| Jack's Mannequin – I'm Ready Lyrics | 20 years ago |
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yeh it seems to me like a bit of a break up song. a chick breaking up with him, and even tho she is saying she wont hurt him, she does and he can feel the pain. i think the chorus symbolises him being ready to give up on her. like he says he is ready to drop/fall' and cos she is pushing him, she also wants him give up on her. its like the scenario is her trying to break up with him, and he is saying he is ready to give up on her and he doesnt want her to try to sugarcoat it or be nice anymore, ie dont call. he wants her to keep pushing him to the edge so it'll be easier to jump off --> she keeps hurting him but that makes it easier for him to turn her back on her. (i think its a sad song, i dont think it about making a change for the better). i think its jsut about realising people sometimes dissapoint you or hurt you, and that when that happens sometimes the best thing to do is to leave those ppl behind, even if it means giving up on something that was once good. i think that the opening line 'and today was a day like any other' might have some symbolic meaning in the story of the album, but im not sure what it is. plus the monolog after the second chorus... im not sure if that has much to do with the breaking up or ifs its just a realisation he comes to once he has given up on this girl, maybe the next morning even - it feels like an afterthought to me tho. i think it means that once he gave up on this thing that used to be good, his perspective alters and he sees how things like pop-music and image just dont matter as much. its almost like letting go of her allowed him to let go of other worries in his life. tho the adjustment is painful (he needs caffies and asprin) the realisation is clear and worthwhile. haha i didnt mean to go on that much. i really like this song, and i believe that your whole perspective can cahnge with just one day or one event. |
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| Jack's Mannequin – La La Lie Lyrics | 20 years ago |
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ok first of all strungagnstthric is right with the lyrics - the main ones r wrong, and who ever submitted them should get them changed also i agree wiht the last post, the la la lie bit is backup volcals and isnt sayign his friends lie, its just like singing 'do-dos and whoa-whoas' |
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| Jack's Mannequin – Miss Delaney Lyrics | 20 years ago |
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ok, my take on it is a little different - im not saying its right at all, but when i heard it this is what i thought. i thought when he refers to Miss Deleaneys BF he was talkign about his self. Like the first veres he is saying 'he met this chick who lets him feel alive and makes him happy (letting go of downer thoughts) but who isnt good for him' (cos she worries about him)... then the chourus i took it as 'Miss D is acting like somethign bad has happened, and they are in 2 different places like in their view of something (she is by the window he is by the door) both waiting for each other to come to the others point of view. then the second half he is kinda saying 'where is ur bf ('where am i, i am here and fine') - I am ok, dont act liek somethign is wrong' like i thought it was about him either getting sick or his laringitis even, and miss D gets upset over it but he isnt worried about it. the bit about the green grass and dinner im not to sure about, but i htink the bit after that is just reiterating that 'he has found somone who gives his life somethign better than 'searchign for earthquakes' which to me says he was depressed and lookign for things to go wrong, which explains why his sleep is fuck and i even took it to incinuate that if she slept with him his sleep wouldnt be fucked anymore. (tho thats just what i thought it incinuated) ... also its ARIN not ERIN.. sounds similar but it slightly different. and the fact that he wont lie to her is just letting her kno that she can trust him when he says he is ok. anyways, this song might have been written b4 he ever got sick so my take might be way off the actual meaning but its what i thought it meant. |
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