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| The Wrens – Miss Me Lyrics
| 15 years ago
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I think they took the very best parts of this when they made "Boys, You Won't." When you hear it again on the Meadowlands, it gives you a warm familiar feeling, but it is a more mature song. |
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| The Weakerthans – The Reasons Lyrics
| 16 years ago
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The Weakerthans are probably the single best band to rewrite as prose, but i would have loved to see this as a bulleted list. |
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| The Rolling Stones – Connection Lyrics
| 16 years ago
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This song always jarred me (in a good way), and finally I realized it was because the song starts in the middle of the chorus. |
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| Built to Spill – Twin Falls Lyrics
| 16 years ago
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As good as "Unless of course she peeked" is, I always cringe a little at "or maybe it was three." That one just seems to serve the rhyme. |
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| The Wrens – Surprise, Honeycomb Lyrics
| 17 years ago
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"It protects me from you" is at the heart of the song. Marie knows who she's dealing with, but she comes back anyway, with a talisman for protection. |
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| The Magnetic Fields – Fear Of Trains Lyrics
| 17 years ago
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I feel like the idea that "the straw that broke the camel's back was you" goes unexplored in the song. What did I do to her?
Also: I am a big fan of the phrasing in "her momma shrieks about the lord." |
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| The Magnetic Fields – Deep Sea Diving Suit Lyrics
| 17 years ago
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Being "stuck" in a deep sea diving suit is being mired down by your past relationships. You wear the suit to survive the ocean, it is the protection you need to survive in a harsh environment. If you suddenly find yourself in an inviting environment, however, the suit becomes a hindrance, bulky and heavy, and it slows you down. Similarly, the emotional barriers you build to protect yourself from one bad relationship may hinder you when a good relationship comes along.
Beautiful that he doesn't beat you over the head with other ocean metaphors, though. |
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| The Magnetic Fields – All You Ever Do Is Walk Away Lyrics
| 17 years ago
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Both the image of birds and bruises and the pounds of flesh (which suggest ruthless collection of an obligation or debt) hint at a pretty unhealthy relationship, and yet the chorus tries to suggest a really good life being abandoned. Maybe a song about people who don't know how much they hurt each other. |
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| The Magnetic Fields – All My Little Words Lyrics
| 17 years ago
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I feel like the most important line in the song is "it is your wings that make you beautiful." It isn't just that it can't work out, it can't work out for the very reasons he is in love. |
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| Magnolia Electric Co. – The Dark Don't Hide It Lyrics
| 17 years ago
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The first verse sets the song up, but the last three are what really kill me about this song. Especially "I had a job to do but people like you have been doing it for me to one another--at least I don't hide it." |
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| The Mountain Goats – Born Ready Lyrics
| 17 years ago
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It's not clear where the voice in this song is coming to San Jose from, but it's probably as far south as Los Angeles. The formulation "the 101" is a southern california-ism. In San Jose and its environs, it would simply be "headed up 101". |
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| The Wrens – She Sends Kisses Lyrics
| 17 years ago
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I agree with Snevik 100%, the hyphenated lyrics stand out as some of my favorites in the two songs. "Charles, hold-me-downs" astounded me when I finally figured out that those were the words. |
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| Kleenex Girl Wonder – I'm Pregnant Lyrics
| 17 years ago
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I believe it's "cuirass," meaning breastplate, not "queer ass." So it should be something like "run right through my scarred cuirass and shatter my heart of glass" |
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