| Coldplay – I Bloom Blaum Lyrics | 20 years ago |
| "We went to Iceland and we had a concert there and there was a review the next day, which we didn't understand if it was good or bad cos it was in Icelandic. But there was a caption underneath the picture, the crowd were covered in blue light and i thought it said 'the blue people' in Icelandic and i thought it said 'i bloom blaum' but it actually didnt... so this song title 'i bloom blaum' makes absolutely nil sense!"- Chris Martin | |
| Metallica – Welcome Home (Sanitarium) Lyrics | 20 years ago |
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I agree with realmusiclover/romanchristopher's comments on the song. Afterall, the world is just one big mental institution. Overall it's a comment on society, and how the writer feels within that society. |
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| Metallica – Harvester Of Sorrow Lyrics | 20 years ago |
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I've always thought it was about alcohol itself, and the effect James maybe felt it had on him and others. So, essentially James is writing the song as if Alcohol was a person/entity itself, and James takes on the perspective of Alcohol. "Pure Black looking clear" - Alcohol is often clear, but can have a "dark" effect. "You'll Suffer unto Me" - Alcohol has now become your master. Much like Drugs in "Master of Puppets". "Let the Beatings Begin" - Not necessarily beating someone else up, but pschologically beating yourself up because you've fallen off the wagon, or you hate how you are after drinking and therefore beat yourself up over it. "Your Loss Becomes My Gain" - Often Alcoholics will continue to drink because it numbs whatever their pain they're going through. "Harvester of Sorrow Language of the Mad" - This is saying that alcohol will only make you depressed, and that it'll make you mad, as often alcoholic end up. Interestingly, when you view this in context of the time, James was reportedly going through his partying/drinking phase, which would culiminate in his checking into rehab many years later, during "St. Anger". So, as quite often the case, maybe this song was a form of subconscious therapy for James at the time. |
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