| Tool – Bottom (Demo version) Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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The best part of this song is that it is so ambiguous in exact literal meaning that you can relate it to ANY situation that is pressuring down on you, and your fight to overcome it when your at the lowest point, the "bottom". I think he specifically doesn't make literal mention of one just thing (Drugs, Sex, Abuse, etc). This is also seen in the "poem" read in the middle of the song. Tool often has guests sing this part and they each have their own lyrics - Because they each have their own story about what's keeping them down. |
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| Mudvayne – Cradle Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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To the artist, It is about a bad childhood. He has often started the song by saying its a song about Child Abuse and Child Neglect. Of course the fun part of music is you can relate it to yourself so it being about faith in a deity and not simply a man. Either way, we have all felt like this in some way or another. Maybe you had good parents or anything like that - but we all feel we've been left alone in life to push through ourselves. |
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| Cradle of Filth – Nymphetamine Fix Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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Just to clarify: I called it "Sweet" - I know that's a weird term to use, given the grime darkness of the emotion. But I'm twisted. I like the other person that referred to the female as a succubus and he is submissive to the relationship. I still go with my interpretation that the male is literally dead in the poem and not just spiritually. This is more in style with Poe type works, where sometimes the literal story is quite abstract (dealing with taboo situations like death) but it's told to invoke or show a deeper emotion that you can take out of the context of the story. |
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| Cradle of Filth – Nymphetamine Fix Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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In an interview one time it was said they were going for an Edgar Allen Poe poem type feel to the song. The song really makes more sense in that context. The song is is a twisted love song between two lovers and how they feel about each other. The male in the song is actually dead, and the female has visited his grave and its talking to them. He is replying to her but of course she cannot hear him. It is a deeply emotional and sweet song. |
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| Nine Inch Nails – Hurt Lyrics | 18 years ago |
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The song is so powerful because absolutely everyone can relate to at least a few of its lyrics. The Cash version proved this. |
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| Mushroomhead – Crazy Lyrics | 19 years ago |
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There might a relevance in relation to that shooting, but its purely by coincidence since this song came out before that. Every band and their mom has covered it at some point in their career. |
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| Mushroomhead – Simple Survival Lyrics | 19 years ago |
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*Certainly didn't die Don't ask me how I wrote "currently" instead. |
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| Mushroomhead – Simple Survival Lyrics | 19 years ago |
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"they could never do with jmann" - Thats true, the new vocalist has more of a range than JMann..It creates the opportunity for them to do songs like they did on this album like Embrace the Ending. That is the point of the whole album really, even looking at the title of the album - The Band currently didn't die because JMann isn't in it. What is debatable is whether the new sounds and such are better or worse than the old material. I personally prefer JMann and the albums they made with him, but this is partly because I have a bias against Waylon's voice sound - Its too "Emo-Crap"ish of a voice for me... |
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| In Flames – Land of Confusion (Genesis cover) Lyrics | 19 years ago |
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" protest against the cold war? what are you talking about?. " Someone hasn't heard the original. |
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| Marilyn Manson – Tourniquet Lyrics | 19 years ago |
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I read about "Rasputina" or whatever singing it here, so decided to listen to that version....I wish I hadn't. Wasted 3 minutes of my life listening to some emotionless talking (barely could be called singing). Marilyn's attitude and voice just suit it. |
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| Tool – Aenema Lyrics | 19 years ago |
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" Maynard said on a live unreleased track "Are any of you familiar with the work of Carl Jung, Psychologist? This song explores a more contemporary version of that psychotherapy method, involving high colonics." Right before AEnema." That's indirectly what the entire album is about. Just break apart the title...Anima Enema. Anima is the soul according to Jungian Thoery, and Enema means cleansing or flushing. ------------- Now - on the actual song, its pretty obvious its pure Bill Hicks inspired. |
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| Tool – Stinkfist Lyrics | 19 years ago |
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My favorite song by Tool. I think it sums up Tool's ideas quite nicely in an honestly brilliant metaphor. You can take the song into the context you personally need it in (Drugs, Love, all the things talked about here), but really isn't the point the same? I think its important for a song to be taken into so many angles without losing its overall message. |
