| The Gaslight Anthem – She Loves You Lyrics | 11 years ago |
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Could be wrong, but I'm pretty sure it's: And if there was a way to navigate your sees, If, tonight, my true love, they'd belong to me. Great song. Very atmospheric. Fun and heartbreaking all at once. |
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| Conor Oberst – Cape Canaveral Lyrics | 13 years ago |
| I believe "poltergeist" in this sentence is just a synomyn for ghost. He is speaking to someone, a girl, who has passed away. "I felt your presence like Savannah heat." I think it's that simple. That's how I take it anyway. The line before he mentions "buried shoe box grief" which refers to burying the personal effects of a deceased love one in a shoe box. | |
| Conor Oberst – Cape Canaveral Lyrics | 13 years ago |
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My interpretation of the "flying saucer terror" line is this: He has spent too much time in the past on false pursuits, i.e. getting obsessive over things like UFOs and watching shows like Ancient Aliens instead of searching for the truth in life. Whether it's finding truth through science or religion, it doesn't matter. it's all about a pursuit of knowledge, of genuine knowledge, not getting caught up in the carnival side shows of life, which are so easy to get caught up in. There's a phrase used commonly today that if someone is just going along with the group without giving it much thought, they are said to be "drinking the Kool aid." (This phrase came from the Jonestowne Massacres, where hundreds followers of Jim Jones intentionally drank poisoned kool aid to die with their leader.) So when Conor sings "Wait, wait, wait mighty outerspace. All that flying saucer terror made me lazy, drinking lemonade. A waste. It just went to waste," he's saying "all that UFO bullshit made my brain lazy, and I was just drinking the kool aid. And all that time? It just went to waste." That is my interpretation, and I absolutely love this line. I used to get caught up in conspiracy theories, ghosts, UFOs, and the like, with no regard for discovering actual truths, I just wanted to be entertained. As I got older that wasn't enough for me anymore, even though it was still enough for a lot of people around me. Conor articulates this in a way I never could, and I adore it. |
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| Conor Oberst – Eagle on a Pole Lyrics | 13 years ago |
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"El cielo es azul" means "the sky is blue." I would imagine that every Spanish Language text book, cd, dvd, whatever would have that phrase in it. It doesn't rob the song of any power. |
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| Neutral Milk Hotel – Oh Comely Lyrics | 13 years ago |
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There seems to be multiple story lines throughout the album. Two clear ones are A.) Anne Frank and B.) reincarnated conjoined twins. These two stories very well might merge. It's hard to say. I'm figuring all this out as I write it. As I piece the story together I find that the songs aren't in chronological order. If we change the order of some of the songs, a through line begins to present itself. So, this is me trying to understand the story of the conjoined twins and what, if anything that has to do with Anne Frank. 1.)King of Carrot Flowers Part 2. The time before. Limbo. Purgatory. The rhythym here and the instrumentation create a feeling of being stuck in time. The lyrics are spiritual. "I love you Jesus Christ." Floating suspnended in a mother's womb. 2. Oh Comely "But now we move to feel For ourselves inside some strangers stomach Place your body here Let your skin begin to blend itself with mine" "Inside some strangers stomach" could be how someone reincarnated as a fetus could look at their present situation. The "let your skin begin to blend itself with mine" line could refer to growing together in the womb as conjoined twins. 3.) The King of Carrot Flowers part 3: "Up and over We go through the wave and undertow I will float until I learn how to swim Inside my mother in a garbage bin Until I find myself again, again" The birth. Being birthed. The music here is frenetic and charging. The imagery in the lyrics as clear as any on the album. "Until I find myself again" referring to being reincarnated. The next two verses the baby (ies) getting older. The following three lines, one from each verse, takes us through the first few phases of life: "I will float until I learn how to swim I will spit until I learn how to speak I will shout until they know what I mean." There is also something in the third verse about a "synthetic flying machine." I have no idea what this means. It's only of note because of another line in Oh Comely: "I wish I could save her in some sort of time machine." Are these thoughts related? I don't know. 4.) The King of Carrot Flowers Part 