National – Mr. November Lyrics
| 18 years ago
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I interpreted this as a "comeback" sort of song. Like descendent said, he used to be admired.
"I'm the new blue blood." Blue blood refers to a long family tradition of wealth, so to be the New Blue Blood, it's like starting over a new tradition of success and wealth.
"The Great White Hope" was the nickname given to a boxer who was supposed to be able to beat African American boxer Jack Johnson, but lost which is another reference to failure.
"I won't fuck us over, I'm Mr November." is like the other Reggie Jackson references, but for the song, the protagonist has messed something up in a crucial situation but assures that he will make it okay.
Jackson always pulled through in the Playoffs in October, but the protagonist is Mr November and will make it work out after he's already failed. |
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| Doomriders – Deathbox Lyrics
| 18 years ago
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It's about skateboarding. Rocking song for such a silly subject, but they rocked me sterile. |
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| The White Stripes – The Big Three Killed My Baby Lyrics
| 18 years ago
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How could anyone confuse this for anything other than the Big 3 Automakers? 1. The White Stripes are from Detroit aka Motorcity aka WHERE THE BIG 3 AUTOMAKERS ARE LOCATED 2. lyrics in reference to automobiles: "their ideas made me want to spit
a hundred dollars goes down the pit
30,000 wheels are rollin'
and my stick shift hands are swollen"
"why dont you take the day off and try to repair
a billion others dont seem to care
better ideas are stuck in the mud
the motors runnin' on tuckers blood
dont let them tell you the future's electric
cause gasolines not measured in metric
30,000 wheels are spinnin'
and oil company faces are grinnin'
now my hands are turnin' red"
"im about to have another blowout
im about to have another blowout"
Really, that is surely about the record industry... or World War II, right guys?
It's about how the Big 3 killed Automotive innovation.
How could anyone still think otherwise after the correct comment by "a scar in the sky" |
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| Lucero – Sixteen Lyrics
| 18 years ago
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It should be "I am so unsatisfied" instead of "Someone satisfied" because it's a reference to the Replacements song "Unsatisfied." Top notch tuneage. |
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| The Old 97s – Solome Lyrics
| 19 years ago
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This reply is almost 5 years later, but if you are like Salome, you are a horrible person. I think everyone can relate to having a significant other like this. We try so hard to keep them and make them happy, but they can just move on to someone else so easily with no feeling at all, while we are left a hollow person wondering what went wrong. One of my favorite songs ever. |
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| Drive-By Truckers – Zip City Lyrics
| 19 years ago
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It's about dating a girl from a 'the perfect family' and dealing with their hypocritical conservative values, because her dad actually deals drugs out of the church, her sister is a slut, and her brother is gay. So, the Minister/Drug Dealer father hates the boyfriend, so the boyfriend wonders why he even bothers with the drive and not getting any since he has no real love for the girl, but the drive keeps him from thinking about his problems in his life. It's pretty self explanatory story. |
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| Uncle Tupelo – D. Boon Lyrics
| 19 years ago
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D. Boon was the singer/guitarist/genius for the Minutemen, one of the best punk bands from the 80's. He died in 1985 in a van accident. |
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| The Hold Steady – Chillout Tent Lyrics
| 19 years ago
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For those that don't know, the guest male vocals are by David Pirner of Soul Asylum, and the guest female vocals are by Elizabeth Elmore of The Reputation/Sarge. |
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| The Decemberists – Sons and Daughters Lyrics
| 19 years ago
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I think the end should be "Hear" instead of "Here" since it seems like the sound of a bomb would be fading away instead of talking about a place in which bombs fade away. |
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| Nerf Herder – Nosering Girl Lyrics
| 19 years ago
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Although i bought this album when I was 10 years old, this song reminds me of this summer. I met a vegetarian girl with a nosering. I liked her, but I like steak even more. |
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| Lucero – When You're Gone Lyrics
| 19 years ago
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I think this is about fooling around with someone you have feelings for, but they don't have the same feelings for you and they just wanted a one night stand. |
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| DJ Shadow – Why Hip Hop Sucks In '96 Lyrics
| 19 years ago
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I think it actually says, "It's the money" because that's why hip hop sucked in 1996. They all cared about the money and had that same west coast sound to their music. |
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| Bouncing Souls – Lean On Sheena Lyrics
| 19 years ago
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I think it's about domestic violence, and being that friend that is there for someone who is in an abusive relationship and convincing them to get out of it. |
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| Cursive – Bad Sects Lyrics
| 19 years ago
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It's about a priest and his former (male) student falling in love, and how they are ashamed because they know that no one will approve of it because of who they are.
"I know this is wrong cuz we’re told this is wrong"
The church teaches you to think the way they want you to, instead of thinking and living for yourself. |
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| Reel Big Fish – We Care Lyrics
| 19 years ago
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This song is a lot like the Bauhaus song "Crowds" (weird, I know) People enjoy the music, and the band puts it all out for them, and then they get disrespected for becoming successful. |
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| Ryan Adams – Starting to Hurt Lyrics
| 19 years ago
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"I'm high on forever and always together"
This part is comparing a relationship to a drug. The good parts of a relationship (thinking about being with someone forever) are like the high, and when a relationship goes bad, it's like coming down from a drug. So, he's saying that everything was good, but it's going bad. |
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| Death Cab for Cutie – This Temporary Life Lyrics
| 20 years ago
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Any ideas about "The city with the stolen name"? I'm guessing Portland, since Portland, Maine was there first and Oregon is south of Washington, which they are from. It would also go with the idea of being lonely in college away from those people that you care about. |
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| Mastodon – Workhorse Lyrics
| 20 years ago
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"This next song is about work, and how it sucks."
That's what they said it was about in concert a few years ago. The lyrics are deeper sounding than that, but that's the overall theme. |
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| Europe – The Final Countdown Lyrics
| 20 years ago
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I heard that this song was about the Challenger blowing up in 1986, hence the space theme and it being "The Final Countdown." I honestly don't see why a Swedish band would care about the failure of another country's space program, or why they think they were leaving for Venus, but oh well. |
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| The Game – Hate It or Love It Lyrics
| 20 years ago
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1. I assume Air Forces are the Nike shoes, and G's are gangsters, so maybe it goes back with the kids killing kids over expensive shoes.
2. He claims he did in the song, but who knows.
6. Brenda is the subject of an old 2Pac song called "Brenda's Got a Baby". It probably references to how he knew girls just like Brenda in the 2Pac song while growing up. |
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| Master P – Ghetto D Lyrics
| 21 years ago
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This song helped me find the finest dope. I now know what to look for when buying an 8-ball or some weed. I agree, thank you Master P for teaching me how to buy the dopest dope. |
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| Q And Not U – And the Washington Monument (Blinks) Goodnight Lyrics
| 21 years ago
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The album came out in 2000, so that doesn't make much sense.
I think it's about how they are from DC, and they want to see everything that people know DC for to go away. Everyone knows the Beltway, and the monuments, and they would care less if that all went away. |
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