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| Modest Mouse – Paper Thin Walls Lyrics
| 18 years ago
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You can't try to interpret this song until you evaluate the line that seems to be the center point of the song "Laugh hard, it's a long way to the bank" which is a direct quote from the chourus of Rhythm Section Want Ad off they might be giant's first album. They might be giants consisted of two guys and a drum machine/background tape at the point the song came out and it was about how the more popular they got, the more people tried to profit off of them. They refer to people with "dollar signs in their eyes" who represent drummers that view the band as a rhythm section want ad. So the song just could be about life in a band and how you're constantly in the spotlight or about how financially driven the music industry is. |
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| Bad Religion – Blenderhead Lyrics
| 19 years ago
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I know its cliche, but I strongly feel that this song is about drugs use. Flying through a prsimatc tunnel, a reeling mind, questonable tragressions, splendor and confusion can all be tied to drug use. I think the term blenderhead is someone whose mind is being "churned" by substances. In the second verse the line "tally up the gleaming tender ventured on a wishing well" (and even though the cd booklet it doesnt have the word tender, it is in the song) seems to be a poetic way to say, think about all the money youve spend on drugs. The wishing well aspect signifying that most drug users do it in a vain attempt to better their life. And the shell he mentions later is the crippling emotional effect drug addiction has. The line "the earth is turning and you know it very well" appears to be describing the passage of time (much like "one more turn toward the east" in the preceeding song, Get Off) And that ties in with the end verse when he says "break from tradtion and carry on with valor". I think its greg talking about brett's heroin addiction and how its no longer an adolescent phase, but apart of his life.
This is another example of how greg graffin can maintain a beautiful rhyme scheme without sacraficing meaning for poetry. |
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| Bad Religion – Them and Us Lyrics
| 20 years ago
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Forgive me if my interpretation is incorrect, but, based on his desription of the main character of the song ("he"), I believe that this song is about, not only the human need for opposition, but also Martin Luther and the exodus he led from the catholic church. "he saw blatent similarity", "incongruous insitence that there really is a difference between them and us", "inability to justify the enemy". All of these seem to be alluding to the catholic vs. protestant battle. I certainly could be wrong, but thats what I take from this song. |
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| Bad Religion – Tiny Voices Lyrics
| 20 years ago
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Excellent song. Greg did a great job showing that his prose is just as powerful as his poetry. I believe the main idea of "dreams" is supposed to be taken both literally and as a symbol for "the past" and how we tend to ignore it.
by the way, it's "Waking, we bear a cosmetic peace that..." |
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