| Simon and Garfunkel – Bridge Over Troubled Water Lyrics | 3 years ago |
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I see a lot of people saying this is about friends or a spouse and I do agree with that. My husband is an addict in recovery, and I hope he always knows I will be here for him. However, since having a son, I feel like these lyrics really speak my thoughts towards him. As he gets older and goes through so many hardships and navigates life, I will always be here for him. I will do literally anything (sacrifice myself like lying myself down for a bridge for him to walk over to get him over those troubled waters) for him. In contrast to this expressing my feelings towards my husband, I know my feelings for my son will never change and the words in this son will ring true until the day I die. I love my husband, but realistically there are no guarantees in marriage. |
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| Metallica – Nothing Else Matters Lyrics | 5 years ago |
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@[hellaguaptor:34915] Watch the fucking interview with James Hetfield, you muppet. The song has nothing to do with what you're saying. |
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| Metallica – Nothing Else Matters Lyrics | 5 years ago |
| P.S. I came on here to see what other people had to say after I had this epiphany and boom, #1 comment was staring me in the face haha | |
| Metallica – Nothing Else Matters Lyrics | 5 years ago |
| @[00Birdie00:34914] You know, I was driving this morning and listening to this song while feeling a little down. I heard the lyrics, "trust I see and I find in you" and it struck a nerve. I have loved this song for YEARS but never thought a whole lot into what it truly meant. It's so easy to believe that this song is about finding trust in someone else but for some reason, this morning, I found comfort in the fact that it was reinforcing an idea that I've come to terms with that we can only really trust ourselves. This may seem grim or cynical but it doesn't mean you have to be guarded and closed off; more it is empowering. Each and every one of us contains our own key to success and happiness. The energy we share with others should be parallel energies not overlapping. | |
| Metallica – No Leaf Clover Lyrics | 7 years ago |
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This song seems to be exclusively about drugs, in my opinion. "And it feels right this time On his crash course with the big time Pay no mind to the distant thunder New day fills his head with wonder, boy" Despite the warnings and the previous experiences with coming down off drugs, it's a new day and the addiction is overcoming his common sense. "Says it feels right this time Turned it 'round and found the right line “Good day to be alive, sir Good day to be alive,” he says" Right line immediately makes me think of either snorting a line or finding the right vein to inject drugs into "Then it comes to be that the soothing light at the end of your tunnel Was just a freight train coming your way Then it comes to be that the soothing light at the end of your tunnel Was just a freight train coming your way The euphoric feeling from the the drug leads to coming down or an overdose Don't it feel right like this? All the pieces fall to his wish “Sucker for that quick reward, boy Sucker for that quick reward,” they say The quick, fast reward that the drug gave him wears off and he is hit with the reality of what he did. Coming down off the drug leads to depression which he will want to alleviate with another hit which is only a temporary solution; a cheap fix for an underlying problem that he does not want to address. Nothing comes easy though which is basically what the entire song is saying. |
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| Sting – A Thousand Years Lyrics | 8 years ago |
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@[koshka19:19028] Thank you for the twin flames reference. When I hear this song, I feel like it is so much deeper than just losing a person you can't stop thinking about. However, I would change your last sentence from past tense to present - "how important this person is to him." The person he is talking about is his other half; therefore it is just a matter of their spirits aligning. He has not lost her, he is just waiting for her. He may already know this person or he may not. |
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| Coldplay – Hymn for the Weekend Lyrics | 9 years ago |
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Per Chris Martin: "The original kernel was that I was listening to Flo Rida or something, and I thought, it’s such a shame that Coldplay could never have one of those late-night club songs, like “Turn Down for What.” What would we call it if we had one? I thought I’d like to have a song called “Drinks on Me” where you sit on the side of a club and buy everyone drinks because you’re so f—ing cool. I was chuckling about that, when this melody came—“drinks on me, drinks on me”—then the rest of the song came out. I presented it to the rest of the band and they said, “We love this song, but there’s no way you can sing ‘drinks on me.’” So that changed into “drink from me” and the idea of having an angelic person in your life. Then that turned into asking Beyoncé to sing on it." When first hearing this song, I loved it. The bass, the tone changes, everything. I thought it was odd that Coldplay would be putting out a song about drinking but upon listening to the lyrics, it's pretty obvious that it isn't about the typical way you talk about getting drunk and high. The thing I really love is just how it ends up feeling like an explosion of love and happiness. It feels like a love song but it's something that you can dance to and just feel euphoric when you're with that one person that lifts you up, smiling next to you. I also like that the video follows this theme. For me, this song feels like Paradise. Both songs are immersive and both remind me that there are angels and paradise somewhere to be found (even if just in your dreams). |