1: "When you were young you were the king of carrot flowers." This song also has some of the most straightforward lyrics on the album. It's about two young people who shared a (shitty) childhood (twins? brother and sister?) and how they dealt with it (imagination, solace in each other, etc.) "And your mom would stick a fork right into daddy's shoulder And dad would throw the garbage all across the floor As we would lay and learn what each other's bodies were for And this is the room One afternoon I knew I could love you And from above you how I sank into your soul Into that secret place where no one dares to go" The two seemed to have shared a sexual relationship of some sort. (Also noteworthy but ambiguous is the referring to "your" mother, but when talking about the father, just saying "Dad".) It also could be that the mother and father in this song are talked about more in Oh Comely: "Your father made fetuses with flesh licking ladies, While you and your mother were asleep in the trailer park". 5.) In the Aeroplane Over the Sea: One song on the album that potentially seems like a stand alone, but if you listen to the lyrics with the conjoined twins theme in mind, there are some interesting connections: "What a beautiful face I have found in this place; Let me hold it close and keep it here with me. And one day we will die and our ashes will fly. Love to be in the arms of all I'm keeping here with me." Just a selection of lyrics from the song. Didn't to want to post all of them. Particularly of note, expecially when trying to build the conjoined twins theme is the last line above "love to be in the arms of all I'm keeping here with me." 6.) Two-Headed Boy: (the events in this song are out of chronology, much like the entire album) Upon first listening I assumed two-head boy to be symbolic for something else (someone consumed with sex, someone who's bi-polar, etc.) but I now see that it's possible the title is meant to be taken literally and the two-headed boy refers to a set of conjoined twins. In this light, I believe the second verse and the third verse are about the twins enjoying life and each other's company\falling in love: "Two headed boy Put on Sunday shoes And dance round the room to accordion keys With the needle that sings in your heart Catching signals that sound in the dark Catching signals that sound in the dark And in the dark we will take off our clothes... Two headed boy With pulleys and weights Creating a radio played just for two In the parlor with a moon across her face And through the music he sweetly displays Silver speakers that sparkle all day" I believe the chorus is about the twins having surgery to seperate them (likely against their will) and one of the twins dies during the procedure: "We will take off our clothes And they'll be placing fingers through the notches in your spine And when all is breaking Everything that you could keep inside Now your eyes ain't moving,now They just lay there in their climb" The last line of the third verse also support this: "Made for his lover who's floating and choking with her hands across her face." The first verse is a case of en media res. The song starts with the twin already dead and the boy being alone in his room, reaching out and trying to connect with her: "Two headed boy All floating in glass The sun it has passed Now it's blacker than black I can hear as you tap on your jar I am listening to hear where you are I am listening to hear where you are" The fourth verse is the boy saying goodbye to his sister/love: "Two headed boy There is no reason to grieve The world that you need is wrapped in gold silver sleeves Left beneath Christmas trees in the snow And I will take you and leave you alone Watching spirals of white softly flow Over your eyelids and all you did Will wait until the point when you let go" 6.) The Fool: A funeral dirge. 7.) Holland 1945: "The only girl I have ever loved...." and he then goes on to describe Anne Frank (but then they buried her alive with just her sister at her side and only weeks before the guns all came and rained on everyone) So if the narrator of this song is the same narrator from the first 5 songs, then it stands to reason that the only girl he ever loved is his twin and is also Anne Frank. So was Anne Frank reincarnated as his twin sister? Some lines that support this: In the Aeroplane Over the Sea: "Anna's ghost all around, Hear her voice as it's rolling and ringing through me." Oh Comely: I wish I could save her in some sort of time machine. Ghost: Ghost, ghost I know you live within me I feel you as you fly In thunder clouds above the city Into one that I love" "And she was born in a bottle rocket, 1929" (Anne Frank was born in 1929 and died in 1945, just a couple of months before the allied forces invaded the beaches at Normandy i.e. only weeks before the guns all came and rained on everyone.) (Also from Ghost) "With all that was left within me Until we tore in two Now wings and rings and there's so many Waiting here for you." Until we tore in two could refer to their seperation talked about in two-headed boy.) To be honest, this is just one possible theme in album with many themes. I haven't been able to really crack (yet) Oh Comely and Two Headed Boy part 2. I have a feeling that a lot of the answers to the mystery that is this album lie within those two songs. Any thought? Do you agree there is a conjoined twins theme? Reincarnation? Is it meant to be taken literally or just symbolic? Share what you think. This is the most complex, layered album I have ever listened to, and I love that no matter how many times I've heard it, I discover something new with each listen. |
