| Bright Eyes – Middleman Lyrics | 18 years ago |
| Yeah does anyone have the lyrics for the talking in the background? | |
| Cake – End of the Movie Lyrics | 18 years ago |
| John McCrea was on NPR a little while ago, and he said it something like, "It isn't always being sad that keeps us going, it's curiosity." They then alluded to the Chinese proverb that says, "May your life always be interesting." | |
| Radiohead – 2 + 2 = 5 (The Lukewarm) Lyrics | 19 years ago |
| And if you're too dumb to sit down and read one of the best books ever, play Half Life 2. It's kind of the same idea. But with zombies. | |
| Ben Folds Five – Mess Lyrics | 19 years ago |
| Releasing what his songs are about to him would defeat the purpose of music entirely. He obviously wrote these songs as music so he could get an idea out of his head in a way that people would enjoy. If he wanted to write a book explaining it all, he could have scrawled an emo journal under his covers late at night. | |
| Ben Folds Five – Narcolepsy Lyrics | 19 years ago |
| Yeah Ben thought he wrote it very clearly about depression, but nobody got it. It's a wonderful song...and it's something he can play as loudly as humanly possible in concert. :P | |
| Ben Folds Five – Missing The War Lyrics | 19 years ago |
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Holla amateurboy Ben wrote this song as an epilogue to "The Last Polka," and I thought of the song way differently after reading that. If you look at the songs as songs about abusive relationships...The Last Polka is the fight, violent and saying things they know they'll regret (You've been pushing me like I was a sore tooth) and Missing the War is the aftermath, when both of them are sniffling in different corners, stuck in their relationship. I love this song so much. |
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| Ben Folds Five – Evaporated Lyrics | 19 years ago |
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Ben put it best..."It's about loss." I poured my heart out..it evaporated...see? It's so meek, and so tender, and so sorry...it's perfect. I love this song. |
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| Radiohead – 2 + 2 = 5 (The Lukewarm) Lyrics | 19 years ago |
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saMwise... i have 5 words for you nineteen eighty-four "He loved Big Brother" ...that's not five words..and way to give away the book. 1984 was probably the best book I've ever read, and this song is inspired by that book. Any interpretation of it outside of that is perfectly cool, and that's why music is so great. I like what people have said about this song outside of the Orwell allusion. |
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| Thom Yorke – Analyse Lyrics | 19 years ago |
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hahah saywhat...why would interpreting songs distort them? If songs could only be viewed one way, they wouldn't be songs, they'd be pointless. Music can reach anybody in any number of ways. You also don't hafta write songs to like it. So this doesn't look like an all out bash...I kind of wish it was "cows in the city"...it's a really stupid line that's kind of cute. The "it gets you down" line is probably my favorite line off of this album. That one bit gets stuck in my head a lot...it's just cool. |
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| Radiohead – Gagging Order Lyrics | 19 years ago |
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I obviously picture a hobo lying in the gutter...it made me think that this man tried to speak out against the government..."I'm not your property" (and along the Gagging Order definition)...and so he ended up in the street for speaking his mind. I'm sure that's not what Thom had in mind, but that's the beauty of interpretation. |
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| Radiohead – Airbag Lyrics | 19 years ago |
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I believe that Thom was actually in a car accident, and it inspired his thoughts for this song. I am not positive, I just thought I read that somewhere. And Radiohead is not big into drugs...I'm sure they've done it, but it's not the reason they write lyrics the way they do. Thom is actually just a creative genius. |
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| Ben Folds – Radio Jingle For Tokyo's Inter-FM Lyrics | 19 years ago |
| "When the weight of the world?" | |
| Ben Folds – One Down Lyrics | 19 years ago |
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The 4.6 songs he wrote to get out of his deal are awesome..this one, The Secret Life of Morgan Davis, Girl ("uncomfortably close to a boy band song"), Shit Day, and Make Me Mommy...his frustration is all over the place. I actually love this song though...not even for the frustration humor, it's just a good song with terribly well written lyrics. |
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| Ben Folds – Family of Me Lyrics | 19 years ago |
| In the movie Over the Hedge, for which this song was written, the raccoon has no family to start. So that's what this song is literally about, but out of context, I'd go with Kamikaze's interpretation. | |
| Ben Folds – Weather Channel Music Lyrics | 19 years ago |
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Hahah "Whiggles needs to shut up"...thirteen months ago? Rock This Bitch is a tradition, albeit a worn-out one. I noticed Ben weeded out some of the classic BF songs when I last saw him live, like Brick and Song for the Dumped. Maybe he's sick of playing the same stuff everytime, hence why Rock this Bitch was retired. Weather Channel Music was my favorite version I think...except for maybe his orchestral version with the Australian Symphony. |
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| Ben Folds – Prison Food Lyrics | 20 years ago |
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The title doesn't really fit the song. My guess is that Ben did this on purpose. He's drawing a picture of the big things, and how you can walk forever with someone and talk about nothing but little things, and you might as well be not saying anything. "we talked and never spoke a word"...that's kinda what I surmised. If that's true, then maybe it's like prison food. It will keep you alive, but it's nothing meaty..it's poop on a stick. Small talk is like that...it can keep people talking...but it's not meaty like the big things? I dunno I just thought of that as I went. It could work. |
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| Taproot – Time Lyrics | 20 years ago |