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| Coldplay – Hymn for the Weekend Lyrics | 9 years ago |
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@[entpdidem:15374] Let me get this straight, you read the lyrics and you still thought this song was about getting high off of literal drugs and alcohol? You're kidding, right? "Life is a drink, and love's a drug" The whole song is about someone lifting you up like an angel hence Beyonce's role in it. The fact that you talk about enjoying analyzing songs then fail so miserably with this one gave me a chuckle. |
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| Lana Del Rey – Blue Jeans Lyrics | 10 years ago |
| @[DrMndBndr:2861] Perfect interpretation. I definitely wasn't sure what he was leaving her for but now I feel dumb for not realizing it was drugs. I was picturing mobsters for some reason haha. | |
| Seether – The Gift Lyrics | 11 years ago |
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I get that, according to previous comments, this song is about a car accident that resulted in the death of a little girl. However, I definitely think that it is not JUST about that. As others have pointed out, I definitely think this song is also about substance abuse. Maybe the substance abuse is a result of him trying to deal with the accident or maybe it's always been there. The lines: "Hold me now I need to feel relief Like I never wanted anything I suppose I'll let this go and find a reason I'll hold on to I'm so ashamed of defeat And I'm out of reason to believe in me I'm out of trying to get by" "I don't belong here and I'm not well I'm so ashamed of the lie I'm living" "I can't face myself when I wake up And look inside a mirror I'm so ashamed of that thing I suppose I'll let it go until I have something more to say for me I'm so afraid of defeat And I'm out of reason to believe in me I'm out of trying to defy" are all very descriptive of relapse/recovery and needing someone to help you get through it. Especially the line, "I'm out of trying to defy" since recovery is always a struggle to defy the substance. I do agree that "the gift" is probably forgiveness but now he's ashamed of himself because he's relapsing and wasting his other "gift" of life while the little girl's life was taken from her. |
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| Queens of the Stone Age – I Appear Missing Lyrics | 12 years ago |
| Holy crap, this seems right on. | |
| Toadies – Possum Kingdom Lyrics | 12 years ago |
| I totally agree that songs mean different things for different people but I will reiterate what others have said: this song has a pretty blunt, obvious meaning. I mean, there's a dead body being dragged through water in the video. Find whatever parallels you like - this song is about murder and not of the vampire kind. The rape part I will argue a bit though. There's only one line that really suggests that there may be rape and that's the, "I'll not be a gentleman" line. However, he repeatedly says he will treat her well and seems to be giving her a choice. But that's just me. Honestly, I think the song is purely darkly romantic about a guy that wants a girl all for his own and never wants her to change so he kills her. Whether there is rape involved, I'm not sure but I'm leaning more towards not. | |
| Train – 50 Ways to Say Goodbye Lyrics | 13 years ago |
| The song speaks for itself really - what he's singing about is pretty obvious. However, I think they overdo the humor in the song but I think it's done for a purpose because there are a lot of sad lines in the song that you kind of breeze over because of the tone. So not only is he saying that he doesn't want to admit he got dumped but also, he's really hurting over it but is trying to cover his hurt with humor. At least that's how I see it. | |
| Train – 50 Ways to Say Goodbye Lyrics | 13 years ago |
| Yes!! This was my very first thought when I heard it and the main reason I like it. Made me realize - more musicians should use Phantom of the Opera rhythms in their songs! | |
| Flobots – Handlebars Lyrics | 17 years ago |
| I also think this song is about growth. How someone starts off as an innocent child interested in more simple things. Then they start growing and realizing more important things and eventually they grow to their full potential; capable of anything even ending the world. I definitely think it outlines the stages of human growth and points out the fact that we are capable of anything. | |
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