| Bright Eyes – Poison Oak Lyrics | 18 years ago |
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There seem to be a lot of references to Capote's "In Cold Blood". If you haven't read it, you should. The comparison is really quote intreguing. |
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| The Used – Cut Up Angels Lyrics | 19 years ago |
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I think that this song is using sex as a metaphor for suicide. And I also think that the people who are arguing that it's not are moronic. That said, the song is about the emotions that a person feels after suicide. He's angry. He's sorry. He's guilt-ridden, and then places all the blame on his now-deceased girlfriend. It seems as though they were in a very sex-driven relationship, the kind of sex that's wraught with emotion and passion, but perhaps not as much love as there is need. "If you cut out the bad, then we'd have nothing left." The girl obviously had issues, some of which were the boyfriend's fault, most of which were from past experiences- but she blamed them all on him, said it was all his fault. "You lied to the angels, said I stabbed you to death." Could angles be a metaphor for the police? "Watch you bite into the bottle Watch me kick out the chair Let you chew up the glass And laugh as you just hung there I had thought of rose pedals Most were perfectly pure Then I thought of your pedals And the abuse they've been through" This stanza shows how obviously unhealthy the entire relationship was. They faught a lot, they blamed eachother a lot, and while the song seems to hint at rape, I suspect that it's more along the lines of violent make-up sex. And for fuck's sake- it's "petals" not "pedals" Geez. |
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| Vanessa Carlton – Half a Week Before the Winter Lyrics | 19 years ago |
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I just want to point out that Evanescence and Vannessa Carlton do not constitute "Gothic" music. However, the entire song makes me think that she's talking about the corruption that comes through the corporate world through the naive eyes of a child. She sees her father figure working, and even though he's doing it all for her, it's hurting even though she can't conciously determine the source of that pain. The unicorns don't really strike me as metaphors for innocence, but rather as powerful, arrogant, stubborn characters. Like doctors and bishops who should be helping people, but instead are caught up in their own self-importance. She sees that, but again, can't comprehend the source of all of that negativity. Ironically, to me the vampires seem like the innocents. A backwards metaphor for the children who are "sucking the life from" the business fathers, and the adults caught up in the material world who see their children as burdens, rather than... Chances are, I'm looking too introspectivly, though. |
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| Gregory and the Hawk – Isabelle Lyrics | 19 years ago |
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It's "strong hands". This song is beautiful, it reminds me of Jewel. |
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| Alanis Morissette – I Was Hoping Lyrics | 19 years ago |
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Actually, the lyrics of this song are a little bit off, and it's also a lot easier to read, and to understandwhen it's written with proper grammar and quotation. I digress though, I'm a snob about that kind of thing. I think that this song is a conversation held between a woman and a man who were never actually lovers, but had a romantic relationship that they never went through with. I'm not sure what leads me to that conclusion, but I'm just struck that way. The man is struggling with his relationship with his wife, and as a last resort he turns to his old friend (and flame) who he presumably hasn't spoken to for a while. Their pleasant conversation in a restaurant becomes awkward when the man begins to his on the woman. "Yes you're still a fine woman." I cringed. They leave the restaurant and the woman reflects on the maturity she's gained since they last spoke. She's grown as a person, and even though she's successful and perhaps famous, she's learned to be humble. She also thinks back on what might have been a somewhat controlling relationship on the man's part, and that he's showing the same characteristics that he used to. He accuses her of "withdrawing and guilt-tripping" but she is just fustrated because he's not respecting her opinion. So she challenges him on his point, but ends up falling through on her bravado, "I had to watch my tone for fear of having him feel judged." I love this song. I wonder if it's autobiographical. |
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| Leonard Cohen – Famous Blue Raincoat Lyrics | 20 years ago |
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My dad and I used to listen to this song when I was very young. I was always under the impression that it presented a love triangle of sorts. And that the man with the Famous Blue Raincoat was one of the author's close friends, he does refer to him as Brother. I think that the man with the Famous Blue Raincoat was a drug addict, and that the woman was in love with him, but always harboured the hope that he would stop taking drugs. Eventually he was too far gone to ever be whole again, and the woman returned to the author, because they too love eachother. The author looks upon the man in the Famous Blue Raincoat with a tired, weary affection. He understands that his woman and the man are in love. There is no anger in this song. Just saddness, and loss. |
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| Fiona Apple – The Child Is Gone Lyrics | 21 years ago |
| Actually, Fiona Apple was raped when she was a young girl. It affected her life and a lot of her songs (Sullen Girl, Criminal, Sleep to Dream). The song refers to her innocence that was lost, and her insecurity in it... | |
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