| Massive Attack – Group Four Lyrics | 20 years ago |
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I agree with 'junocake' so much, it has a spiritual element that you can so easily get lost in. To me, that is what the song is about. About being so lost in love, depression, thought or whatever that you become distant and in your own world. Most of the verses conjure up this image in me of a person standing completely still while the world around them is going at 1,000 mph. Its about being lost in yourself, in the calm eye of the storm. There's a confusion I get out of it too though, which is why I think of it as being about love. He "trains himself in martial arts...to reinforce his softer parts" as a means of toughening himself up, yet at the same time he "see[s] to bolts [and] puts keys to locks" as if he wants to shut himself away from it altogether. Yeah, I think its about love and being lost in it. But I suppose the beauty of it is that anyone can relate to it in any different way. I personally can't see the depression aspect to it though. |
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| Feable Weiner – San Deem Us Ready Lyrics | 20 years ago |
| Why have prozac to cure depression when theres Feable Weiner? | |
| 40 Below Summer – Rope Lyrics | 20 years ago |
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I agree, it has suicidal connatations. Yet its more about the self-destructive pattern leading up the thoughts of suicide. I get the impression that he's saying "Right, theres nothing to live for. Life is hollow and empty, and everything that to which I attached meaning is 'just a pile of worthlessness' when you look more closely'. So I might as well just kill myself and take you with me". Sounds like what an angsty teenager would be thinking before he shoots up hip school. Cheer up emo kids. :D |
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| Million Dead – Relentless Lyrics | 21 years ago |
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Thats an amazing interpreration, I agree totally. I hadn't even considered the 'footnote works its way up from the bottom of the page', but what you said pretty much hits it on the head. One thing I would add though is that I thought the lines "Today New York kind of looks like Beirut, but Beirut never looked like New York" is like appearance and reality. Both cities have had their problems, but Beirut never tried to gloss them over. Where Beirut has been humbled by its problems, New York has fought back. *shrugs* Okay, now I'm the one talking shit lol. |
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| Million Dead – MacGyver Lyrics | 21 years ago |
| I love how this song gets heavy mid-way through it, the riffs are so unlike Million Dead. | |
| Million Dead – Smiling At Strangers On Trains Lyrics | 21 years ago |
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I know that officially their named after a line from one of their songs, but after hearing "Come On Sharon" I'd of thought they were named after the victims of the Holocaust. They even mention their own name someway into that song. What does anyone think? As for "Smiling At Strangers On Trains", 'greenplastic' said all that needs to be said. If I got the meaning of "A Song To Ruin" right (which I doubt somehow), then this is the perfect contrast to it. I love this song, its just sad that smiling at strangers on trains will in reality probably get you into trouble. |
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| Million Dead – A Song To Ruin Lyrics | 21 years ago |
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It pains me to say this, because I absolutely love Million Dead. But this is the 'only' song they've done which I don't like. Anyone agree that its about alienation? Thats all I could get from it. All alone in a crowd, or in a workplace, in a concrete jungle. Promised "milk and honey", and crawling with everyone else miserably to get it. Damn, thats depressed me now lol. :( |
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| Million Dead – Charlie And The Propaganda Myth Machine Lyrics | 21 years ago |
| I don't think it would matter whether she worked for a huge corporation or not. All that matters is that she (and the rest of the band) stay true to themselves, their music, and their fans. In that order. Which they do perfectly. This song is the perfect example of that, no verses, no chorus...just 3:25 of passion :D | |
| Million Dead – Breaking The Back Lyrics | 21 years ago |
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Most punk icons (like Jonny Rotten for instance) start 'young and dumb' with wild revolutionary ideas. They then burn out decades later after realising that they can't change the world, so they might as well go along with it. A credit to Frank, he skipped the whole 'burn-out' phase lol. |
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| Million Dead – I Am The Party Lyrics | 21 years ago |
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I got the impression that he's trying to say that most government systems take advantage of apathy and the eagerness of people to accept what their told. Every leader would like a complacent electorate, so lets "vote for ourselves", the only people we can trust. The "sheer energy" that 'cbennett' mentioned I think works well with the message of the song. Beginning to middle, it builds you up and makes you hypo (much like a Bolshevik shaking his fist and fuelling the masses). You get swept away by it. Then it calms down in the middle, makes you take stock of whats just happend. "You found this song but you didn’t question Swallowed the sleeve but didn’t see my tongue inside my cheek". I'd of commented sooner, had I known of this site earlier. Million Dead rock! |
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| Million Dead – I Gave My Eyes To Stevie Wonder Lyrics | 21 years ago |
| Its like The Matrix, we're all smiling uneasily through the bars of our beautiful jail. | |
| Million Dead – Hipsterclad And Clueless Lyrics | 21 years ago |
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I get the impression that Frank Turner has given up on trying to change the world, realising that instead it is better to use Million Dead's music to encourage people to think for themselves and to become more proactive. The song to me is all about not allowing yourself to become a 'headnodder', to listen to what is being said and to think independantly. I admire the way he has more respect for people who at least try to change the world, as opposed to the "fucking cowards" who sit back and critique without offering anything constructive. Very interesting stuff. |
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| Million Dead – Come On Sharon Lyrics | 21 years ago |
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I don't know whether Frank Turner is Jewish, which would maybe alter my interpretation of this song a little. I get the impression that although he understands how the "...justifiably angry camp survivors..." felt following World War II, and despite the fact that anti-Semitism is a hushed subject these days that people are all to keen to deny exists; Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon isn't helping the cause of his people by acting like a bigot (thereby ignoring the last fourty years of Middle Eastern history) and thus ignoring the Palestinian plight. Personally, I wouldn't call Sharon a raciest. I believe him to be a man locked in the same power war as a lot of other world leaders. His methods aside, I'll leave it for someone else to comment on his whether his motive really is a hatred of Arabs or not. I also find it interesting the way he sets the record straight with the first verse (that he supports the Jewish cause), before launching off on Sharon. A sad sign of the times, having to cover your own backside before you present you argument. I really like this song, and the message of 'learning from history' it conveys. Hate 'must' never breed hate, its contradictory to our own purpose as human beings to ignore the lessons we learn from the mistakes we make. |
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| Million Dead – I Am Become The South Lyrics | 21 years ago |
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My interpretation of this song is that it is commenting on how old-world colonialism by countries such as France and the UK, is still occurring today under a different guise; capitalism and globalisation. Rather than accusing a specific country of this new "neo-colonialism" though, he accuses the corporations of acting like the Spanish conquistador Hernán Cortés. They enter 'developing countries', "[force] participation in the sewer of commerce", in a trade-off of their "precious raw materials" that is uneven to the wealth they accrue in the deal. That’s the surface interpretation I get from it anyway. I'd go so far as to say that he believes that this state of affairs is veiled colonialism which uses clever public relations and media spin (such as offering a "goddamn IMF loan"). "Oh my god we've been convinced that the stranglehold of corporations can somehow safely coexist with our notions of participation." Its all about making it appear that we have participation, while subliminally subverting us in the process. A think it was Chomsky who said something along the lines of 'the worlds most notorious totalitarian states gasp in wonder at how countries such as the United States control their populations without firing a single bullet'. |
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