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| Neutral Milk Hotel – Oh Comely Lyrics | 13 years ago |
| "...each quarter note, each marble step, walk up and down that lonely treble clef." | |
| M83 – Teen Angst Lyrics | 14 years ago |
| Well, the "pollution" must have started a long time ago, cause the post you were responding to is about 5 years old. How long have you been a member to this site? | |
| Bon Iver – RE: Stacks Lyrics | 14 years ago |
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Not to get off topic, but: "In their astonishing range of textual variants, the Qumran biblical discoveries have prompted scholars to reconsider the once-accepted theories of the development of the modern biblical text from only three manuscript families: of the Masoretic text, of the Hebrew original of the Septuagint, and of the Samaritan Pentateuch. It is now becoming increasingly clear that the Old Testament scripture was extremely fluid until its canonization around A.D. 100." To some, to imply that the Bible is "fluid" and changed with the men who wrote is a blasphemous idea. The Dead Sea Scrolls essentially proved this, which rocked some Christian's to their core. |
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| Emerson, Lake & Palmer – Lucky Man Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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Last time I checked the Beatles weren't a trio. |
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| The Monkees – What Am I Doing Hangin' 'Round? Lyrics | 16 years ago |
| One of my favorite Monkees songs. I love how the meaning of the chorus changes after the final verse. Bittersweet song, that always gets me. | |
| Joy Division – Digital Lyrics | 16 years ago |
| You make some good points Danzig, however, if you go through all the Joy Division songs on this site, every single song people claim are about epilepsy and sucide. Is every song Ian Curtis wrote about epilepsy or suicide? Was he not capable of thinking about anything else? It gets old. It has nothing to do with being arrogant and close minded. Actually it's open-minded to think that maybe Ian wrote some songs about other subjects, and the most arrogant post that I've read under this song, is the post written by you. | |
| Alkaline Trio – My Standard Break From Life Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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Unfortunately, there are over 30 other lines in this song. I could say that the line: "I'm having trouble making sentences..." proves that this song is about english grammar, but that would be assonine. |
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| The Gaslight Anthem – Wooderson Lyrics | 18 years ago |
| I think it's "Dancin' by moonlight, my old friend the twilight." | |
| The Gaslight Anthem – Wooderson Lyrics | 18 years ago |
| I think it's "Dancin' by moonlight, my old friend the twilight." | |
| The Gaslight Anthem – I'da Called You Woody, Joe Lyrics | 18 years ago |
| What a great song. I agree this song is a tribue to Joe Strummer. On top of the references that astatusquoexile listed, Joe Strummer also did a song called Ramshackle Day Parade (great song too, check it out) with the Mescalleros, which I believe is being referenced in the "ramshackle voice" line. As far as the Woody thing, I was thinking that he was talking about Woody Guthrie, a political American Folk musician, and basically comparing the impact of Joe Strummer on music to the impact of Woody Guthrie, which is quite high praise. | |
| Alkaline Trio – Jaked On Green Beers Lyrics | 18 years ago |
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At the risk of sounding stupid, does anyone know what "Jaked" means? The green beers part is obvious, them being from Chicago and all, and there's green beer a plenty in shy-town come Saint Pat's. But what about jaked? In this context it sounds like another word for wrecked, or trashed, but I wonder where it came from. Like maybe they have a buddy named Jake who gets the most fucked up out of all their friends. Who knows? Great fucking song. |
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| Alkaline Trio – Steamer Trunk Lyrics | 18 years ago |
