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Crispin Hellion Glover – Clowny clown clown Lyrics	16 years ago
The man is a genius.

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Fatboy Slim – Kalifornia Lyrics	17 years ago
meaningful and inspired lyrics. almost poetry, really.

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Foo Fighters – Everlong Lyrics	19 years ago
I'm gonna have to agree with goat; inpraiseoffolly, do you have nothing better to do with you life? stop picking on everlong! it's not fucking shakespeare but it's a fine song. if you like those other songs so much go comment on them!

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The Cure – See the Children Lyrics	20 years ago
hahaha. Robert Smith is so scary sometimes. This song is hilarious. What on earth possessed him to write it?

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The Cure – Mint Car Lyrics	20 years ago
I heard it's about how Robert or Simon had sex with someone in a car. Anyway, it's the best song on the CD. Possibly the only song worth listening to on the CD...

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The Cure – M Lyrics	20 years ago
I love the "Hello Image" bit. It's from Baudelaire isn't it? I don't know which poem. It's also in A Happy Death, by Albert Camus, which Robert lists as one of his favourite books. And I'ma agree with everyone else: it's about Mary.

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Tom Waits – Tango Till They're Sore Lyrics	20 years ago
This is one of the best songs eve, IMO. It's classy and sleaze at the same time, just excellent. Reminds me of NO so much.

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Radiohead – 2HB Lyrics	21 years ago
nice version of this song. it's so casa blanca. ;D Actually, it's pretty much a tribute TO casa blanca, isn't it?

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Bright Eyes – A Perfect Sonnet Lyrics	21 years ago
I love this song, but the first time I heard I was like, "That is SO not a sonnet!"

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Tom Waits – Little Drop of Poison Lyrics	21 years ago
this song makes shrek2 rock. seriously. Tom Waits is an excellent evil pirate. it's the role he was born to play.

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Tom Waits – I Don't Wanna Grow Up Lyrics	21 years ago
Wanting to stay a child and not have to deal with the problems that adults have is so natural, I think. It's so innocent.

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Tom Waits – Alice Lyrics

21 years ago

I've always thought of this song as Lewis Carroll thinking about Alice Liddel. It's part of a musical Tom Waits wrote about Alice in Wonderland, I think, and it makes some sense. The "arithmetic" part could be a reference to Dogdson's career as a mathematician. Later on the CD, Alice replies in "I'm Still Here." A lot of the images are the same. The frozen pond and the broken watch, for example. I remember reading somewhere that Alice Liddell gave a speech on Lewis Carroll and in it she mentioned that he would go ice skating with her and one time he fell and broke his watch. Makes sense when you look at the pair of songs, and the "arithmetok" thing. There seems to be a fascination with time, maybe because of the age difference. And "Wait for me" sounds like something a lover would say. As in "Wait until you're old enough." I don't know if this makes sense or not. But the song really feels a lot like Charles' Dogdson's obsession with Alice. It's a wonderful song.

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