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| Mushroomhead – Thirteen Lyrics | 19 years ago |
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With some differences in the lyric (slight), this is basically a cover of the Seal song "Crazy". That is the last 4 mniutes are, the first few minutes is just music and children laughing. |
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| Puscifer – The Undertaker (Renholder Mix) Lyrics | 19 years ago |
| I didnt say it was a bad song. I love these two songs that Maynard and Lohner did. There just probably wont be more. | |
| Mushroomhead – Destroy The World Around Me Lyrics | 20 years ago |
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The end of the part where it says "your government is in control" It doesn't say "Let Freedon Ring" yet - They dont say that until the end of the next little stanza after "before you break". Just a little lyric correction. Also I'm pretty sure it should be "This dam is about to break" - since the actual thing called a dam (holds water in) fits the sentence more than damn - an expression. Since every lyrics site I know has these same flawed lyrics, I can't say for sure who Copy/Pasted who. --------------- The background lyric is the first part of the song yes, but slightly changed. Like instead of "With a bloated sense of supremacy" - they say "The Puppet winks with a bloated sense of supremacy" - They add that first part on. And instead of "its whats beleived by your enemy" they say "Its not True, its whats beleived by your enemy" and the last few times they do the background thing - It sounds almost totally different than the first verse. |
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| Puscifer – The Undertaker (Renholder Mix) Lyrics | 20 years ago |
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"This is actually off the Underworld: Evolution soundtrack" He meant its probably just a scrap song that didn't fit on the first movie's album so they put it on this one. As for the song - It has a great feel to it. |
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| System of a Down – B.Y.O.B. Lyrics | 20 years ago |
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As for Lyric: As a general rule of thumb - Unless your band's whole deal is to hate the government than leave the political stuff out of most songs. SOAD I dont think go overboard too much though - They dont just bitch about stuff - they sort of use it to get a bigger point off, but BYOB has a horrible Singles choice on the lyric part. As for Music: I think some parts are great, but alot of it is just annoying to the ears. |
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| System of a Down – Hypnotize Lyrics | 20 years ago |
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The Lyric is simple and can be taken literally or precieved many ways (though its obvious its a continuation of the general theme of their latest albums). Thats not really the backbone of this song. I like how its sung. The actual music is great. SOAD has this thing where some of their greatest lyric is set to god-awful musical arrangements - but this one is pleasing to the ear. |
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| Mudvayne – Severed Lyrics | 20 years ago |
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This is a great song - Lyrically, and musically. Behind Death Blooms it has to be near the top (Death Blooms I have a personal connection with - a fmily member). The song of course, like all music, causes different feeling in each person that listens to it. Like alot of their music, It is about life and it's principles. Since no religion is favored by the band, all can be referenced in the music to create a greater whole - what is beleived in, by the band, and the people listening. |
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| Mudvayne – Prod Lyrics | 20 years ago |
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The band has always been into the whole "We are destroying ourselves, inorder to recreate life" theme. This is the eariler forms of that in their music. As for literal song meaning - Just go with something one of the others said :) |
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| The White Stripes – Blue Orchid Lyrics | 20 years ago |
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I think that most people here are right. Remember lyrics can often be left up to the listener and what they see in them. Theres obviously the religious theme there, but it is probably a symbolism used to describe something entirely different (which is the case for 99% of religious themes in songs) possibly even the Jason thing people keep mentioning... |
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| Slipknot – Wait And Bleed Lyrics | 20 years ago |
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I love how you are on all these band's threads acting like your the guy to go to. Like your just some Fanboy that reads articles about bands without even caring about the people in the actual band lol. |
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| Slipknot – Wait And Bleed Lyrics | 20 years ago |
| Since you love coming back I can provide you with Quotes from Corey explaining how Specific and Linear Slipknot's lyrics are, and how they were a factor in him deciding to do the stuff with his old Stone Sour band so he can do songs with more depth. | |
| Mudvayne – The Patient Mental Lyrics | 20 years ago |
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"b/c Chad dwells on the fact that GOD has it out for him" Symbolism. None of the lyrics reflect derict concern with religion. |
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| Slipknot – Wait And Bleed Lyrics | 20 years ago |
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You told me to hush again, when that was my first post to the song. Smart. Most simple songs do have simple meanings. Not every song has to be multi-layered, and be all "awe inspirng". Take a song for what it is when thats all it offers. You can make any meaning you want out of it. What I think is funny is noone in this topic is talking about the song. Just a fight about who you CAN and CANT listen to in order to be a "real fan". People listen to what they like..They have freedom. "True Maggots"? more like linear faggots. |