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I agree that the Steamer Trunk is a Manson reference. But it's just that: a reference. But I don't think that means the whole song is about Manson. Most of Matt's songs use dark imagery to talk about regular problems. I think in this song is about a girl who maybe had a rough go of things in high school, or somewhere in the past, and all these years have gone by and she just can't let go of it. He's tried to help her let go. "I told you that I loved you, but it didn't matter much." He's trying to tell her that there are people now in the present that love her but she won't hear it cause she's too caught up in the past. So he has to leave her. And of course the second verse is post- breakup and how's he dealing with it. Mainly by drinking and trying to block her out. But he can't get her fully out of his head. The steamer trunk is obviosly referring to his brain, and the part of it that can't help but thinking about her and all of her troubles. I don't think this song is about rape, but I could be wrong. I say that because botht the melody of the song and a lot of lyrics have a playful kind of feeling to them. It doesn't seem to me that he would take rape so lightly. There's a handful of other Alk3 songs that cover heavy subject matter and they are usually a little more serious. See While Your Waiting, Maybe I'll Catch Fire, just to name a couple. |
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| Alkaline Trio – Steamer Trunk Lyrics | 18 years ago |
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I agree that the Steamer Trunk is a Manson reference. But it's just that: a reference. But I don't think that means the whole song is about Manson. Most of Matt's songs use dark imagery to talk about regular problems. I think in this song is about a girl who maybe had a rough go of things in high school, or somewhere in the past, and all these years have gone by and she just can't let go of it. He's tried to help her let go. "I told you that I loved you, but it didn't matter much." He's trying to tell her that there are people now in the present that love her but she won't hear it cause she's too caught up in the past. So he has to leave her. And of course the second verse is post- breakup and how's he dealing with it. Mainly by drinking and trying to block her out. But he can't get her fully out of his head. The steamer trunk is obviosly referring to his brain, and the part of it that can't help but thinking about her and all of her troubles. I don't think this song is about rape, but I could be wrong. I say that because botht the melody of the song and a lot of lyrics have a playful kind of feeling to them. It doesn't seem to me that he would take rape so lightly. There's a handful of other Alk3 songs that cover heavy subject matter and they are usually a little more serious. See While Your Waiting, Maybe I'll Catch Fire, just to name a couple. |
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| Alkaline Trio – Steamer Trunk Lyrics | 18 years ago |
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I agree that the Steamer Trunk is a Manson reference. But it's just that: a reference. But I don't think that means the whole song is about Manson. Most of Matt's songs use dark imagery to talk about regular problems. I think in this song is about a girl who maybe had a rough go of things in high school, or somewhere in the past, and all these years have gone by and she just can't let go of it. He's tried to help her let go. "I told you that I loved you, but it didn't matter much." He's trying to tell her that there are people now in the present that love her but she won't hear it cause she's too caught up in the past. So he has to leave her. And of course the second verse is post- breakup and how's he dealing with it. Mainly by drinking and trying to block her out. But he can't get her fully out of his head. The steamer trunk is obviosly referring to his brain, and the part of it that can't help but thinking about her and all of her troubles. I don't think this song is about rape, but I could be wrong. I say that because botht the melody of the song and a lot of lyrics have a playful kind of feeling to them. It doesn't seem to me that he would take rape so lightly. There's a handful of other Alk3 songs that cover heavy subject matter and they are usually a little more serious. See While Your Waiting, Maybe I'll Catch Fire, just to name a couple. |
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| Alkaline Trio – While You're Waiting Lyrics | 18 years ago |
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Actually Sadie Atkins is still alive. The bit at the end of "Sadie" is just taken from an interview she gave to a reporter once. As far as Helter Skelter, Manson was obsessed with the Beatles and in fact thought the entire White Album was full of secret codes that were directed at him and his "family." I don't see what that has to with Alkaline Trio. Unless you are just suggesting that Alkaline fans might like that song, if they've never heard it. Oh, and I never realized that Steamer Trunk referred to Manson as well. I always wondered what that song was about. Thanks. |
