| Ben Lee – I Love Pop Music Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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I love the way how this song switches between being really focused on the issues, and then kind of sarcastically commenting on how a lot of pop music fails to do just that. It's just such a great contrast. :] |
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| Maxïmo Park – Your Urge Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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Rockwilder - The beginning kind of reminded me of the first few notes of the intro to "Part Of Your World" from The Little Mermaid. Dunno if that's what you were thinking of, but that's what came to me when I first heard it. |
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| Idina Menzel – Jealous Lyrics | 19 years ago |
| But if I'm not mistaken, it's in production and there's a short clip of it on Idina's site in the "Music Box" section. | |
| Idina Menzel – Jealous Lyrics | 19 years ago |
| It's not on any, as far as I know. | |
| Jason Mraz – You and I Both Lyrics | 19 years ago |
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This song struck me at first listen as a shared love of something-- probably music and writing, sort of lamenting the loss (by drifting away) from someone who got him into music/writing early on. A lot of it, I think, has to do with how I broke down the lyrics as I listened... Maybe a little different from what others percieved. "Was it you who spoke the words That things would happen, but not to me? Oh, things are gonna happen, naturally. And taking your advice, I'm looking on the bright side And balancing the whole thing." This is what gave me the impression that he is singing about a friend who was somewhat of a mentor to him-- who helped him discover his passion for lyrics/music/etc. It strikes me as almost daydreaming, and someone joking around about making it big "It'll happen-- but not to us," sort of thing, but still loving what you do and incorporating it into your life. "Things are gonna happen," and now he's bigger than they thought he would be. "But, often times, those words get tangled up in lines And the bright lights turn to night. Until the dawn, it brings Another day to sing about the magic that was you and me." This made me think of when he's having difficulty thinking of what to write next in a song, he thinks of the times he had with this person, and it inspires him. "Cause you and I both loved What you and I spoke of, And others just read of the love that I love." They were both very devoted to what they did, and what they wrote about. "See, I'm all about them words over numbers--unencumbered Numbered words: Hundreds of pages, pages, pages forwards. More words than I had ever heard and I feel so alive." This seems like it's kind of expressing how this is one of the only things he could do is to write and sing his music, and that they should be free-flowing and expressive-- not having to fit into a certain "numbered" category. This person introduced him to things like this, and the "Hundreds and hundreds of pages," inspiring him. " 'Cause you and I both loved what you and I spoke of. And others just read of, and if you could see me now..." "And if you could see me now," is basically thinking back to the early days where they were probably never really too serious, and now he wishes that person could see what's become of their help to him, but he hasn't seen them in a long time. "You and I-- you and I, not so little anymore. And with this silence brings a moral story More importantly evolving is the glory of a boy." They grew up and grew apart. The person's silence, drifting away, makes him wonder about that person's morals and how they could just leave him. But more important to him now is what he's doing music/lyrically. "You and I both loved what you and I spoke of And others just read of, and if you could see now Well then I'm almost finally out of.. Well, I'm almost finally, finally, well, I am free. And it's okay if you have go away. Just remember the telephone, well, they're workin' 'em both ways. And if I never ever hear it ring If nothing else I'll think the bells inside Have finally found you someone else and that's okay 'Cause I'll remember everything you sang" He knows the person is probably never going to see/speak to him again, but he's fine with just his memories of them. "You and I both loved what you and I spoke of And others just read of and if you could see me now Well, then I'm almost finally out of words." The end of the song-- he's out of words to express what he was trying to say to the person. ...Just my spin on things-- thought I'd toss it out there for evaluation. |
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| Coheed and Cambria – Always and Never Lyrics | 19 years ago |
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Yeah, that's not the version I have--- only the word "crush" is censored out. I bought the censored version by accident. What I don't get is in IKSOE:3, not much is censored. I mean, they let the line "Sever the limbs off his torso in sleep, and burn what remains so the world may now see," [from "Three Evils (Embodied in Love and Shadow)"] and other things like that into the censored version of the album (which my younger sister owns)... So why censor this one so much? "Three Evils |
