| Muse – Sunburn Lyrics | 19 years ago |
| i first felt like this song is about a prostitute, but the capitalism idea makes a lot of sense. | |
| Dave Matthews – Too High Lyrics | 20 years ago |
| i'm almost positive that this song is literally about being too high. | |
| Franz Ferdinand – 40 Ft. Lyrics | 20 years ago |
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I think this song is about suicide and can therefore also be applied to a big decision. The first verse is about the calm that he has as he is seriously thinking about suicide. The lalala... is his embrace (mentally) of his suicide The 40 ft is quite possibly a Lord of the Flies reference (thanks Foo_Rules, I didn't think of that) The second verse further describes his contemplation of suicide as he stands on the cliff (getting hit by spray from the waves) The music going back and forth between a slow and fast feel signifies the character's indecision The song ends with faster-feeling music, implying that the character jumped. This may not be right; it's just how I see it. To JeffKaos71, 40 ft isn't very deadly unless you're jumping onto jagged rocks. To SurferRosa, suicide often does seem tragically beautiful. But that's just me. |
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| Wilco – Theologians Lyrics | 20 years ago |
| I think this song is more religious than it may seem at first glance. I think the whole thing is about Jesus. Jesus said something similar to "I'm going away/Where you will look for me/Where I'm going you cannot come." He then refers to the idea that basically all Christians hold: that Jesus wasn't killed but actually laid his life down for sinners. He then seems to bash Jesus with saying "A ghost is born." This would put forth the idea that Jesus didn't actually rise from the dead. That idea puts the whole Christian faith in the hole. Also, "I'm a notion/I'm all emotion" puts forth the idea of Jesus being some normal guy that made himself out to be more. And on the "cherry ghost," I saw at one site that it read "cheery ghost." I was wondering if those are the actual lyrics. And "That illiterate light/Is with us every night" bashes God. | |
| Arcade Fire – Neighborhood #2 (Laika) Lyrics | 20 years ago |
| Laika is also the first Russian dog to have gone into space. This would put forth the idea of the brother going out on his own, free from all restraint. I think this is to be related to humanity, in which most everyone has gone against all morals. Daddy would be a God figure. | |
| Arcade Fire – Neighborhood #1 (Tunnels) Lyrics | 20 years ago |
| I think this song could be a love song, but I think it can also be about how humankind has left its former morals and ideas behind. The bedrooms would be the comfort of thinking the same old thing. See my subsequent posts on the other Neighborhood songs to see how the others tie in. | |
| Secret Machines – The Leaves Are Gone Lyrics | 20 years ago |
| It's a story about a soldier saying goodbye to his girlfriend/wife before going off to war. The Road Leads Where It's Led and First Wave Intact are also about war, and a good deal of the other songs could be taken from a similar point of view. | |
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