| Modest Mouse – Florida Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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This happened to me. It sucks more than anything, but I'm glad there's a song about it. |
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| Yeah Yeah Yeahs – Y Control Lyrics | 18 years ago |
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I'm not sure if any one else has suggested this, but I feel there is a paternal element in this. Being a child of a neglectful father, and a psych student, having a sub par, or abusive father messes you up to the extreme, especially in your relations to the opposite sex. She's talking about being the poor little baby, and the woman you stole, and believing every boy, and her love always going under the fog. It's just very relatable for me, and then you look at the video with the fucked up little kids, and it just makes me thinking about how our parents just mess us up from the start. And stuff. |
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| Sufjan Stevens – Pittsfield Lyrics | 19 years ago |
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that's the beauty of sufjan stevens (Molly :)!). His songs mean so much even without lyrics. He is a brilliant composer. Brilliant. But also a brilliant lyricist. As far as what the song means to me? I think he's talking about his parents. maybe his mom. maybe no one real in his life. But, it seems hes sung negative things about a mother, or a mother like woman in some of his other songs, so, maybe he's trying to say something like "you abandoned me, and as a child that scared me, but now I can walk on my own two feet. I don't need you; I'm not afraid of you." But the song still has an undertone of sadness... like he's saying that stuff to try to convince himself more than convince her. And I agree, lostpencil. it fits all too scarily with my own life. |
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| The Beatles – I'll Follow the Sun Lyrics | 20 years ago |
| I think it's fascinating how people's personal experiences reflect in their interpretation of lyrics or literature of any kind. I've had this song stuck in my head for weeks, and I broke up with my boyfriend jsut because I didn't love him anymore as more than a friend... I don't know why, but that's what happened. I think this song is about situations like that. There's just no explation for it, but you've got to go. And it makes you sad, because you don't want to hurt people, but you've just got to go. | |
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