| Seven Mary Three – Oven Lyrics | 20 years ago |
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This is such a brilliant song! Does anyone have any theories on what the link is between the Sylvia Plath parts of the song and the religious message? Before I knew about the Sylvia Plath thing I always thought the Oven symbolized heaven, or a faith in some sort of afterlife (maybe it has a double meaning). The song is obviously making some strong statements about spirituality ("This Kansas Wheat won't break us and another drink won't make us free... the oven's wide open... hold your breath and see", "The smartest man she ever met was not buried or put up on a cross... but she thinks it's over still if that light won't go on... there's no hope in life at all, if the oven won't burn"). it seems like maybe a similar theme to their song "Devilboy" where he talks about the absurdity of how non-Christians are often demonized by religious leaders and told they're going to hell, etc. It seemed to me that the message was that people can still have faith in something important and get through difficult times without having to be Christian. That being said, learning the story of Sylvia Plath opens up a whole new, darker dimension to the song. In any case I'm interested in hearing people's thoughts on what the relationship might be between these two different themes of the song! |
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| Counting Crows – A Murder Of One Lyrics | 20 years ago |
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Quote by Adam Duritz From anna-begins.com I can remember being eight years old and having infinite possibilities. But life ends up being so much less that we thought it would be when we were kids, with relationships that are so empty and stupid and brutal. If you don't find a way to break the chain and change in some way, then you wind up, as the rhyme goes: a murder of one, for sorrow. |
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| Faith Hill – Paris Lyrics | 20 years ago |
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From Gordie Sampson's website (the brilliant songwriter who wrote this one): The aptly titled "Paris," may be disguised as a love song, but it's actually about the three of them getting jumped and hospitalized on Bastille Day. "There's couple of lines in that --'American blood in the streets of Saint Germaine' -- which is what happened," says Gordie. "We loosely based the song on what it's like to be an American in Paris." |
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| Līve – Lightning Crashes Lyrics | 20 years ago |
| Caeremonia stated that the song was obviously about reincarnation, and knowing Ed is very into eastern religion that would seem like a pretty reasonable conclusion to draw when listening to the lyrics. however, I've seen interviews where Ed has specifically said that the song is not about reincarnation, and that the baby and mother are not directly connected, but rather two completely separate characters which serve the purpose of contrasting the beginning and end of life. | |
| Paul Simon – Under African Skies Lyrics | 20 years ago |
| Mercury_Girl -> you quoted the line "his path marked by the stars..." as possibly meaning Joseph following the stars on his way to Bethlehem, but the second part of the line says "stars in the southern hemisphere", which would back up the title "under Arican Skies" as opposed Bethlehem which is in the northern hemisphere. So I'm thinking it's probably not a biblical reference... interesting interpretation though. The whole album is very deep lyrically, and I think many of the songs are open to a lot of different interpretations. | |
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