| Joy Division – Atrocity Exhibition Lyrics | 19 years ago |
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"In arenas he kills for a prize Wins a minute to add to his life" Like a roman gladiator |
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| Joy Division – Atrocity Exhibition Lyrics | 19 years ago |
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"In arenas he kills for a prize Wins a minute to add to his life" Like a roman gladiator |
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| Les Savy Fav – Asleepers Union Lyrics | 20 years ago |
| I think I can explain the middle verses as well and if you agree with me or are curious send me an email asking me to. You all can see my email through my account information right? | |
| Les Savy Fav – Asleepers Union Lyrics | 20 years ago |
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Although it may seem simplistic I personally feel that this is a song about true love. Understanding that ever song can be interpreted differently give me a chance to explain. (this could get lengthy) I think the first verse is defining and identifying love in terms of a god-like figure. Possibly saying that it is bigger than all of us. Its bigger than us to create love and bigger than us to destroy it. He further defines it by saying that it can be strong enough to break the strongest tree and move the smallest rat. By this I think he means to say that it can happen to anyone. Anyone can be powerfully in love and it can make them bend to its all encompassing power. people with strong wills and people with weaker wills. He supports this in the next verse by personalizing it to a lover he may have had. "you thought you were safe, you thought you were strong" he is again saying that love is bigger than the defenses we could ever put up around ourselves to avoid it. Making the next line sweepingly romantic. "a kiss and a cough now everyones gone" Here I think he is foreshadowing the wedding idea he uses, taking from the "in sickness and in in health" verse. By saying "everyone's gone" I think he is referring to the feeling of not being able to see the outside world when you are around the one you love. I dont have the energy to describe the next 2 verses especially when I think the really meaty stuff is at the end but when the next verses do start its almost like the floodgates have been blown off the song. Consider that in interpretation. The final lines are my favorite because they sound so negative when in fact I think they are very romantic. "this suit fits me much to tight, still I wear it on my wedding night" In my opinion he is saying that although his lover isnt perfect he is still willing to spend the rest of his life with her. "I'm in over my head in a shallow water bed" the use of a bed in this line is pivotal because the sharing of a bed is someting unique to couples. So saying that he is in over his head is reinforcing that love is bigger than him and putting himself in a shallow water bed he is identifying his lover as the water that fills up the bed. She may be shallow but that doesnt stop him from being head over heels in love. I guess I take away from this song that love doesnt have to make sense. |
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