| Queens of the Stone Age – Sick, Sick, Sick Lyrics | 18 years ago |
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Actually, this song is about selling out. It follows the same theme that many of the other songs in the album follow. The dirty sex is a metaphor for buying into the system. It's very simple to figure this out by watching the music video. The woman sitting at the table is making a mess as she devours all of the food. It's entirely symbolic. She represents corporations and the food can be whatever you want it to be. People's souls(or people themselves), money, etc. I suppose the chef also represents corporations, as he wears a veil to hide his face. Faceless corporations, etc. The band are chained up, and are awaiting their doom. To be consumed. If you notice, she cuts them into pieces, which 'might' be a reference to I'm Designer, where he mentions selling pieces of himself. In other words, the song is from the perspective of corporations. They're telling you to do it. They're encouraging you. This also helps to explain the alarm clock, and the repetitive sound of the song itself. You're running out of time; you'll eventually be devoured too. Sorry if my explanation is a bit confusing. I haven't slept much in the last day, but I thought I should comment. |
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| Bloc Party – Waiting for the 7:18 Lyrics | 18 years ago |
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This song is about looking back on your life and wishing you had done more, in general. He wishes he had climbed more trees and eaten more wild berries, despite the fact that both could be dangerous. He wishes he had done more. He wishes he had taken more chances. When it's all said and done, what do you have other than your memories? Nothing. That's what you'll look back on when you're old and withering away, and that's what he wants more of. I've no clue why people always assume most songs are about silly relationships. |
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| Radiohead – I Am a Wicked Child Lyrics | 18 years ago |
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It is a satirical song, and anyone thinking otherwise is injecting too much of their own personal beliefs into the song. Based on the lyrics, though, it truly is a satirical song. He's singing it from the perspective of someone who has been told that they're evil. Either due to their own personal beliefs, or some other reason. The song jokingly says that they wish to be saved. He's only confused because someone told him he was confused. He felt perfectly fine before, but now that someone has tried to feed him religion, it's starting to haunt him at night. It pulls at his arms and legs as if though he were a marionette - a puppet. The last verse is asking to please send Jesus, because he feels it's about time. If Jesus truly is real, then he should already be here. I understand how some of you are confusing this as a pro-Christianity song, but it truly isn't. Analyze it lyric for lyric, and you'll see that it is a satirical song. As far as Thom's beliefs, I'd GUESS that he's atheist or agnostic. However, he could be Christian. The fact that he sometimes alludes to religious material in his songs means nothing. Countless song writers and authors have used Christian themes in their work without actually being a Christian. In fact, I myself am an atheist, and I can proudly say that I do read the bible. I'm not religious, but I'll read anything worth reading. |
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| Incubus – Talk Shows on Mute Lyrics | 20 years ago |
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And the upbeat tempo is supposed to be satirical. It's a song about machines/robots possibly watching us, but the music sounds somewhat happy and calm. It's supposed to show how even if that were happening, we as Americans would be entirely oblivious to it. We wouldn't know it was happening. And um, I know on my previous post I said it had nothing to do with politics. It slightly does, but not with real life politics. It's a song based on fictional things. |
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| Incubus – Talk Shows on Mute Lyrics | 20 years ago |
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"I was on an airplane last year when a talk show began playing on the TVs. I decided to start narrating for the people, which is a really great game if you're ever bored enough. I realized a time will probably come when television will watch us if we're watching it, if that hasn't already happened, figuratively or literally. It sounded like some sort of pseudo-Big Brother nightmare, so I wrote it down." Direct quote from Brandon Boyd's mouth. But as with any song, give it whatever meaning you want to give it. It's a song after all, not a political debate. And about the "left wing puppet." It's kind of ironic how that's become a trend, or a fad on the internet. I see that everywhere. Kinda funny though. Make fun of puppets when you yourself become a puppet to a fad. Not trying to offend anyone, but yeah. Anyway, that's the meaning direct from his mouth. It's all about how one day society may be more than what we're told. Pretty much a "What if..." song. Compare it to Ghost in the Shell, or The Matrix. Basically an idea like that. It doesn't involve politics. |
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