| Snow Patrol – NYC Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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Hmm. I'm too literal and too sexually oriented. But I see this as sex. (Again.) "Is this on?" Meaning: Am I in a state of being "on," or rather "turned on?" "I am so, too." That's her response! She is "so" too. "So" meaning "in a similar state as." Such as "It shall be so." "i could take you there but i don't know how to get there" Is when they come (pun intended) together. He could take her "there" (hehe) but he doesn't know how to get there. He's working on it, though. I mean, from being "on" anyway. She is so, too. And they do it again. And again. And again. (By the last time, I bet he knows how to get her "there.") Okay, skeptics: why would Snow Patrol write such a sexual song? Well, it's not just plain-old doin' it. They're learning together. They're exploring sexuality together. Maybe they're teens in love (ahem... when did Lightbody write this song anyway...) |
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| Snow Patrol – Crack The Shutters Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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Albertina: Buy the fucking album, cheap bastard. If you like the song, pay your respects to Snow Patrol. How did I know you didn't buy the album? The lyrics are on the sleeve insert. |
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| Snow Patrol – Crack The Shutters Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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I can't believe everyone really dropped the ball on this song. THEY'RE HAVING SEX! THEY'RE HAVING SEX! THEY'RE HAVING SEX! Seriously. Did you guys miss that? You cool your bed-warm hands down on the broken radiator, (She comes in to him sleeping... maybe she went to the bathroom.) And when you lay them freezing on me, I mumble "can you wake me later?" (She wants some action. It's cold, though. He's sleepy. Wake me later.) But I don't really want you to stop and you know it so it doesn't stop you (But she knows he wants it. Duhh. Who wouldn't. She's probably hot.) And run your hands from my neck to my chest. (Whabam. She's making her move.) It's been minutes, it's been days, it's been all I will remember (How long have they been going at it? Who knows. Their love feels like forever.) Happy lost in your hair and the cold side of the pillow (SongMeanings forgot the comma. "Happy, lost in your hair." He's happy being lost in her hair.) Your hills and valleys are mapped by my intrepid fingers (Your hills and valleys? Ahem. Mapped by fingers? Uh-oh.) And in a naked slumber, I dream all this again (All done? Sleepy time. And he dreams of her again.) MORNINGTIME! Crack the shutters open wide, I wanna bathe you in the light of day (The comes in from the shutters, covers her body.) And just watch you as the rays tangle up around your face and body (The light rays tangle around her body.) I could sit for hours finding new ways to be awed each minute (He could sit for hours finding new ways to be awed by her each minute.) Cuz' the daylight seems to want you just as much as I want you (The daylight seems to go ALL over her. He likes her as much as it does?) How about METAPHORLAND, you say? Crack the shutters open wide, I wanna bathe you in the light of day (He opens his eyes and looks at her, bathing her in his vision.) And just watch you as the rays tangle up around your face and body (He watches as his own hands wander around her body, traveling her aforementioned "hills and valleys.") I could sit for hours finding new ways to be awed each minute (He could sit for hours doing this... sharing their perfect, nekkid intimacy.) Cuz' the daylight seems to want you just as much as I want you (Ohh god damn, he wants her. As much as the daylight wants her.) By the way. Even more to support sex: Anyone else notice "happy lost in your hair" sounds kinda like "Happy lust in your hair." Sure, it's Lightbody's accent. BUT, it does sound like someone finished in someone's hair. Just sayin'. Anyways. They're having sex. Why? Because they're sharing the deepest intimacy a couple can share: they're making love. It's beautiful, touching, and true. Especially when it's told in Gary Lightbody's spot-on apologia. |
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| The Coral – Grey Harpoon Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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Lyrics aren't something you guess at. You should look at them like someone analyzing a poem or a story. Lyrics are, after all, literature. My bet is that this has NOTHING to do with drinking. It has to do with a relationship, which has just ended. The kind that makes your whole life shatter and makes you think "I can't live without her! Wahhh." Someone is just shut into their room, they don't want to know another day will rise (Please don't let the light through my window) without her. In the meantime, he's clearly entered the Denial stage of the whole Stages of a Loss. Is the lyric "I don't need [the day] anyway" really about the day, or is it about the girl? The next stanza, "Don't wanna see the shop or the wet bus stop" is just a continuation of how much he doesn't want the day to continue. And I think that when "the bells ring out for doom at this Sunday afternoon" he is greiving the loss of his girlfriend. It's possible even, come to think of it, that this is about his wife or lover's death, too. The funeral being on a Sunday. Regarldess, the bells ringing is just a stinging reminder of the doom that has befallen him and the lingering Monday to come-- not even a day to grieve or anything. Just straight back into the hustle and bustle. That's what I see. |
