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| Metric – The List Lyrics
| 20 years ago
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Nicely done neatOne, you beat me to it, I was gonna mention that. :)
This is an awesome song, as soon as I figured out the lyrics (admit it, it sounds pretty confusing the first time you hear it) it became one of my favourites of theirs. It's very cheeky, like so many songs from Metric. I love the line "We've seen some success, it looks like a Camaro". |
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| The Format – On Your Porch Lyrics
| 20 years ago
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I love this song, its melancholy and inspiring at the same time. It reminds me of how reflecting on the past is always bittersweet, no matter how sunny the future ahead of you may be. |
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| Bright Eyes – Nothing Gets Crossed Out Lyrics
| 20 years ago
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"Remember all the songs and the way we smiled
In those basements made of music" is so beautiful and nostalgic. Conor really paints a picture with his words and the way he sings so that we all know what he's talking about, and can relate to it all so much.
For a song about feeling weak and afraid, the lyrics are so powerful. |
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| Death Cab for Cutie – Expo '86 Lyrics
| 20 years ago
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I think the song is named what it is just because its a big metaphor for kids waiting in line to go down a slide (like the huge ones they usually feature at the Ex, and likely had had Expo 86 itself) and a relationship. And on a hot day, in the middle of the summer, the more times you go down the slide, the more the skin on the back of your legs squeaks against the hot metal (and hurts). Just like how it hurts to realize you're sliding back out of a relationship that you keep coming back to. Even though it physically hurts to take the plunge down that slide again, the pain is worth it for the exhileration of the climb and the feeling you have while at the top...just like the pain of a breakup can easily be forgotten while climbing back into it once more and hoping for the best.
Even though the squeaking gets worse each time, the kids never tire of getting back in line to try it again... |
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| The White Stripes – Blue Orchid Lyrics
| 20 years ago
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The repeated "Get behind me / Get behind me now anyway" makes me think of the title of the album...and since it's a reference to Satan I got stuck on the idea that maybe this is about a girl with some, shall we say, evil in her.
And as for the ambiguous turning-a-white-orchid-blue line, it makes me think of the promo site for the album www.getbehindmesatan.com which currently features nothing but Meg's hand holding a white apple. Maybe if this white apple had been held by the girl in the song it would have turned blue...
Wait, are the White Stripes saying the color blue is evil?
Maybe thats why they stick to red, black and white. |
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| Bright Eyes – Neely O'Hara Lyrics
| 20 years ago
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I love it when Conor screams \"No you are not!\" at the end of the song, because he sounds like he\'s arguing, with someone or himself, over whether or not they are the same person that they used to be. It really drives home the messages of losing someone (or yourself) as they fade away. |
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| Bright Eyes – Neely O'Hara Lyrics
| 20 years ago
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I love it when Conor screams \"No you are not!\" at the end of the song, because he sounds like he\'s arguing, with someone or himself, over whether or not they are the same person that they used to be. It really drives home the messages of losing someone (or yourself) as they fade away. |
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| Bright Eyes – Neely O'Hara Lyrics
| 20 years ago
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I love it when Conor screams \"No you are not!\" at the end of the song, because he sounds like he\'s arguing, with someone or himself, over whether or not they are the same person that they used to be. It really drives home the messages of losing someone (or yourself) as they fade away. |
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| Bright Eyes – Lua Lyrics
| 20 years ago
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To comment further on the possible meaning of the title, aside from the other possibilities already commented on, Lua was the Roman Goddess of Plagues. Seeing as the lyrics reflect a melancholy sickness (addiction/depression/eating disorder) I found this sort of interesting.
As for the debate over whether this song is about cocaine abuse or bulimia, I feel that it\'s about neither one specifically, but rather the emotion behind both of those things and the notion of sickness in general. The girl in the song is lost, sad, and sick, and Conor identified with her because of this and her \'heavy heart\'. That, to me, is more relevant than trying to determine specifically \'why\' she is any of those things. It doesn\'t matter what kind of illness Conor features in Lua, the point is that through the lyrics and music we, the listeners, are able to grasp the really sickly and sad mood of the song. It can be interpreted as being about several things, so we each take something different away from it. This song, like all of his, hit home with a lot of people because they are just ambiguous enough to remind us of something/someone from our own lives. We don\'t have to agree on what its about. This song is meant to be heard differently by different ears. |
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