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| Slipknot – Vermilion Lyrics | 20 years ago |
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Slipknot tells the meaning of their songs lol. Mr.Taylor (lol) had this to say about Vermillion, "Vermillion is a stalker's love song, shot thru his eyes. It's kind of a does he or doesn't he type thing - it's left open for you to decide." |
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| Slipknot – Before I Forget Lyrics | 20 years ago |
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Just to add - For this Video they decided to De-Mask themselves (and you get ALMOST full face shots and some of them). This was probably something they thought to do for image reasons. |
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| 3 Doors Down – Be Like That Lyrics | 20 years ago |
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The "American Pie" Version isnt the song killer that some people have said it to be. It replaces "He spends his nights in California, Watching the stars on the big screen" With "He spent his whole life being too young, To live the life that's in his dreams" The two lyrics are interpreted the same. I mean that they give the same meaning to the song, but in the newer version the man trying to make it in California is replaced with a kid around the College age that had all these thoughts about what he was going to do in life after high school, but isn't going away where because he wont move on. The two characters are mirrors. The man wished to be something in California and the guy in the second wishes to have something in life, but they are both "in the same boat" as they'd say here. The age was merely swithed to fit with the movie (In which the main characters face a similar situation). |
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| Soil – Halo Lyrics | 20 years ago |
| XaNthUs101 - Using religious themes in songs is one of the most popuilar gimmicks nowadays. | |
| Mudvayne – 12:97:24:99 Lyrics | 20 years ago |
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Drug would work - If the band itself had not said that NONE of their songs or lyrics now are refering to Drugs. So that throws drugs out of the question. |
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| Slipknot – Wait And Bleed Lyrics | 20 years ago |
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"Corey or anyone else in the band never said anything about this song (To my knowledge)" They have actually, and have said something (song meaning wise) about almost EVERY ONE of their popular songs. SO the meanings really arent that hard to discuss, a simple copy/paste liek the first posters on this song did was enough. The other 13 pages are people fighting over Slipknot, whos "posing" to be fans, or who thinks they suck and such. Kinda Funny |
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| Slayer – Bloodline Lyrics | 20 years ago |
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\"I think it\'s about Lillith. In Hebrew religion/mythology, she was the first wife of Adam, but then she became a night demon who fed on the blood of children, and in other variations, is a succubis or just a demon that attacks you in your dreams/sleep. Makes sense to me.\" I actually respect how you knew all that information. Doesnt help with the song tho. Give alittle more credit to the band lol. And as for the meaning..that was explained already. |
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| Mudvayne – Fucking Determined Lyrics | 20 years ago |
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\"Someone needs to tell Mudvayne that they got nu-metal right with LD 50... \" That\'d be a good idea...IF Nu-Metal is the sound they were going for... They\'ve said a million times they wanted to lose that \"Face-Painted, Gimmick-y, \'Angry\' Metal\" feel. Theres already enough bands willing to demote their skill to that level....Many a GREAT vocalist has went down to just...screaming...I can scream. Hell. |
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| Mudvayne – Mercy, Severity Lyrics | 20 years ago |
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SOmeone mentioned it, So i'll tell you. firmament is a Middle English word for the Heavens (the expanse of space that seems to be over the earth like a dome - Many religions say that The Oversoul Deity lives here). -------------------------------------------------------------- The Difference between the two Extremes is a theme here. The mother of creation is described then "Pour firmament between our waters: Seperate the space" You are describng heaven (happiness) between the two extremes (this is refering to equilibrium between the two extremes [equilibrium being the middle pillar]). Then the mother of destruction is described. The creation mother embraces the souls (is Merciful), and the destructive one mines the souls (is Severe in nature). "Pain of division is nothing, Joy of dissolution is everything" Pain in the division of the System. Severity and Mercy. Two ways to do the same thing. They say it is nothing. But the Joy of the dissolution of the system is everything. This is the part your supposed to debate. Do they beleive in equilibrium? or Do they beleive in the system at all? |
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| Mudvayne – Shadow of a Man Lyrics | 20 years ago |
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This is a simple Man that is probably quite angry at the time, and looks into a mirror. He thinks, and starts to hate his situation, and talks about the image on the mirror having a better life than him, and it makes him mad. Then he notes that it is just superficial (Meaning nothings there, flat, theres nothing really in the mirror), and slows down and starts basically talking to himself refering to it was a "Shadow of a man". ---- To the people that like Fairy Tales and take it as a literal alternate reality ... look at the lyrics...It clearly notes that he is just thinking about himself. |
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