| The Avett Brothers – Murder in the City Lyrics | 17 years ago |
| This is the first Avett Brothers song I ever heard. I got it free from Amazon.com. It's such a beautiful song about family. I've since purchased all of their CDs and I'm hating myself for not seeing them when they were in town. | |
| KT Tunstall – Hopeless Lyrics | 18 years ago |
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I got these lyrics off of the website. I edited them slightly to add some lines that aren't included. These sound the most accurate to me: Hopeless Everybody says it's just Another decay of the soul but I know I'm a Hopeless Follower of anything to take me away from this hole in the ground I found it's Hopeless Clinging to a feeling like a fish on a line It's sublime to finally be Hopeless No more saying that there's no more time I was trying far too hard To be what I thought I should be I was playing wild cards And seeing things that weren't in front of me Like a little tiger play fighting I was hurting myself Again and again Because I'm Hopeless Everybody says it's just Another decay of the soul but I know I'm a Hopeless Follower of anything to take me away from this hole in the ground I found it's Hopeless Clinging to a feeling like a fish on a line It's sublime to finally be Hopeless No more saying that there's no more time There is no more time Well I'm just discovering I'm living in a different body Got a little insight into Everything that's happening to me Like a little spider I'm climbing the insurmountable But I never hold myself accountable, no, no 'Cause I'm hopeless Everybody says I'm hopeless Glad I got a bit of Hopelessness You can never bring me down Even though I got some solid ground Oh because I love it so And I think you should know That I'm Hopeless Everybody says it's just another decay of the soul But I know I'm a Hopeless Follower of anything to take me away from this hole in the ground I found it's Hopeless Clinging to a feeling like a fish on a line It's Sublime to finally be Hopeless No more saying that there's no more time |
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| Collective Soul – Adored Lyrics | 18 years ago |
| I love this song. It's my favorite from the new CD. | |
| Tom Petty – Echo Lyrics | 18 years ago |
| There's so much pain in this song. I don't know what it is, but there are so many Tom Petty songs that make me wanna just cry out. | |
| Mike Doughty – Get Along Lyrics | 18 years ago |
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I haven't been able to find any official sources for the lyrics to this song, but this is how I hear it: Sounds so wrong, but I need to fake the will to get along Feels all right when I drink to blur the day into the night In blustery nights and through the rain, it's all alone That I have sang this anguish to you And you're to blame; I'm still the same I'm still the same Sounds so wrong, but I need to fake the will to get along Feels all right when I drink to blur the day into the night In lovely hour and in the room, it's into bloom That I have coaxed your flower for me And I'm to blame; you're still the same You're still the same Raise up girl and be glad you were not born a man Up girl and be glad you were not born a man Sounds so wrong, but I need to fake the will to get along Sounds so wrong, but I need to fake the will to get along And like a star that I have chose to stand for me And I have placed one eye on the sky The sky's the same; the moon's to blame The moon's to blame Raise up girl and be glad you were not born a man Up man and be glad you were not born a god I'm so wrong, but I need to fake the will to get along Sounds so wrong, but I need to fake the will to get along Sounds so wrong, but I need to fake the will to get along... |
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| Barenaked Ladies – Jane Lyrics | 18 years ago |
| Yeah, this song always gave me the impression of some messed up girl. I can see how she would be attractive though. | |
| Bruce Springsteen – Pony Boy Lyrics | 19 years ago |
| My mom used to sing this to me when I was small. It still soothes me to hear it. | |
| Barenaked Ladies – Angry People Lyrics | 19 years ago |
| I saw BNL perform live for the first time last November. The dance/fight they perform at the end of the song is hilarious. | |
| Barenaked Ladies – Spider in My Room Lyrics | 19 years ago |
| I like this song. I hate spiders. | |
| Barenaked Ladies – Fun and Games Lyrics | 19 years ago |
| This is probably one of the most blatant and entertaining songs I've ever heard that blasted the Bush administration so thoroughly. | |
| Barenaked Ladies – Take It Back Lyrics | 19 years ago |
| I never thought of that, but I think that's right. It seems to go well with the rest of it. | |
| Barenaked Ladies – Take It Back Lyrics | 19 years ago |
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Oh, I forgot the part about plastic knives. I think that part's about the measures that are taken to help prevent tragedy that aren't really that effective (long lines and warning signs being things like security checkpoints and wet floor signs). This is just my interpretation of the song. It's also my favorite song from the album. |
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| Barenaked Ladies – Take It Back Lyrics | 19 years ago |
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I think it's sort of a lullaby. It seems to talk about the world in general. The first part talks about far away problems that are huge but nobody seems to notice or care (ex. starving children, etc.) The second part talks about the terrible things we can't tear our eyes away from watching (ex. slowing down to watch burning car wrecks) and how surreal some things in life can be. The last part seems to be about not being able to speak up or stay silent when it matters and that you shouldn't dwell on what you did or didn't do. The chorus is harder. I think the whole song's about trying to make someone as happier than they could ever realistically be in such a sad world. |
