| HIM – Face of God Lyrics | 20 years ago |
| Silverdew, truly hadn't thought of that. Even if I don't agree with all of it, some of it does ring true: a song is the reflection of the writer; since Valo is getting older, he must be getting into a more psychological approach to love rather than a "hormonal" one, so it's entirely credible to read such a divestment into the song. | |
| Our Lady Peace – Angels/Losing/Sleep Lyrics | 20 years ago |
| considering how the world is now returning to a state of a heavy religious right, conservatism being ever more popular, isn't this why this song resonates so much with us? with the desire to not have to bear the cross of religious oppression, personally or socially? [excuse the pun] (as I write this, the government of Canada seems to be falling to the hands of the Conservative party *shudder*) | |
| HIM – Face of God Lyrics | 20 years ago |
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"loves our shadow on the wall with the face of God" (I here "a shadow" but eh) Remember, this is HIM folks - tales of true love, wherein those involved are often portrayed as becoming one. Love binds them - thus "our" - and love takes on "the face of God" since it practically acquires divine status uniting two beings. Further proof of the "fusion" symbolism: "You dream what I'm dreaming and see what I'm seeing" & "I find myself to be lost in the arms of your fate" Take note, the "lost" theme returns: "Labrynth in the shape of a heart loves secret architecture" indicating that the "becoming one" confuses Man as humans are essentially (philosophically) forever alone. What's really tricky is the "love as a shadow" part - it can have SO many interpretations... [Blows my mind... sorry for the verbosity :'( ] |
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| HIM – Face of God Lyrics | 20 years ago |
| RazorbladeKiss6677 is right. Go see her version [even if it's got some punctuation difficulties ;) ] Oh, and virtual, you've been saying over several songs from Dark Light that the melodies are shit, but why? (No offense, just curious.) | |
| HIM – Behind the Crimson Door Lyrics | 20 years ago |
| Anybody pay any attention to the background? Right before the song breaks into repeats of the chorus, there's this breakdown in the bg; does anyone else hear the ''Slovakia'' in the 'noise'? (I think I also hear ''Montreal, Canada'' then somewhere along ''Texas'' and then again ''Paris''.) Am I nuts? | |
| Indochine – J'ai demandé à la lune Lyrics | 20 years ago |
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Good, but not quite, imho. "J'ai demandé à la lune / Et le soleil ne le sait pas" Aurore's translation is correct - 'I asked the moon / but the sun doesn't know this' "Je lui ai montré mes brûlures / Et la lune s'est moquée de moi" - 'I showed the moon my burns / the moon laughed at me' "J'ai demandé à la lune / Si tu voulais encore de moi" - 'I asked the moon / If you [the sun] still wanted me' "Elle m'a dit j'ai pas l'habitude / De m'occuper des cas comme ça" - 'The moon told me she wasn't used / to taking care of such situations' "Et toi et moi on était tellement sûrs / Et on se disait quelquefois / Que c'était juste une aventure / Et que ça ne durererait pas" - 'You and I we were so sure / We sometimes told each other / That this was just a fling / That it wouldn't last' All in all, I think the sun is the lover of the narrator (for want of a better word) and that she's more or less jilted him, given him the cold shoulder. Thus, he asks the moon for advice, whereupon she hesitates, and for sympahty as he's wounded, whereupon she laughs at him for having been hurt. Therefore I think the moon represents a friend of the sun, who must be a serial heartbraker since the moon laughs at the guy's pain. Furthermore, in the last verse, the man's voice is accompanied by that of a child's, reinforcing the lyrics' expression of the relationship being a fling, a game (as children do play) |
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| Alice in Chains – Grind Lyrics | 20 years ago |
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I think aicguy and HardRocker have the right gist, about the media attention. "Come the morning light, it's a see through show What you may have heard and what you think you know" : "may have heard", "think you know" obviously refer to unfounded knowledge, rumors, that the "morning light" dispels "Sure to play a part, so you love the game And in truth your lies become one and same": the media love their importance, so they adore this love-hate relationship they build with artists; and such, when the media generate and propagate rumors as 'fact' (ET and Extra! anyone?) "in truth [their] lies become one and same" (thus could the lines "I could set you free, rather hear the sound Of your body breaking as I take you down" refer to a possible lawsuit?) and finally, can't we extrapolate that "In the darkest hole, you'd be well advised Not to plan my funeral before the body dies" refers to the oblivion the media like to sink 'outdated' celebrities into? Couldn't Cantrell be calling out the hypocrites of the media for dismissing them once they've used Staley's drug abuse as rumor fodder? |
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