| The Dresden Dolls – Bad Habit Lyrics | 20 years ago |
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I at first thought it was about cutting, but a recent hate-mail entry on the Dresden Dolls' website prompted Amanda Palmer to elaborate on her intentions with this song: "You may find it enlightening and amusing to know that this song was actually not inspired by the idea of cutting oneself. I have this terrible habit of picking off the skin around my fingernails...with my teeth, with my nails, and occasionally with a sharp object lying around. I can see how you would interpret the lyrics that way, and I'm glad the song provoked you enough to write to us. There are plenty of people out there, many of them children, practicing real self harm that may actually find comfort in an artist expressing the anguish that accompanies any sort of self-destructive bad habit, and knowing that I may provide that comfort means that I sleep very well at night, indeed." Its interesting how so many people assume it is about cutting, and I think that may be part of the song's intentions, to show how our Nation is almost fixated on it. Those who experience it have trouble elaborating their feelings, and those who don't experience it have trouble understanding it. The upbeat music and themes of self-indulgance also hint that part of this song is about those who do cut, or hurt themselves, for attention, and how people who really do use self-mutilation as a form of therapy aren't explicably looking for attention. I know I have trouble sympathizing with classmates who openly discuss their cutting habits, and show off recent cuts for attention. Just some random thoughts..... |
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| Regina Spektor – Samson Lyrics | 20 years ago |
| I think this song really is about Regina finding a man who was willing to be weak and open to her. After all, Sampson knew all his strength came from his hair. The image of him loving a woman so much that he let her cut his hair is powerful because he would be so vunerable. I think many women wish that men would more often let down their machismo guards and reveal themselves. Regina may still be looking for a Sampson who will let her cut his hair... | |
| Regina Spektor – Us Lyrics | 20 years ago |
| Which regina spektor/dresden dolls show were you at? I saw them at lupos in RI. It was amazing..they are both such original and energetic musicians.... | |
| Regina Spektor – Carbon Monoxide Lyrics | 20 years ago |
| Sudicide, yes, but i think more complex than that....its about people who hurt themsleves or live dangerously for attention; "Come on daddy, come on daddy.." kind of a cry-for-hellp lullaby. People who want their parents to care about them... | |
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