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I sent this song to a friend who was upset that her life wasn't what it used to be...she wanted things to go back to what they used to be. It showed her that she could turn back time by moving on. Good stuff. |
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| Five for Fighting – The Devil In The Wishing Well Lyrics | 20 years ago |
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The following was an email I sent to Five for Fighting, and was put on their website...it's long. :P FFF- My name is Greg. I'm fifteen (for a moment, yuk, yuk), and I own Americatown and The Battle For Everything. The Battle For Everything is, by far, the most influencial and powerful album I know. Especially "The Devil In The Wishing Well." I wrote a thorough description of how this has affected me on my personal website, and I'll post an excerpt. --------------------- This is a song by Five for Fighting, a music group I listen to a lot. I went through a period of depression back at the end of ninth grade. My friend Emily got me help, so the recovery started. I later found out that it was caused by a medication I was taking. Luckily, I am now off the medication. During this depression period, I bought Five for Fighting's latest CD, "The Battle For Everything." There was one song that really struck a chord with me, "The Devil In The Wishing Well." It almost perfectly described what I was going through. Here is how it works out. I met Jane at the center of the earth It was dark there was dirt all around But I gather you can figure that In this stanza, replace Jane with Emily. This is just the beginning, nothing earth-shattering yet. Except the center of my world was dark and dirty. Jane says I'm your body in the night And I'll lead you where you might find yourself Better if you follow me This would be Emily telling me that she's going to get me help with my depression. She's going to lead me down the road, as she once felt the same way I felt. So go right you'll be left at a big hotel You'll meet the devil at the bottom of a wishing well You know you better give him something Give him something good Like everybody else he's misunderstood This was Emily leaving me to come to grips with my depression. She couldn't take me the whole way, I have to confront the devil (depression) by myself and help myself out. Jane says it's a long way out... I'm gonna make it out Cause I'm about her The striking theme of this song in the first two lines. I knew it wasn't going to be easy, but there wasn't a doubt in my mind that it was going to end. It wasn't a question of "if," it was just "when." Jane says, you're as Holy as a ghost, But who loves you the most, if you offer I might let you carry me Well, both my parents work in the church, I have a holy family...she was going to carry me through this, help me out. Just not all the way. Jane there's nobody here but yourself In the end it's the wealth of your spirit Now hurry up get on with it Hurry up and get better, Greg! More or less...just not in those words. I went left I got right at some big hotel There was a devil at the bottom of the wishing well He said you better give me something Give me something good Like everybody else I'm misunderstood This was the defining moment, when I confronted my depression head on. I wasn't going to let it beat me. It couldn't. I had God on my side, this was the Devil. Jane says it's a long way out I'm gonna make it out Cause I'm about Jane says it's a long way out I'm gonna make it out Just the strong message of the song again...it's long, but I'm making it out. I took a guess and cut a portion out of my heart He said that's nowhere close enough but it's a damn good start I wrote the secret that I buried on the wishing well wall He said I've seen one... it follows that I've seen them all There wasn't really a moment like this that I remember, but this was me starting to find out how to get over my depression. We spoke of human destination in a perfect world Derived the nature of the universe (found it unfulfilled) As I took him in my arms he screamed I'm not insane I'm just looking for someone to understand my pain... Taking the devil in my arms...a poignant way to talk about me finally reaching the peak of my depression. I found out what he wanted, I decided to not let him beat me. He didn't, I won the battle. It's a long way out... I'm gonna make it out It wasn't long timewise, but it seemed long for me. It was long, but I made it out. No doubt that I was going to get over it. I made it. Thanks to all my friends and everyone who gave me the courage to confront the Devil and overcome him. ------------------ Thanks for inspiring me to make it out of one of the most hellish experiences of my life. -Greg It's a long way out... I'm gonna make it out. |
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| Taproot – Smile Lyrics | 20 years ago |
| The beginning of the chorus is one of the best lyrics in any song I've ever heard. Trying to create a contagious smile...Thoreau said that altering the state of the day was the greatest art...I guess Taproot's angrifying that statement into this song. :) | |
| Taproot – Birthday Lyrics | 20 years ago |
| This is my favorite Blue-Sky Research song. This is about regret...he's lonely, but he's been down depression before. If he was given another day, he'd give someone else advice to help them avoid what he's fallen into. Fate is what he's gained..I guess it's his fate to be this way. This song is BEAUTIFUL, like myeyesarered said. | |
| Taproot – When Lyrics | 20 years ago |
| The way I look at things, you have to have faith in a bright future. He sings it here...he'll get his change when the time is right...it'll be in no time. | |
| Taproot – She Lyrics | 20 years ago |
| I can relate to this...he's dating a girl, and she's a self-centered attention whore. He knows that what she's doing is wrong, and he's stuck in her shadow, feeling worthless...all anyone notices is her. Good stuff. I really like this song. | |
| Taproot – Mine Lyrics | 20 years ago |
| This is my favorite Taproot song. The harmonies blow me away, and I love the interlude. It means what it says. He's in love, but he's a metal rocker. This is how he tells her. | |
| Taproot – Like Lyrics | 20 years ago |
| It's modesty defined...you're like me, and I'm sorry that someone else has to be like that. He's also putting himself in their shoes, and when he looks inside of them, he sees himself, and it shows him his desires, so he can set out to find them. This is an amazing song. | |
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