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| Coheed and Cambria – Always and Never Lyrics | 19 years ago |
| Just a question. Why censor out "kill" on the clean version of the album? | |
| Art Brut – Emily Kane Lyrics | 19 years ago |
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Best line EVER: "Every girl that I've seen since Looks just like you--- when I squint." |
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| Anthony Rapp – Just Some Guy Lyrics | 19 years ago |
| This makes me smile inside. =D | |
| Idina Menzel – Jealous Lyrics | 19 years ago |
| I listened to this song for weeks on end because my situation fit it perfectly. It's just about being jealous of someone you love (be it a significant other, friend, whatever), because it seems like you're shut out (like a girl inside a bubble) and everything else in their life takes presidence over you. | |
| Natasha Bedingfield – Unwritten Lyrics | 20 years ago |
| Just like to comment on the lyrics... It's "release your INHIBITIONS." Releasing innovations isn't a good thing... | |
| Story of the Year – Razorblades Lyrics | 20 years ago |
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Hm, I took this song completely differently... I took it as someone trying to help their friend who was suicidal (or cutting themselves) for a completely crazy reason. They thought the person was getting better, but as soon as he/she looked like it was improving, they went and killed themselves, or started cutting themselves again, unintentionally dying in the process. "Yeah, Yeah Walking example of you Wait for the silence Talking backwards to you" This would be basically how the conversations went. One person in silence, the other "talking backwards" in a sense, because nothing they said changed anything. They might as well have been saying all their words backwards. "It meant nothing to me Watching the world fall on you I'm keeping my eyes closed Now I can see what this means to you It meant nothing to me" Well, "watching the world fall on you" I basically took as the person's death. They're "keeping my eyes closed" because it's hard to admit that the person wasn't helped by them. What it (the help he gave) means to them was nothing... Which is why, now, after the death, it means nothing to him, either. "This wasted so many nights and again I've wasted so much time on a friend Too young, too proud to understand So this is the end" The refrain really made me think it was about this. He's wasted all his time trying to talk them out of it, but they were too young and too proud to realize he might be right, and it wasn't as big as it seemed. "So, this is the end," obviously implies the end of a life. "Perfect timing for you You'll run 'til your legs break So here's my reminder of you It meant nothing to me" "Perfect timing" being a cruel, sarcastic remark... "Run 'til your legs break" implying some type of self-harm. If you were running, you would stop before something bad happened, so they were obviously hurting themselves intentionally. "We should've seen this coming" is said a lot when something like this happens, in my experience, anyway. But, just my interpretation. I do think the title, "Razorblades" goes better with my interpretation than the girl using him interpretation... I didn't really see that one right away, but it could be both. |
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| Idina Menzel – Still Lyrics | 20 years ago |
| Actually, the title is "Still I Can't Be Still..." And the song's sorta self-explainatory. | |
| The Dresden Dolls – Good Day Lyrics | 20 years ago |
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Ha... Gotta love the parody on "I Will Survive" "I'd like to do more than survive, I'd like to rub it in your face!" |
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| Idina Menzel – Larissa's Lagoon Lyrics | 20 years ago |
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I'm getting the impression of rape, too... But it sounds more to me like child molestation. Like, it was on a regular basis. When she was a child, she was disturbed because of it all (hence the "voices in her head" and a very troubled girl"). She was probably thinking about suicide when she was a young ("to lay upon the grave of a very troubled girl") Yet, when she grows up ("woke up one morning"), she overcomes her past, and can still be a good person ("Singing Hallelujah... Remember me for my passion, the paradise that I imagined.) I dunno, in my interpretation, the verses are her past, and the refrain would be her present, I guess... Just my thoughts on it. |
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| Cake – Pretty Pink Ribbon Lyrics | 20 years ago |
| Sorry 'bout the double post. Hehe.. | |
| Cake – Pretty Pink Ribbon Lyrics | 20 years ago |
| To me, this song isn't about just being female, but the stereotyping that goes along with it. If women didn't have to be proper, or get dressed up, or any of that, they'd be just the same as men, treated the same, and would have to do all the same things-- the dirty work. It's basically showing the double-standard for men and women in society. | |
| Cake – Pretty Pink Ribbon Lyrics | 20 years ago |
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To me, this song isn't about just being female, but the stereotyping that goes along with it. If women didn't have to be proper, or get dressed up, or any of that, they'd be just the same as men, treated the same, and would have to do all the same things-- the dirty work. It's basically showing the double-standard for men and women in society. |
