| CocoRosie – By Your Side Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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i used to think this song was sarcastic. i mean, after all, what modern woman actually wants to be a housewife? that concept seems to have died out decades ago. but then... i fell in love. i know, i know, it's cheesy and trite, but it's true. i can understand wanting to do everything for your man. i was listening to this song a few days ago, for the first time in several months, and i realized that i would be a housewife for my guy, i would do all those things for him, put his needs and happiness first. maybe there is a level of sarcasm in this song, but i think it's overpowered by the truth that a lot of women would be willing to give up their independence (for lack of a better term) when they're absolutely head over heels for their man. |
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| Beirut – Cliquot Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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this is such a beautiful song. i only recently started listening to it; before (for whatever reason) i would skip over it when it came on my ipod. the lyrics have a very industrial revolution feel to me. like it's written from the point of view of a woman who works in a textile mill. |
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| Neil Young – After the Garden Lyrics | 18 years ago |
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i dunno, i always interpretted "the garden" as being Bush. y'know, bushes are in gardens? either way, this is a great song done by a great man! |
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| Electric President – Metal Fingers Lyrics | 19 years ago |
| so sad, and so beautiful | |
| Joanna Newsom – Emily Lyrics | 19 years ago |
| such an absolutely, stunningly beautiful song. joanna must be an angel in human form to have written something so extraordinary. | |
| Joanna Newsom – Monkey & Bear Lyrics | 19 years ago |
| i like the idea of bear's fate being that she became a constellation, but the description of how she seemed to shed her skin reminds me of myths of animals doing so to reveal human bodies underneath their own skin (the most famous of these creatures, of course, being the selkies of the orkney islands). so perhaps ursala, rather than being a source of amusement for humans, became one herself? | |
| Husky Rescue – Sleep Tight Tiger Lyrics | 19 years ago |
| i'm definitely going to sing this to my child someday. | |
| Stars – Calendar Girl Lyrics | 19 years ago |
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i don't know the words to express how much i love this song. it's just...incredible. one thing, though: i always thought that the lyrics went "december is darkest / and june is the light"...? |
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| Ambulance LTD – The Lyrics | 20 years ago |
| er, isn't this song called 'heavy lifting'? | |
| John Lennon – Happy X-Mas (War Is Over) Lyrics | 20 years ago |
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first of all, yes, i'm fourteen. and you're sixteen. and my dog is five. what does age have to do with what we're talking about? second of all, can you prove to me that bush *didn't* do all those things? what makes your trust in bush so strong? |
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| John Lennon – Happy X-Mas (War Is Over) Lyrics | 20 years ago |
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ignorance? IGNORANCE?! chasem, how *dare* you accuse those commentors of ignorance when you yourself obviously have no idea whatsoever what is honestly going on in the government! you say that bush is trying to stop corrupt politicians? well, (sit down, this may come as a shock) bush *is* the corrupt politician! he bypasses laws and ignores advice, resulting in thousands of casualties in iraq! he also misleads us americans with false information. don't believe me? here are some examples: he didn't provide the troops in iraq with proper body armor, lied about there being weapons of mass destruction in iraq, ignored several warnings before 9/11 about terrorists groups possibly using aircraft in an attack, lied to the american public by telling them that there was a link between al qaeda and saddam hussein, and so much more. oh, did i mention that we are now in over 7 trillion dollars of debt because of him as well? the meaning of this song is strong, especially in times like theses. give peace a chance. |
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| Lamb – Lullaby Lyrics | 20 years ago |
| i'm astounded that there aren't any comments for this song! it always amazes me how something so simple can be so beautiful. it truly lives up to its title as a lullaby. | |
| Husky Rescue – New Light Of Tomorrow Lyrics | 20 years ago |
| such a sad song. i really felt like i could relate to it from the very first time i heard it, just from the tune. | |
| Ambulance LTD – Ocean Lyrics | 20 years ago |
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well, i just thought about it, and there's another meaning for the line "an empty splendid castle" in the second book, Candy wanders into an "empty splendid castle", which happens to be the princess Boa's castle. however, it seems to make more sense with the lighthouse interpretation, seeing as all the other meanings i had come up with were from the first book, not the second. |
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| Ambulance LTD – Ocean Lyrics | 20 years ago |
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when i first heard this, a lot of it sounded uncannily similar to the story of Abarat (series of books by Clive Barker). not all of it, mind you, but a good enough amount to make me think. for those of you who have read the books, i shall demonstrate: Here comes the ocean And the waves down by the sea Here comes the ocean (the waves of the Izabella sea are called by Candy to the plains of Minnesota) And the waves, where have they been? (the Abarat hasn't been in contact with the Hereafter in many years) Silver and black at night Kiss to a summer's night An empty splendid castle (the abandoned lighthouse in which is the game of Light that calls the Izabella) Bowing alone at night (both Candy and Mischief believe they are alone, /bowing/ in the tall grass) Princess has had a fright (the spirit of princess Boa lives in Candy, who is obviously frightened of whatever might be in the field with her) Madness is out of love for her (Christopher Carrion, whom we can all assume is quite mad, killed Boa out of love and jealousy when he found out she was to be married) Here come the waves (again, the arrival of the Izabella) Down by the shore Washing the soul of the body ("washing", in this case, implies that Boa's soul is awakening within Candy the very moment she jumps into the Izabella) That comes from the depth of the sea (Boa spent her life in the Abarat, which is in the Izabella) Don't swim tonight my love (from the viewpoint of Candy's mother, who can't live without her) The tide is out my love (indicating that the Izabella is returning to the Abarat) Only.. In which rulers.. (the Princess Boa) Revel in heaven's justice ("Heaven's justice" implying that when the Princess Boa returns to the Abarat, justice and peace will return to the islands) Here come the waves (Izabella) And save for a scream There's much like a song To be heard in the wind that blows from the sea (these three lines are a little more indepth: the song that "blows from the sea" is the promise of adventure and excitement from the Abarat. however, the "scream" represents the danger there as well. namely, Carrion.) so there's my analyzation of the song. of course, it would be an incredible coincidence if this were actually what the song was intended to mean... |
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| Sufjan Stevens – The Predatory Wasp of the Palisades Is Out to Get Us! Lyrics | 20 years ago |
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here's what they're chanting over the "we were in love" part: Oh great sights upon this state! Hallelu- Wonders bright, and rivers, lake. Halelu- Trail of Tears and Horseshoe Lake. Hallelu- trusting things beyond mistake. Hallelu- and the second one is: Lamb of God, we sound the horn. Hallelujah! To us your ghost is born. Hallelu- |
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