| Bad Brains – Leaving Babylon Lyrics | 16 years ago |
| These are not the full lyrics. There's that whole back end with HR singing something about "I said the politician lyin', my momma just a cryin'/ And nothin' ever gonna change/ My papa just a ?scion?, my sister just a lion/ And I ain't got nothin to say, no oh oh" And as the song fades out the "Well I say/ nothing (something something)" that I never really decyphered. | |
| Youth Brigade – You Don't Know Shit Lyrics | 17 years ago |
| Uh...this song has nothing to do with Minor Threat. It's not an attack on them - they were friends back in the day. The line "you're thinking of DC" refers, specifically, to the band DC Youth Brigade, who were edge. Also, straight edge people need to dissociate itself from Minor Threat. They never preached, it was just Ian's take on life - get over it, he sure did. | |
| Mischief Brew – Nomads Revolt Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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ElegantMule, "There is power in unions of ramblers who got nothing to own/ But there's more in one fist swingin' mother swearin', 'My Children shall never be sold!'" To me this is him saying that while you may have legions of penniless, idealistic, 'revolutionary' nomads who make some kind of difference, the same revolutionary words spoken from a mother (here used as a representation for settling down and growing older) are even more powerful because it's coming from a place of more credibility. tl;dr - A whole gathering of career protesters may carry a voice, but it's not as powerful as that of an angry mom saying the same thing. |
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| Bread and Roses – Let the Wind & the Sea Be My Grave Lyrics | 18 years ago |
| Hate to comment on my own submission, but everyone needs to hear this song. Obviously a tune about living the life of a transient; always going from city to city to play shows, leaving behind a stable life for adventure and the unknown. | |
| Mischief Brew – Save A City... Lyrics | 19 years ago |
| You're probably right about that Folk et all, I hadn't even put those two together. For those who aren't familiar with MOVE, do a wiki search for it. Amazing story of how a grassroots organization was targeted by the Philadelphia mayor and police (essentially for being outspoken about their beliefs in reverting to a more "rustic" lifestyle") and how on two separate incidences, the MOVE headquarters were invaded ending in bloodshed, and in one case was actually BOMBED by the Philadelphia PD. | |
| Mischief Brew – Thanks Bastards! Lyrics | 19 years ago |
| Great song about the abuse of executive authority and how this causes the birth of more rebels/anti-authoritarians ("You made me what I am"), first talking about the police (the "41 bullets" part is a specific reference to the police murdering Amadou Diallo) and continuing with federal abuses of power. | |
| Slayer – Angel Of Death Lyrics | 19 years ago |
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I find it kind of funny all the people with the "666" in their name and all this satanic stuff posting here about how religion is so evil and all that, and how they love slayer. Everyone who's over the age of 16 and knows anything about the band knows that at least front man Tom Araya is a devout Catholic and strongly believes in his faith, but he and the rest of the band purposefully write songs with the intention of pissing people off - not because Araya is "anti-christian/religion." Same goes for the accusations of them being Nazis or whatever, they fully know that they might be seen as such, and they do it anyway for the controversy. Read any interview and you'll see I'm right. Great song btw. |
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| Wu-Tang Clan – Da Mystery Of Chessboxin' Lyrics | 20 years ago |
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Losemoney, he clearly doesn't have a clue as to what he is saying- he's posted in several Wu-Tang songs with this same exact spiel, and he never connects anything that come from the mouths of any of the Wu-Tang members to being racist. Anyone who knows anything about the Wu Tang knows they are pretty chill and laid back and all very multi-cultural in their interests, hence them having songs with lyrics varying in allusions from Buddhist to Islamic to Jewish (like "Never Again") and many other cultures with a focus on a lot of far eastern mysticism and all that. Anyhow, Wu-Tang are awesome, this is a great song, go sit on a road cone Zerpens because you obviously have nothing better to do with your time. - Samhain A multi racial street punk from Bklyn. |
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| Pennywise – Pennywise Lyrics | 20 years ago |
| Cool song, and for those who don't know, Pennywise the clown is the evil being in Stephen King's "It". | |
| Danzig – Black Angel, White Angel Lyrics | 21 years ago |
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Great song, but (just like in the cd booklet), the lyrics are lacking the chorus, which I think goes mostly like this: Black angel, white angel Little darlin' ?ripped? from the razor Dark angel, light angel Come down and lay in the danger Black angel, white angel Little darlin' ?ripped? from the razor Dark angel, light angel That should be correct. |
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| Lou Reed – Perfect Day Lyrics | 21 years ago |
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I tend to lean more towards this song being about Reed's addiction to heroin for a number of reasons - -"drink Sangria in the park" can be equated to the actual shooting up of the heroin (sangria being both a type of fruity wine and the spanish word for blood) where heroin users have to draw blood into their syringes to mix with the drug before pumping it into their veins again -Forgetting your problems, forgetting yourself are both principal "reasons" for drug addiction -"You just keep me hanging on" - heroin use both gets him through the day while at the same time leaving him at the brink of physical/emotional breakdown because of his dependence -"...reap just what you sow" he is acknowledging his problem and he knows where it is bound to lead On top of the lyrics, I think the structure of the song itself takes the listener through a day of an addict, starting with soft and somber melody and vocals rising to a very blissful and powerful chorus (euphoria), and ending low again, with melancholy and regretful lyrics. I don't think Lou is trying to "hide" his addiction under a safe guise, the song was written in '72, well after everyone knew about his use, I just think it's a more refined take on the topic then a song like Heroin. |
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