| The Flaming Lips – Brainville Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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people on this website think every lips song has to be about drugs. geez. anyway, I read in an interview when the album came out that this song arose out of a comical idea that wayne (or one of his brothers or friends, I can't remember) had one day...the idea was that they would create a fictional college, Brainville University, and advertise it in the newspaper. When people showed up to to enroll in the college, the people in on the scam would beat up the poor schlub and steal their money. This song was born out of that musing, but deep down I think wayne's message is you don't really need higher education to be a complete person, and that people who feel they HAVE to go to college are being sadly misled. |
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| The Flaming Lips – The Gold in the Mountain of Our Madness Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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Its a complete metaphor for life in the United States (or really any capitalist society). We spend the best years of our lives (our youth, when we are strong) chasing the almighty dollar (the "gold" at the top of the mountain)...we spend years "climbing" and waste our energies and youth on this fruitless climb. at the end...what do we have to look back on? Most of us will never ever be rich. the "gold" is not there for us. The song is heartbreaking. But, in the end, the climbers have learned to value things that are not monetary in nature--the grass, the trees, the sun...or to extend the metaphor further, the company of friends and family. I think the song is saying that at the ends of our lives the pursuit of money will not be seen as important as the fulfillment we get from life's other pleasures... |
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| Sufjan Stevens – Decatur, or Round of Applause for Your Stepmother! Lyrics | 20 years ago |
| a love the history of the region described in this song, the river flooding the cemetery and sending the dead bodies everywhere...that really happened in Decatur. I also like the reference to Caterpiller, which makes farming equipment and is the leading employer in the region | |
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