| Nirvana – In Bloom Lyrics | 19 years ago |
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HAHA Cobain cracks me up. "In Bloom" shows he had a sense of humor. What's the song really about? Who knows? Not you. But you'll look like a tool singing the chorus for obvious reasons ("..and he likes to sing along/but he don't know what it means"..) Now the lyrics do seem random at first glance, making it harder for you anyone to "know what it means". But I do think 'squidfactory' was right on: pair the first line of the first verse with the first line of the second and so on. You get: Sell the kids for food....we can have some more. lol Weather changes moods...nature is a whore... Seeing this????! Spring is here again...bruises on the fruit. Reproductive glands...tender age in bloom. Whaddya think? I think overall its supposed to be a funny track, not something to be deeply analyzed. Word out. |
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| Jimmy Eat World – Sweetness Lyrics | 20 years ago |
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Hmm.... To me, it seems as though this song is about a dude who is giving up on a particular girl, maybe a first love, who no longer shares the same feelings as he. Perhaps she never did. Think about it: "If you're listening". The dude's not being heard. She doesn't know what he's feeling, she doesn't feel what he's feeling. My favorite lines are "I was spinnin' free/With a little sweet and simple numbing me". "Spinning free" I think is simply being in love. The girl "sweet and simple" is everything to him, and nothing else, no matter how stressful or tragic matters, so he's numbed. While he's in love, he is also numbed from a pain he had most likely never known until now: that of falling out of love. Great song. |
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| Tears for Fears – Everybody Wants to Rule the World Lyrics | 20 years ago |
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Great song, always gets me thinking.. To me, it seems that "ruling the world" isn't so much referring to assuming a position of wealth or power, but perhaps DEFINING the world (more specifically, our own lives and their meanings and purposes) to the point that we're consumed by these definitions ("There's no turning back"). Where he says "It's my own design/it's my own remorse" I got the sense that he's referring to us bringing this undesirable point of "no turning back" upon our invdividual SELVES, each and every one of us. I think the most important lines in the song (in terms of getting the main idea across) are in the beginning: lines 3-5. Here, I'm getting the feeling that "even while we sleep", all day, everyday, we're caught up in a world we've created for ourselves instead of the one set here by "mother nature", whom, as a result, were are "turning our backs" upon. The pleading tone of the song ("Help me make the most..") drives home the final point: that this is not good, but instead RESTRICTING of our collective potential for happiness rather than enhancing it. By becoming encompassed by our own unnatural desires, it follows that we tend to lose sight of the "finer" things in life, "freedom and pleasure". |
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