| Stone Temple Pilots – Sour Girl Lyrics | 20 years ago |
| I agree the song seems to be about suicide. From the narrator's perspective it seems that he is someone she had a relationship with and everyone is looking to him for answers (or blame) but he doesn't have any. He explains she was miserable "sour" when he met her but he brought her some hapiness. The rollercoaster ride's a lonely one, could be a reference to the fact that dating someone with depression is very hard. The ransom note to stop it from steaming could means sacrifcing things to make the person happy. Sadly, it seems that eventually the girl becomes happy and leaves the narrator for someone else and then subsequently takes her life. | |
| U2 – Acrobat Lyrics | 20 years ago |
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This is just my view, and I know Bono and U2 aren't pro-IRA, but I think the lyrics seem to be about Irish nationalism. The woman in the song is Ireland itself or the nationalist movement. "And I'd join the movement If there was one I could believe in" seems to indicate that the singer doesn't buy into the IRA or any other terrorist type way of trying to unify the nation but the line "Yeah I'd break bread and wine If there was a church I could receive in" seems to indicate that the singer isn't exactly innocent either. That seems to be a pretty direct reference to the fact that people committing terrorists acts in the name of religion disqualify themselves from participating in holy communion. It could be about frustration with the peace process all together, the bastards being the people that perpetuate violence. Don't know for sure. But thats my two cents. Great song. |
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