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| Jack Off Jill – Cinnamon Spider Lyrics | 20 years ago |
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I dunno, this song kinda seems like a person who is just completely heartless... I can kind of relate to it... "And every time I tell that lie, I live without guilt" The lie could possibly be about knowing them... She doesn't feel guilty because she never wants to be asscociated with someone that bitter. |
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| Jack Off Jill – Covet Lyrics | 20 years ago |
| In my eyes, this song is just about someone who has a total ego problem, and being pissed as hell at them. | |
| Jack Off Jill – Rabbiteen Lyrics | 20 years ago |
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This song is basically just about a bad relationship, where the guy was either cheating on the girl, or just didn't love her. He said that he loved her, but it was a lie, since he didn't like the idea of hurting her ("When he lied, it meant he loved me/cared"). She seems sort of torn as to whether she still loves him or not, because of the line "When he lied it meant that he was there.", kind of like she still wanted him to be lying so that they could be together. But, there's also the "I am never going back, I don't care what he said" which shows that despite how she cares for him, she still despises him for what he's done. Though, it could also mean that she's never going back to how she was before, and it will always hurt. Either one, I guess. But basically, this song is just what it seems, and (sunfortunately) I can relate. |
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| Cake – Shadow Stabbing Lyrics | 20 years ago |
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I'm giving my step-by-step interpretation on this one, seeing as I see so much in it. My basic interpretation is that of a writer who is locked up, not in a jail, but a mental facility, though he sees nothing wrong with himself. He uses his talents, and thinks that he should be on the outside, rather than others who are just as "disturbed" as himself. "Adjectives on the typewriter He moves his words like a prize fighter The frenzied pace of the mind inside the cell" --Just an introduction to the character in the song, describing who he is and what he does, despite being locked up due to his condition. "The man on the street might just as well be" (repeats) --He believes there is nothing wrong with him, and therefore, anyone on the outside could be considered crazy, too. "Outside, outside the world Out there you don't hear the echos and calls" --Outside the world, referring to the mental facility, where the "echoes and calls" of voices inside their heads are kept at bay, and they are isolated, so they can't cause harm. "But the steel eye, Tight jaw Say it all" -- Video-camera, placed to observe abnormal behaviour in a serious mental patient, a "steel eye" that watches him. --The "tight jaw" is the locks he is kept under, not allowed to leave. --These both "say it all" and tell him that there is, indeed, something wrong with him, or else he wouldn't be here. "But the white paint, Plastic saints Say it all" --Same concept, white paint, since hospitals/facilities usually have white walls, and many are named after Christian saints. "Say somebody, Has got to say it all" --There has to be some way that he knows something's wrong, though he denies it. "I'm so nervous; I'm so tense My heart can't forget about this self defense The air is so hot and my breath comes fast I thumb the cool blade but I know this can't last" --Being kept in solitude is making him even more insane than he already is, and he keeps pondering his condition, and why he is there. Possibly foreshadowing on what his problem truly was, "I thumb the cool blade" could mean some suicidal tendencies. --- This is my favourite song on Comfort Eagle by far, and I just thought I'd add my spin on the song's interpretation, since I'm so obsessed. |
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| Cake – Meanwhile, Rick James... Lyrics | 20 years ago |
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Actually, I've been pondering the meaning of this song for a while, and I've only come to one possible meaning so far... An average Joe wanting some kind of revenge on a rock star (Rick James), who has all that he wants. In the first verse, a concert scene is being described, "the scattering flock" being fans. "Ascending quick into the author's bathroom" could mean the celebrity's dressing room, just an assumption, though. This basically represents what Rick James has, and the other man does not. "Meanwhile, Rick James takes her nude (new?) And there's nothing I can do" -- Rick James has the girl that he wants, and he got her easily. There's nothing else he can really do, since Rick James is famous, and he doesn't stand a chance. The second verse kind of sounds like describing the actual ac of revenge, possibly a break-in ("Uninvited, we'll stay if we want"), possibly to get blackmail on the celebrity ("searching through your closets for your grandfather's gun" and "scratching at the bottom for another clue") Anyhow, just my humble opinion, and I'm afraid this has turned into a bit of a rant, anyway. |
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