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| Mike Doughty – his truth is marching on Lyrics | 19 years ago |
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Mike posted a blog about this song. I thought it might be helpful: Somebody wrote me, angry about "His Truth." Again. I wrote her back saying, respectfully, that she seemed angry at this God she didn't believe in. She got PISSED. A friend of hers forwarded an IM exchange. Here's my response: Dear David: Does she know so much about my life to say that bad shit isn't going down? I do believe somebody who sees the sorrow in the world and gets pissed off that people believe in a God that's not intervening--rather than, say, FEMA--has an implicit beef with a God that's not paying attention. It's baffling to me that to believe in God means: a) I believe in an interventionist God the Dude, rather than a more fluid idea. b) spirituality has eliminated fear/struggle in my life. You can call it ignorance, but it's not always bliss. c) I'm endorsing Christianity/"salvation"/some other dogmatic, organized belief system. That spirituality = religion. I don't have a dogmatic idea of what God is; it changes almost from day to day. Sometimes it's the spirit of humanity, sometimes it's Love, sometimes it's music, sometimes it's The Cosmos (yeah, cornball), and somethimes that old, paternal God the Dude. Among other things. Personally, that's essential to my spiritual consciousness. "He had no interest in addressing what is widely acknowledged to be THE major question in christianity." You're right, I have no interest in addressing that. Personally, it's irrelevant to my spiritual life. "...he's ultimately afraid of uncertainty." Yep. And not only the terror of confronting the future, but uncertainty itself. Fear isn't gonna change anything, it's just gonna cost you sleep. We live on a ball of dirt hurtling through space, buses and trucks are everywhere, bird flu may be imminent; every day is an act of faith. Why is an endorsement of spiritual consciousness by nature smug? "This milkshake tastes great." "Fuck you for praising a milkshake that I don't have!" Is it a contest? Does the most peaceful guy win? Does anybody win? Why does one have to take "I trust the hand of the almighty and the infinite" at face value, not an metaphor? Are you hearing "the almighty" and not "the infinite"? The lyric is "Don't fear the random fate." Where am I denying the existence of randomness in that sentence? The first part of the lyric's about the pointlessness of fear. And the second part: doesn't fate mean a predetermined (and implicity gloomy) course of life? The lyric isn't "don't fear the bad shit that randomly occurs in life." The lyric refutes the existence of fate. I've met a lot of people in my life with much more basic problems than me--people struggling with a special needs child, people struggling with spouses' illnesses, people in Cambodia and Eritrea struggling with poverty, guys who lost limbs in the Iraq war. Some of them are much more at peace than I am. People whose consciousness is "the world is bigger than just me" are happier. Above all, why would this song make somebody mad? Why not just say, "Ah, this guy's a loon, and not as smart as me," and press the skip button? Thanks, David. Mike |
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| Tom Petty – Wildflowers Lyrics | 19 years ago |
| This song really hits me. It's just so beautiful. | |
| Collective Soul – Link Lyrics | 19 years ago |
| This song makes me feel good. | |
| Mike Doughty – Rising Sign Lyrics | 19 years ago |
| This is my very favorite song from Skittish. I like the way suchatreat explained it. | |
| Barenaked Ladies – For You Lyrics | 19 years ago |
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This is my very favorite song from Everything to Everyone. It's about wanting to give all of yourself, but never being able to give that one last bit and wondering if you're ever "really there" because of that. "In a book, in a box, high up on a shelf; in a locked and guarded vault. Are the things that I keep only for myself. It's your fate, but it's not your fault." "I will give you all I could ever give, though it's less than you will need." |
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| Mike Doughty – Your Misfortune Lyrics | 19 years ago |
| Actually, as far as I know, Mike Doughty doesn't believe in any particular religion. The song seems to fit God well. It could also be about someone who wants to help their friend. | |
| The Fray – Vienna Lyrics | 20 years ago |
| Such a sad song. | |
| Soul Coughing – Circles Lyrics | 20 years ago |
| I remember hearing this song on Cartoon Network for the first time. It was with the Flinstones where Fred and Barney would walk off in opposite directions and run into each other (because they put the backgrounds on those conveyer belts back then, repeating themselves or "walk around in circles"). This was probably the song that got me into Soul Coughing. | |
| Soul Coughing – Rolling Lyrics | 20 years ago |
| For some reason, I thought this song was in a tire commercial. | |
| Mike Doughty – Ways + Means Lyrics | 20 years ago |
| This is such a great song. | |
| Mike Doughty – Down on the River by the Sugar Plant Lyrics | 20 years ago |
| It really is. Mike is just so great with words. | |
| Soul Coughing – How Many Cans? Lyrics | 20 years ago |
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A lot of Soul Coughing's songs don't mean anything at all, but here's what Mike Doughty had to say about it. Mike Doughty--"Astounded that I wrote this. Don't know where the fuck it came from. Well, I there was this thirteen year old kid in Jamaica named Dervin--he played snare drum and sang, his father played upright bass, they'd wander the beach --and they did this old Jamaican standard called "When I Fall In Love", and it had this incredibly spooky vibe to it. I guess that was the seed." |
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