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| The Vapors – Turning Japanese Lyrics | 18 years ago |
| In the song he's clearly infatuated with a photograph. And the biggest Japanese stereo-type of all is the Japanese tourist walking around with three cameras around their neck snapping pictures of everything. Just a thought. | |
| Alkaline Trio – While You're Waiting Lyrics | 18 years ago |
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A couple of ideas about "be thankful for your fingers" line. 1. It could a plea / reminder to use the phone. That he, and any other help is just a phone call away. We use our fingers to dial, and it wouldn't be the first reference to a phone in an alkaline song. 2. The next line got to me too. "I'll be fading with the colors of your pictures." What if it's all one thought. The image that jumped into mind is the girl (I assume it's a girl. It could be a close friend, but I get the feeling it's more than that) is holding a photograph of him or them, and she's holding it with her fingers covering parts of the photo, like the edge or corners or whatever. And so her fingers contrast the fading picture and represent something concrete, something here and now, not just a fading old picture of a fading relationship. I don't know neither one seems definitive, but I find the line intriguing for some reason. The whole song is great |
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| Ted Leo and the Pharmacists – Dial Up Lyrics | 19 years ago |
| One of my favorite songs. The last verse, in my opinion, is songwriting at it's very best. Most bands would be lucky to write one song as good as this, and Ted Leo keeps coming up with album after album of them. I don't know how he does it. It's almost not fair. But I love it, I feel like I'm in on some big secret when I listen to Ted Leo's music. Like I'm privy to the greatest music in the world, and most people will never know it. There loss. So there loss. In highschool, I used to be pissed off if a band I was listening to for a while would blow up. But not anymore, I would love it everyone in the world got the chance to listen to this music. I truly think it would make the world a better place. Thank you Ted. | |
| Ted Leo and the Pharmacists – Stove By A Whale Lyrics | 19 years ago |
| I love how cman's explanation of the song, and sexmaniac's explanation can be so different from each other, and both be so dead on. There's not many musicians in this world that can blow you away lyrically like Ted can, let alone go on to just absolutely rock out the last three minutes of the song with just instruments, and no lyrics, and have it be equally powerful. | |
| Avail – Simple Song Lyrics | 19 years ago |
| My favorite song. | |
| The Lawrence Arms – The Devil's Takin' Names Lyrics | 19 years ago |
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I think which singer sings which part does pertain to the meaning of the songs on this album. In the past there was a definitive line between Brendans songs and Chris's songs. Not just in the sound of the voice, but in the songwriting as well. Each had a distinctive sound. On this album, it feels more collaborative. As if it's no longer just Brendan and Chris, but now it's The Lawrence Arms. Brendan sings alot slower and in a lower key at parts, in a way sings more like Chris. And Chris is way more aggressive on this album. It's as if they have met each other half way, to form one new unique voice. I love it. Just because the name of the website is "songmeanings.net" doesn't mean that every post has to be: "this song is about getting your heart broken" or "this song is about drugs." There's a whole lot of blood, sweat, and tears that go into all of these songs that can effect the meanings for different people in many different ways. So, if you don't like the way people post, ignore them, write your own the way you want them to be written, and maybe people who agree your line of reasoning will respond to you. Just as the people who want to hear what I have to say can respond to me. |
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| The Lawrence Arms – The First Eviction Notice Lyrics | 20 years ago |
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My favorite of Chris's songs on Apathy and Exhaustion. I like the "I'm barely breathings" because they setup the best part of the song. ...You can't see me, Have I invented you? I'm barely breathing, you're so easy to believe in.... |
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| The Lawrence Arms – The Devil's Takin' Names Lyrics | 20 years ago |