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| The Postal Service – Nothing Better Lyrics | 20 years ago |
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I wanna post about this one because I'm in a relationship right now and this song relates like.. identically. It's like it was written directly for me. Will someone please call a surgeon Who can crack my ribs And repair this broken heart That you're deserting for better company? I can't accept that it's over I will block the door Like a goalie tending the net In the third quarter of a tied-game of rivalry This entire paragraph is obviously referring to his heart being broken. There's nothing too much there. And, of course, he can't accept that his relationship is over. He doesn't want it to end. He'll block the door like a goalie tending the net in the third quarter of a tied-game rivalry. In other words, he'll try his hardest to keep together. This relates to me because that's what's happening. I am so desperately in love with her, but I know our relationship is going to end. But, I'm trying so hard to keep it together and I don't want it to end. ---------------- So just say how to make it right And I swear I'll do my best to comply He's asking her what to say to help make the relationship work and if she tells him, he'll try his hardest to make it happen. This relates to me because I always ask her that. I want to try to fix what's wrong to make it work. Sort of a plea, if you will. --------------- Tell me am I right to think That there could be nothing better Than making you my bride And slowly growing old together? This is him thinking onto his hopes and dreams. He loves her so much he wants to be with her forever and marry her and all that. Nothing could be better to him. I relate because I share the view of my current girlfriend. I wanna be with her forever. Period. ----------------------- I feel I must interject here You're getting carried away Feeling sorry for youself With these revisions and gaps in history So let me help you remember I've made charts and graphs That should finally make it clear I've prepared a lecture on why I have to leave here the girlfriend feels the need to interrupt his schpeel. She thinks he's getting way too serious about it and kinda being, for lack of better words, a drama queen about it. He's skipping over their the bad parts of their history because he doesn't want to see them. He wants to just see happiness. She's sort of saying "Look, I can prove to you this isn't and hasn't been working. Don't act like everything has been fine. It hasn't been, and you know it. Don't ignore that fact." In essence, what my girlfriend keeps saying to me about it. -------------------- So please back away and let me go I can't, my darling, I love you so The girl wants to be left alone. She is having trouble letting go because she doesn't want to hurt his feelings, but he just doesn't think he can. He's too in love with her. The situation remains the same for me. I know she wants me to let go, because me holding on is just making it harder for her to break up with me. But, I can't help. ----------------------- Tell me am I right to think That there could be nothing better Than making you my bride And slowly growing old together The first lines are once again this guy's view of staying together. ---------------- Don't you feed me lines About some idealistic future Your heart won't heal right If you keep tearing out the sutures Now the girl joins in to create an incredible sounding melody and counter melody. She's basically saying "Oh, stop it. You know that wasn't ever going to happen. We'd never survive it. And if you keep ignoring the problems we had and only seeing the good, you're not going to get over me." It's still the same with my girlfriend. I'm still in highschool, she's still in highschool. I like to think we'd be together forever, but it's not going to happen. It's completely idealistic and, really, stupid. But, I want it. And when I try to get over it or something, I can't see everything that went wrong. I jsut see the good things. The stuff I want to see. And it just makes me long for it. -------------------- I admit that I have made mistakes And I swear I'll never wrong you again He admits he's screwed up in the past and swears he'll never screw up again. Same for me. I've definitely screwed up, but that doesn't stop me from saying "No, I won't screw up again. Ever." It's sort of an understood-lie. But not really a lie. Just one of those "people change" catch-22s. ---------------------- You've got a lure I can't deny But you've had your chance so say goodbye Say goodbye She's saying "Yes, you've definitely got something that wants me to come back. Something that makes me come back. But, I can't, not this time. You've had your chance to fix the problems before and you haven't. We're done. Goodbye." Yep, still relating to me with that one. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ If you disagree with that schtuffs.... FIGHT ME. No, just kidding. I would be curious if you do disagree. Please post your opinion if you disagree. ++++++++++++ PS: Postal Service and Death Cab still rock my socks hardcore. |
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| The Postal Service – Natural Anthem Lyrics | 20 years ago |
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Sorry, felt like writing this one. Natural Anthem... perhaps an anthem to not only, as others suggested, his former songs, but a particular reference to Brand New Colony? Mayhaps this is his national anthem for his brand new colony. Sorry. Thought of it. T'is a silly thought. |
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