| Ben Gibbard – You Remind Me of Home Lyrics | 19 years ago |
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To me, it seems he's talking to a parent. I can really relate this to my own situation with my mother, how she never amounted to much of anything. Regardless, the little things I remember make me feel at home, and when I can't go anywhere else, I can turn to her. Also, "the foundation is crumbling" makes me think more of growing old than a failing relationship, however, it's to be taken as each individual takes it. |
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| Straylight Run – It's For the Best Lyrics | 19 years ago |
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I understand the refrences to Christian religion, I recognize, and accept them. However, music is not restricted to the songwriter's point of view, but can be manipulated by the listener to fit whatever situation in which that person needs the music. I find the lines: "as young as i was, i felt older back then, more disciplined, stronger and certain," to relate to my own personal struggles in growing up. In the past I found myself to be mature, and I was, but now I realize how much the world has to offer and how underdeveloped I am in my evolution of human progression. Once upon a time, I honored my viewpoints on life, but as I grew older, I realized that I haven't seen everything, or every aspect to the situations at hand. I've become distracted, for whatever reasons, with my own freedom from parental control, and "I've become content with this life that I lead, where I drink too much and don't believe in much of anything." |
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| Afghan Whigs – When We Two Parted Lyrics | 19 years ago |
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The New Amsterdams version is pretty much an insult to Greg Dulli. This is one of the most powerfully emotional songs I've ever heard, however the meaning is pretty obvious. |
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| Bright Eyes – When the President Talks to God Lyrics | 19 years ago |
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So, maybe everyone should just agree to disagree? Hm? Maybe? And all of you that don't listen to Bright Eyes, are not fans, that waste your time being ridiculous, etc... I think it's just great that you did what Conor wanted you to. You got pissed off. Did anyone take the time to think that maybe this wasn't meant to be an amazing work of art? Maybe that's why it isn't on any amazing albums, like Lifted or I'm Wide Awake. This song is fun, it's catchy. And maybe his voice isn't the best, but his music is. I'll admit it, this isn't my favorite song, but I enjoy listening to it. I agree with it. And I'm not going to turn my back on Bright Eyes because something was a little less poetic that usual. |
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| Bright Eyes – Easy/Lucky/Free Lyrics | 20 years ago |
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oh yeah, and dorareever, I hear the "everything" at the end too. I think I like it. a lot. |
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| Against Me! – Sink, Florida, Sink Lyrics | 20 years ago |
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Maybe a reference to the 2000 election? I thought maybe so since it was on the Rock Against Bush, Vol. 1 comp., but not all songs were political. "his heart can beat a skipping rhythm"-election result anxiety? "what is lost can never be found" -the votes? "they make all the right reasons to fuck it up" -fairly self-explanitory. The "Florida" in the title is probably what makes me think so. However, the whole song doesn't match up to that explanation. Anyone kind of see where I'm coming from? |
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| Against Me! – Sink, Florida, Sink Lyrics | 20 years ago |
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Maybe a reference to the 2000 election? I thought maybe so since it was on the Rock Against Bush, Vol. 1 comp., but not all songs were political. "his heart can beat a skipping rhythm"-election result anxiety? "what is lost can never be found" -the votes? "they make all the right reasons to fuck it up" -fairly self-explanitory. The "Florida" in the title is probably what makes me think so. However, the whole song doesn't match up to that explanation. Anyone kind of see where I'm coming from? |
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| Bright Eyes – Easy/Lucky/Free Lyrics | 20 years ago |
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I believe that someone else has said something similar to what I am about to, so hooray to whoever that was. I think this is about wasting time, focusing on the surface and ignoring the internality of everything. Also maybe about death, his cousin's death. "I guess it's real enough", I think may be sarcasm. "Refrigerators full of blood" -- we stock up blood, prehaps for war, for the "century spent pointing guns at anything that moves". However a reference to war, I don't believe the whole song is about that. "Sometimes I worry that I've lost the plot", is a perfect example of how people lose sight of what really matters, and focus more on the surface. "My twitching muscles tease my flippant thoughts", I believe is probably a reference to bad nerves, perhaps from difficult emotions, or perhaps from his cousin's funeral, or anyone's. I believe the line "I never really dreamed of heaven much until we put him in the ground" probably is about his cousin, Collin. Maybe the lines about searching for a pattern are his attempt at grasping something solid in religion, or even personal faith. Either that, or maybe sarcasm about people that really do look for god on earth. "Don't be a criminal"... "a condo on the coast" --life is mundane, you follow rules, you vacation, all while ignoring the true meaning of existence. "I set my watch...bomb gets dropped", I think the reference to 'atomic' clock is very useful in creating the imagery of the bomb dropping. Maybe he wants to know the exact second when the world ends, when he will die. "...I never let it get me down..." --He's had some awakening, probably, once more, the death. He's looking for heaven, for some sign ("faces in the clowds") to get him through. This seems to tie back into the line "I never really dreamed of heaven much until we put him in the ground". "...We're all planning to meet", reminds me of when I make plans with my old friends. We always say we'll go out sometime, we promise to call, but nothing ever happens. We'll probably never see each other again, until a funeral. We make these promises that can only be fulfilled in an eternity in a grave yard somewhere. We never see these things, because we're focusing on the surface. Sorry if I sound like a bumbling idiot. |
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| Bright Eyes – Something Vague Lyrics | 20 years ago |
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I look at this song and I see the stark reality of life. Bright Eyes lyrics tend to encompass the depression, and at times the joy, of reality. The first verse, I believe, is made for imagery. I imagine a picture in my head, of a lonely guy walking to his apartment in the dark- he doesn't look any more depressed than the rest of the world dragging their feet along the icy sidewalks outside. His life has become a routine, something he cannot escape... yet he doesn't put forth the effort to change anything, he just takes it. This isn't just the one guy, this is what a lot of peoples' lives are like. He changes tenses from 'you' to 'I' in the second verse, focusing more on himself and giving a little more insight into his own feelings. I don't see the second verse as depressing, really. It seems a little more hopeful, like his hometown and childhood were more comforting. I see him suspended there in the air in his dream, and he probably feels free, as if he doesn't need to be held up by anything or anyone. He puts off his own light, like a star, and maybe can be some inspiration and hope like the stars he had wished on. "But now I'm confused"..."following us both", I see, may be that he doesn't grasp how one can feel depressed and infinite, or how two people, relaying back to verse one, can feel these different emotions. I feel that they are both trying to run from death in a way. One is ignoring it, trying to get through the days, while the other (Conor) is embracing life. The something vague is itself is vague, for 'something' can be anything. "Something vague that we're not seeing, something more like a feeling", is probably that fear of death, or of being nothing. I don't know. I may be off to the tenth degree. |
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