| Soundgarden – Fell on Black Days Lyrics | 18 years ago |
| Although I think most of the posts prior to now really are pretty much right - the song captures extreme depression; however theres one piece of the puzzle I think your all but a few missing.....drug addiction. Theres a difference between a "depressing" song and a song that entails the darkest corner of earth that any human mind can possibly go. A depressing song is something like "Everybody Hurts" by REM......Fell on Black Days is a different monster. The two main reasons I think this is specifically talking about the angst that drug addiction brings you is A) The rock culture during the time this was a huge culture of revolution, change and innovation. Drug use/addiction was a huge part of the rock content during this time and always has been(keep in mind the work of Kurt Cobain of Nirvana and Layne Staley of Alice in Chains ) My second reason is the way he compares and contrasts a seemingly successful, functional and happy lifestyle to one that is absolutely decadent and full of agony. Being a former Cocaine addict I can tell you just how different being in a state of addiction is to being sober full time. Being addicted to a "hard drug" is just about the most bleak I have ever been emotionally, the way Chris describes "not seeing the light" and compares that to the common theme here which is "black" also echoes this theory. Also keep in mind drug addiction typically effects everybody around you especially the people you know which is also something Chris describes in this song. I cant say for sure if I think this is a PERSONAL song from Chris's point of view, it could also be from the point of view of someone he knew; which could have very well been someone like Kurt or Layne. | |
| The National – All the Wine Lyrics | 18 years ago |
| I think everybody that has posted so far has been wrong, I believe this song is strongly oriented around the entitled attitude that religious(specifically christinanity) people typically carry. If you take a look at the album as a whole it touches on religion several times, for example "Mistaken for Strangers" quotes "You wouldn't want an angel watching over you? Surprise Surpise, they wouldn't want to watch." And the lead singer also says "God is on my side" twice in this song. I think the meaning of the songs on this album can only be determined by looking at the album as a whole, and The National's prior work. | |
| Iron & Wine – Southern Anthem Lyrics | 19 years ago |
| Something I just thought of that would probably be important to say along with my above post. If you expected me to be a crazed southern baptist zealot your way off, i'm a devout atheist and I have developed quite a dislike for the christian religion, probably mostly because it is all around me down here, its the only thing I despise about the south. Homosexuals and heretics are pretty much ostracized in some parts of the south. | |
| Iron & Wine – Southern Anthem Lyrics | 19 years ago |
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Trivian and Ylimemi have it figured out, Ylimemi makes some very very important points about the south and our culture. The only thing I saw I didnt like was the fear of the "confederate flag" and the dislike of those "damned yankees." I was born and raised in the south, and I own several confederate flags. Someday people will come to an understanding of what that flag really is, it does not symbolize racism, it symbolizes culture, I fly it proudly. As for the "damned yankees" I do believe that phrase does sort of fit an ignorant redneck type of cliche. Although I do not dislike/hate people from the north as a whole just because they are from the north, in fact my mother was born and raised in the tri-state area and I have a very good relationship with her. There are many of them that I strongly dislike because of their rudeness, indecency and bias attitude towards the south. The attitude that we are ignorant, ugly and dirty people and that they are superior human beings to us. As we say in the south, thats "the pot calling the kettle black." Long live the south |
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| Iron & Wine – Radio War Lyrics | 19 years ago |
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Sevilen is wrong on "the beast never seen." He calls it "the beast never seen" because it is unknown, it has no identity, it either is rarely acknowledged or not acknowledged at all. Communist Soviets are established, acknowledged and have an identity therefore cannot fit the label of something "never seen." I believe that Sam is trying to make the point that people rarely see certain elements of war. This particular element being the effects on the family of a soldier, and what the death of a soldier causes/can cause outside of the obvious sad fact that the soldier died. This beast still lives and presides in the middle east and is as active as ever. And the human race will never rid themself of this beast, some of us have tried but Islamic Fascist's insist on keeping it alive. |
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| The Thermals – Here's Your Future Lyrics | 19 years ago |
| Clearly about the flood and full of awesome irony. | |
| The Thermals – St. Rosa and the Swallows Lyrics | 19 years ago |
| Surprised nobody has commented, one of the most addictive of The Body, The Blood, The Machine. This song really grows on you and once your hooked you cant let go, I had it in my head for days. The meaning the writer had in mind I cant come up with though. | |
| The Thermals – A Pillar of Salt Lyrics | 19 years ago |
| Two corrections to add........its "we dont carry dead weight long" not "balls." Also its "she can see the danger" not the "taker" | |
| Clap Your Hands Say Yeah – Heavy Metal Lyrics | 20 years ago |
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loveleftneverkept is correct, although ieatseeds has a valid opinion, lines that point to what loveleftneverkept explained are riddled all throughout the song. such as..... "Now all the secrets of old age They tell us we should really stop They implore us oh They should adore us oh"-This simply explains that the older generation shuns what the new(young) generation values "They're gunning for us oh But they never even met us oh"-This part explains how the older generation completely judges the new(young) generation. "What happened to our heavy metal? What happened to our coat of arms?"-This part is asking what happened to how young people used to be united and defend their new ways against the older generation. The "heavy metal" the singer is referring to is what I believe to be what the young generation USED to use as a way to deviate from the older generation(In the late 80's and 90's per say). So basically the singer asks "why arent we fighting anymore, what happened to our unity, pride, and deviance?" I myself wonder the same....being part of the young generation. I believe the answer lies in the fact that the youth are becoming more and more brainwashed by the older generation, becoming less defiant and less independent due to teachings they see all around them that these kinds of thigns are bad, morals and religion contribute to this and the government uses these kinds of things to herd our youth around like sheep for that purpose. |
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