| Phoenix – Everything Is Everything Lyrics | 19 years ago |
| i think it's about the importance of just living life instead of philosophising, making choices instead of endlessly deliberating. 'everything is everything' has a buddhist quality to it, and ties in with 'the more i talk about it the less i do control.' don't bother trying to discuss or understand life, just live it. | |
| Grand National – Talk Amongst Yourselves Lyrics | 19 years ago |
| The mix of this song on Sasha's 'Involver' is awesome - you should check it out if you haven't already. | |
| The Streets – Weak Become Heroes Lyrics | 19 years ago |
| awesome song - but does anyone know what the 'few blue maddens/maidens are like the toilets' line is about? | |
| Sun Kil Moon – Carry Me Ohio Lyrics | 20 years ago |
| This song is so unbelievably awesome. I love the lyrics (unintelligible as they often are), and his voice is amazing. Well said, glentipton. | |
| D*Frost – Da Flow Lyrics | 21 years ago |
| Not a lot. | |
| Kings of Convenience – Homesick Lyrics | 21 years ago |
| It's an unbelievable song - definitely something to do with Simon and Garfunkel, you just have to listen to the harmonies to hear it. | |
| The Postal Service – Sleeping In Lyrics | 21 years ago |
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Um, when you mail a letter, you are the sender. So, if you mail a letter with the address of the sender, you mail it with your own address - so that if the letter can't be delivered to the intended recipient, it is sent back to you, and if it can be delivered, the recipient knows where to send their reply to. It's not that complicated, and no one is stealing from the post office... Just interested, raztes - why would they mention something positive, 'obeying stop signs and curing diseases,' and then immediately follow it with 'stealing from the post office and being a cheapskate'? Commonsense? |
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| Badly Drawn Boy – The Shining Lyrics | 21 years ago |
| It's not soliel, it's soleil - French for sun. | |
| Coldplay – Careful Where You Stand Lyrics | 21 years ago |
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Everyone is looking too deep into the unrequited love explanation, which is just plain wrong. While there are implications that the persona's girlfriend has more power over him that he has over her - "I feel warm when you want me to" - there is nothing in the song that suggests his feelings are not returned. The lyrics certainly don't look into the girl's reaction to the relationship, so it's impossible to assert what her feelings are. She could love him, she could think he's a jerk. It's more likely the former than the latter, or else he wouldn't be "by her side," but because this song is really just an affirmation of the singer's love for someone, we'll never know what she thinks of him. However, the fact that they're "always looking out for one another" would suggest reciprocity in the relationship: it isn't just a one-sided love. So don't feel too sorry for the guy. Oh, and yes, Chris's voice is awesome, as is the guitar intro. |
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| The Postal Service – Sleeping In Lyrics | 21 years ago |
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There is no sarcasm in this song - that's what makes The Postal Service great. As someone said earlier, it's like the singer has the mind of a young child. He approaches 'deadly serious' issues with innocence and optimism - stripping away the stigma we attach to them and looking on the bright side. There is no implication in the lyrics or in the way they are delivered that the song is 'taking a stab at society' - on the contrary, the main message of the song is, 'relax, things aren't as bad as you think.' The song describes Kennedy's killer as "slightly bored and severely confused," and posits the idea that global warming is just a reward for good deeds and small acts of kindness. Sure, this is tongue-in-cheek, but the meaning is ultimately: there is a human side to every news story; the world is not as frightening as you think; every cloud has a silver lining, so don't worry so much. The idea of 'sleeping in' both acknowledges that an 'ideal world' is nothing but a dream, and ties in with the idea of relaxing, and letting the chips fall where they may. No sarcasm. Just a nicer way of looking at the world we live in. |
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| Marcy Playground – Sex And Candy Lyrics | 21 years ago |
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Wow, who would've thought that there'd be so much to write about a song this shallow... Child molestation? Infidelity? Being high on confectionary? Going to the porn store in some guy's hometown? Methinks it's about sex and candy. |
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| Paul Simon – Diamonds On the Soles of Her Shoes Lyrics | 21 years ago |
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The discussion thus far has involved different people - primarily Sir Larrikin, JForsythe and padmewan - trying to impose different interpretations upon this song. JForsythe, for example, says that the metaphor of 'diamonds on the souls of her shoes' consistently refers to the feeling of being in love, while Sir Larrikin thinks it's about wealth and dating 'above your station.' To have a discussion like this is to ignore the essence of Paul SImon's lyrical genius. The point is, his best lyrics - as with any sublime lyrics - cannot be explained in only one way. The metaphor of 'diamonds on the souls of her shoes' deals simultaneously with: love, beauty and the degradation thereof, the disparity between rich and poor, socio-economic injustice in South Africa, and more. It is the complexity of Simon's lyrics - the fact that one can't just say "the metaphore [sic] is rich and deep, but this one i feel as if i understand" - that makes them truly great. |
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| Faithless – Mass Destruction Lyrics | 21 years ago |
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These lyrics are definitely wrong, because they're missing the verse in whic hhe says, "Why do all these people seem to hate my dad?...But now I'm geared up for the fight, and he would be proud of me - if my daddy came home tonight." In light of this, can someone explain to me what actually happens to the narrator's father? I assume, from the line "I have a duty calling on me," that the dad is sent off to war. But if that were the case, why would people hate the dad? Surely everyone's dad would have been sent off to fight? I understand the political sentiments of the song - because they're pretty damn clear - but I'm afraid the lyrics just don't make sense. |
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| Paul Simon – Graceland Lyrics | 21 years ago |
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Okay, let's clear up the whole Graceland issue... Maybe it was just a word he read in a newspaper, or an offhand decision of that nature. I'd like to believe that it wasn't, because that really cheapens the whole thing doesn't it? Elvis Presley is the embodiment of rock/popular music, so the persona's pilgrimage to Graceland mirrors Simon's musical journey to South Africa. Plus the whole idea of Graceland was a fantasy destination - a place that represented the flashy artifice of American culture in a particular period of history. |
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