| Five for Fighting – Superman (It's Not Easy) Lyrics | 21 years ago |
| There are actually three perspectives going on here. On the literal surface, yes, it's about Superman. Then, like ameliaishere said in the first post, it is about the common man/woman and the trials they face. But let's not forget the third person, John Ondrasik (lead singer of Five for Fighting). I see it as kind of like darkdavo said, but just think a minute. These guys are famous. Spotlight, fans, radio all these people want a peice of "the great John Ondrasik" and all he's trying to say, is that he is a common guy, like the rest of us. He's even "digging for Kryptonite on this one-way street" He wants his powers taken away, but he can't, because once you're famous, you can't go back to the way it used to be, playing in your garage for your girlfreind and hanging out. A very melancholy song about the loss of the simple life... | |
| Sting – Fields of Gold Lyrics | 21 years ago |
| When this song was at its peak, and on the radio all the time, this female friend of mine was struck by lightening and killed. After hearing the news, I drove home from work through the golden prairies of Wind Cave National Park, with the buffalo grazing in the hills, and this song came on. When I hear this song now, I envision (like those who mentioned above) that I have died, and I am meeting her again after a long time, and we walk in those Fields of Gold. The things that Sting mentions in the song, like children and falling in love, are the things she never was able to experience. I can't drive along the desolate highways of South Dakota and look across the rolling hills of prairie and wheat in the fall, without thinking of her. I still think of you Christie, and you passed on just after high school in 1991. | |
| Blues Traveler – Run-Around Lyrics | 21 years ago |
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PS: Actually, the first 4 lines of the song loosely reference Poe's "The Raven" Also, I like the flow of the song, how he knows he is losing (or lost his love) in the first stanza, in the middle, he explains what he wants from her, and after the continued run-around, he gives up and will move on if that is how it has to be, but he hopes there is more to say... |
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| Blues Traveler – Run-Around Lyrics | 21 years ago |
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I really like how Popper refers to Fate as a waitress: I know no matter what the waitress brings I shall drink in and always be full My cup shall always be full He'll accept his fate and not complain but... There is so much good stuff here, similies extended metaphor, John Popper is a poet pure and simple, and the video is a work of subtle art as well. |
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| Sting – Moon Over Bourbon Street Lyrics | 21 years ago |
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For Woolf (as this poem may be about a serial killer or vampire?) Acquainted with the Night By Robert Frost I have been one acquainted with the night. I have walked out in rain --and back in rain. I have outwalked the furthest city light. I have looked down the saddest city lane. I have passed by the watchman on his beat And dropped my eyes, unwilling to explain. I have stood still and stopped the sound of feet When far away an interrupted cry Came over houses from another street, But not to call me back or say good-bye; And further still at an unearthly height One luminary clock against the sky Proclaimed the time was neither wrong nor right. I have been one acquainted with the night. |
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| Sting – Moon Over Bourbon Street Lyrics | 21 years ago |
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Thanks to thedouglas for referring me to the following liner note on DotBT: "Moon Over Bourbon Street was inspired by 'Interview with a Vampire' by Anne Rice" Please look to this line for the were-wolf fans: Oh you'll never see my shade (because he is not out during the day) or hear the sound of my feet (he's flying or at least very light) While there's a moon over Bourbon Street You'll only see me walking by the light of the moon (obviously walking and not a were-wolf) The "moon" stuff is a little confusing, but it is only because Vampires would like the moon vs the sun. I use this song in my class with "I am Aquainted with the Night" by Robert Frost, which has a line in it "I have stood still and stopped the sound of feet" and has a very eerie sound to it if you have just listened to "Moon over Bourbon Street". Sting was an English teacher and I'd like to think he may have had this poem in mind as well, when he wrote the song, as the images are very similiar, and the poem is standard fair for English classes. Either way, you will enjoy the Frost poem, as much as the Sting lyrics, as I feel that this is where modern poetry has taken a foot hold... |
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