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Sentimentalfool is right. "Strumpin' for nothing"-Brendan. "Ew"- Chris. I saw the video on alternative press as well. There's a sigh in "Hey, What time is Pensacola: Wings of Gold on anyway?" that gets me even more than this "ew". It's right after the line "Forced endurance from this glass it's eleven forty five two more hours lumber past I feel like I tried (sigh). It gets me everytime. On this song I like the part when they switch from Brendan singing "i never tried that but I know I don't like it" to them both singing "or maybe I do and I'm just to weak to fight it." It's crazy, man. Those two guys have got a way with words. |
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| The Lawrence Arms – Lose Your Illusion 1 Lyrics | 20 years ago |
| DeadAsRhodes, Chris also sings most of the vocals on Beyond the Embarassing Style and Old Dogs never Die. One of the things I love so much about this album is that both Brendan and Chris sing on every single song. Sometimes it's a call and response type thing like on "Are you there Margaret it's me God?", but most of the time they are singing in unison which is new for the Larry Arms. It's amazing. It's like these two voices join to form one incredible super voice that will never be equaled. This album rocks. | |
| The Lawrence Arms – Are You There, Margaret? It's Me, God. Lyrics | 20 years ago |
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Don't judge too quickly. This was the first song that jumped out at me as well. But by now every song on this album is amazing. The Greatest Story Ever Told is one of my favorite all time albums, and I thought this album would be good, but not not as impactful or fresh. Basically I was expecting a Greatest Story two. Boy did I underestimate this amazing, amazing band. This album is completely different from the last two, and as I listen to these songs over and over, I'm almost to the point where I wan to say that this is better than Greatest Story. This might be the best album they've ever put out, hell it might be one of the best albums I've ever listened to. This might sound like hyperbole, but give all these songs a chance. |
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| The Lawrence Arms – Great Lakes/Great Escapes Lyrics | 20 years ago |
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I scratched my name into the table. The knife and phone just fucking lay there. I orchestrate a day of routine elements. These letters are so old and faded. And in the end we'll burn in history I'll take a chance and fall in love tonight. I'm lost and found. So lost again. I wonder as I'm wandering. (I don't worry when I'm wandering) I used to paint myself with sentiment. But all my colors always turned to gray. I spent the night out on the wire again. But I wasn't looking for a savior. Great lake--I don't need a great escape. Tonight. I've got this city on my side. And in the end we'll burn in history. I could fall in love with her tonight. I'm lost and found. So lost again. Nothing to do but keep on wandering. We can live with our mistakes. All my friends are going out tonight. And I can't sit her just waiting for another day to die.. fuck all this ancient history I won't post alot about this song because if I wanted to post about every Lawrence Arms song that has great lyrics I could spent the rest of eternity staring at this monitor, and working these finger tips into giant callouses, so I'll just repeat two lines from this song that move me. I'll take a chance and fall in love tonight. And I can't sit here waiting for another day to die. (This whole album literally gives me goosebumps when I listen to it.) |
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| NOFX – The Death Of John Smith Lyrics | 20 years ago |
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For me, this song was the moment NOFX hit their stride. Ribbed was an awesome album, very raw, funny, quasi-political, a different kind of sound. But The Longest Line into White Trash into Punk in Drublic to me is when NOFX was absolutely untouchable. I was like 13-16 for the span of these three albums, and they along with some other classic albums from some other classic bands really meant something to me through my formative years. The first time I heard the Death of John Smith, I was hooked to that sound. Different from what they had been doing up to that point. It sounded cleaner, more produced but in a good way. It was more complex, dare I say it more mature. Groundbreaking really. Nofx basically created New School Punk. Bad Religion, Operation Ivy, The Descendents all had a hand in it too, but it was those vocals. Fat Mike's vocal and the harmonies that really defined the sound. Every punk band making a living on the radio since that time has owed a huge chunk of their sound to NOFX, from Blink 182 to Sum 41, to Fall Out Boy. The Longest Line was the first time that sound as it exists today was heard. And the first time I listened to those lyrics, fuhgedaboutit. They always reminded me of my father and exactly what I didn't want to do with my life. Fucking excellent. |
