| Bright Eyes – Don't Know When but a Day Is Gonna Come Lyrics | 19 years ago |
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Cherub Rock: A good observation, and certainly valid in several points. But perhaps you have yet to grasp the meaning of words, i.e. the specificity of English rhetoric. This is a common misconception of the English Language, where words have specific meanings and are often misused in 'common parlance.' Look it up. Truth is defined as 'the state of being the case' and an synonym of the word 'Fact' or 'Actuality' according to Merriam Webster. The truth is seen as universal, a underlying rule or regulation or even simply an observation which is (sorry to mix words): true. Human reality, as noted by several philosophers (both scientific and literary) can never be verified. Thus, our conception of reality is suspect. However, if you DO in fact agree that there are certain universal truths (i.e. gravity, mass, etc.) then you hope that our (subjective) REALITY reflects the universal TRUTH. Truth, therefore, IS absolute. Unless you prefer to degredate to the beliefs of centuries before Aristotle or Copernicus defined a few laws of physics. Whether we correctly interpret these as truths, or at all, relies on our SUBJECTIVE reality. I hate to discredit your idea of reality or conception of what the truths are in our universe (i.e. reality), but I would enjoy if you used the English language as precisely (notice the inherent and basic difference between 'precise' and 'accurate') as you could, as to not proliferate these broad definitions that seem to discredit the vast amount of knowledge in every advancing field of the day. You don't agree with Connor? Fine. You don't agree with a subjective reality (it seems you do, though), that is fine as well. but I disagree. You don't agree with universal truths? Again, fine. But find fault with Einstein and Hawking before you find fault with Henry Charles. |
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| The Decemberists – Of Angels and Angles Lyrics | 19 years ago |
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'Angels' is a very peaceful, contemplative song. Meloy uses striking imagery to paint a quiet but beautiful 'everyday' scene in which even a simple hand-holding is poetically rendered: 'Here's a hand to lay on your open palm today.' (ps my favorite line in the song!). In a nutshell, 'Of Angels and Angles' is a gorgeous mood-piece, and it is clear that the drowning is more of the same: an eloquent way to show how immersed the characters are, both in each other and the lazy-sunday-like atmosphere. So...'watcha think?' Well, besides thinking that was the single worst interpretation I have ever heard, I am simply speechless...suicide? I don't mean to be offensive, but what? If you want to take the song literally, Crimson, you're going to have a hell of a time explaining how the moon has become ensnared in a tangle of hair or how a celestial being can reside in someone's 'angles.' And for having a 'literal interpretation,' you seem to be stretching for vague and sophomoric metaphors that seem more at home in a bad Ron Howard movie. I mean, you even made up some story about old people! |
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| Bright Eyes – Don't Know When but a Day Is Gonna Come Lyrics | 19 years ago |
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oh, and though I hate getting drawn into misplaced debates about deep philisophical issues... even in what is commonly refered to in common parlance as a 'fact' is merely a measurable phenomenon that has been repeatedly observed enough to be confident in the results. and that's straight from a NSAC conference. along those lines, Connor is absolutely right, there is no truth. even if there is an absolute truth underlying our experience in this universe, it is impossible to verify with 100% certainty, so any personal 'truth' is as good as any other of course, if this was the way the world thought we would be without knowledge or antibiotics or cell phones or central AC. it does seem somewhat playfully naive to just want to make up your own truth. then again that is the beauty of art and lyrics and they certainly ring true and beautiful (particularly on the spiritual side) and does Cherub really feel it is appropriate to criticize this? |
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| Bright Eyes – Don't Know When but a Day Is Gonna Come Lyrics | 19 years ago |
| Can anyone else write like this?!?!? I have never been so consistently blown away/drawn in/enthralled by lyrics than with Connor. | |
| Bright Eyes – First Day of My Life Lyrics | 19 years ago |
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this song seems to mix hopeful and gorgeous descriptions of love but also a slightly more realistic/melancholy version of love. here, Connor's love is not certain to last forever, takes persistence and hard work and is not always fun 'So I thought I'd let you know That these things take forever, I am especially slow But I realized how I need you and I wondered if I could come home' almost as if there is a troubled love (or a couple in an argument) and he would be trying to convince her it is worth it to try, despite past failures and the extreme effort of it all. the video seems to reflect relationships in all stages (from being alone, to the honeymoon stage, to old couples), and the way it is shot seems to try and capture the reality of relationships and the intrinsic beauty even in their quirks and imperfections. |
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| Bright Eyes – We Are Nowhere and It's Now Lyrics | 19 years ago |
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so his ex-girlfriend is blond, they are now trying to be friends, and sandwiched in between lines that seem to reference her and their continued relationship he calls out questions about a yellow bird. i would guess that the yellow bird in some way references his ex, especially since the album following their break up is pervaded by allusions to an abstract yellow bird. Connor himself has said this song is about life on the road...it begins with beautiful and biting questions about why he does it (If you hate the taste of wine Why do you drink it 'til you're blind? no one likes driving around in cars, why does he do it to an extreme) and the rest of the song is more overt in the descriptions of life on the road. this seems, therefore, somewhat autobiographical (naturally mixed with clever and whimsical fiction) and so I woudnt be surbprised if the yellow bird really was his ex girlfriend |
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| Aqualung – Easier to Lie Lyrics | 20 years ago |
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He looks her in the eye, and wants to tell her he loves her...but cannot. It is easier to lie, and say otherwise. This is someone in love, or who wants to be in love, but cannot 'bear the weight' of love. It starts out by presenting the problem, he sees this relationship--love in general--as a monumental task of heroic proportions, in fact 'to bear the weight and push into the sky.' He goes on to elaborate, saying it takes a lot to give, things may break, and doubting that he is the one capable of it 'something has to give a lot/ and who am I to give you what you need.' Rise Against in "Swing Life Away" says 'if love is a labor i'll slave till the end.' Here we have just the opposite: a man who cannot bring himself (because the love is not there or because it is too overwhelming?) to love. He can only avoid her eyes, lie, and run away. This girl is perfect, and he something in her eyes--a presence or a lack of his own love--either way, she has made 'space meant for [him.]' Perhaps this is the source of the piercing melancholy of the melody. He is alone and will always be becuase he knows he is a coward. This is evident when he pleads with her to teach him, to 'show him how to bear the weight...' In the end, though, it is still 'easier to lie' |
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