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| Our Lady Peace – Everyone's A Junkie Lyrics | 20 years ago |
| As far as I can see, these are the correct lyrics, just a few words have been omitted. Perhaps it was corrected since all of your posts. | |
| The Clash – Death or Glory Lyrics | 20 years ago |
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Every young "tough guy" who thinks he has the world by the balls eventually grows up to pay a mortgage, and pay alimony to his ex-wife. Every kid who has love and hate tattooed on his knuckles later uses those same hands to discipline his children for not getting good grades, or fighting with his sister. Every Rockstar who claims "I'll never grow old" is selling bullshit, because we all grow old. We all become our parents. Hippies grow up to become stock brokers and police officers. Punks grow up to become computer programmers and school teachers. Death or glory, the ideals of young rebels, have all been done before. And while you're to young, naive, ignorant, etc. to know what the outcome of your life will be, we already know, cause we seen it all a thousand times. Just another boring fucking story. One of my all time favorite Clash songs, and definitely one of their more cynical songs. As with all great lyrics however, using them in different contexts can alter the meaning of the song, or at least shed a new light on it. This one definitely seems to have a connection with music. Perhaps a reflection on bands of the time, or the audience of the time. Basically asking the kids "Do you think you're the first movement of counter-culture to try and stand up for a cause? Do you think you'll be the last? |
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| Ted Leo and the Pharmacists – Walking To Do Lyrics | 20 years ago |
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I'm not one to tell someone else there interpretation of a song is wrong, but I don't think the religious thing is accurate. This is the last song on the album, a very political and personal album, and in that context, the "whole lot of walking to do" of course means that there's more to come. Figuratively, more of life to come, and literally, more music to come in the future. A good chunk of the album is about fighting the status quo, and this song is a call to keep up the fight. "I'm old enough to know that people waiting for some big sign Should quit their waiting on the Divine. Divine is what's in your mind." This is one of my favorite lines on the album, because I think it brings attention to a rift between the way people think. Religion is used as an example here, but I think the divide is greater than that. I think it's political, spiritual, and is very apparent in America today. I think Ted is celebrating his way of thinking, and calling on whoever is listening to this song to maybe take the time to see things his way. I.E. A few lines later, and the theme to song, and quite possibly the entire album, is "I'll buy you brand new shoes, if you cross to my side, there's a whole lot of walking to do." I'll help you if take the time to try to look at the world from my point of view, basically. And yes, breaklikeagirl, "walking in eachother's shoes" is a large part of what the song is about. But that is not strictly a religious reference. Oh, and about the Ave. The exit for Connecticut Ave. off of Rock Creek Park is right next to the national Zoo. So clearly he is referring to Connecticut Ave and not Wisconsin. |
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| Rise Against – Like The Angel Lyrics | 20 years ago |
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Last time I saw Rise Against, before they played this song, he made a speech about how great the scene is, and how utterly imortant it is to have a place to get away from the rest of the world, and to be around like minded people. Then he said, "This song is about trust". After hearing that, listening to the first verse made more sense: "they turn the lights down low, in shadows hiding from the world" "the seas part when they hit the floor, the voices carry on and out the door" These lines both seem to be describing a show. In that perspective the chorus seems very different than what I had previously thought. I think ChyldeoftheLotus brought up a good point about being on tour and having someone waiting at home for him. The rest of the lyrics in this song seem to support that. Overall, combining the two together, I'd say that this song is about having two "families" for a lack of a better word. The family he performs to every night when he's on tour, and the love he has waiting for him back home. In this context, the lines "your answers always maybe" would refer to being unsure if his love is going to be waiting for him. And at the end of the song, when he changes it to "You never cease to amaze me" we realize that she did wait for him to come home. |
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