| Monsters of Folk – Map of the World Lyrics | 15 years ago |
| God, I'm going to an ivy league law school and I still love Conor as much as I loved him when I was fourteen. His lyrics seem as if my own soul is finding the words I couldn't speak before he did. I'm so grateful for this. beyond words I guess. | |
| Conor Oberst – Nikorette Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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To comment on the not unusual opinion from old fans that Conor's music is less raw and real than it once was, my boyfriend always starts singing "I want candy" by aaron carter when this song comes on. Having said that, I love Conors new music both instrumentally and lyrically and although it is not as emotional as some of his old stuff I attribute that to his own personal life changes. |
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| Conor Oberst – Spoiled Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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I love his old music. and I love his new music too. different from each other, but both good. |
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| Conor Oberst – Get-Well-Cards Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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ok the lines are: all the peacock people left their plumes in a pile they looked good to a fault and sound asleep but still grinding your teeth to me the reference to not being mad at the postman for sleeping in the sand means that although the postman has a get well card/mail of his to deliver he wont be mad that instead of working he's sleeping in the sand. |
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| Bright Eyes – Napoleon's Hat Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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I think most of this song is a reference to WWII. He talks of industry and power as inspiration for Hilter to try and take over the world. Then he talks about a race for "acquisition" and "things that glow". This strikes me as an allusion to the nuclear arms race and space race between the United States and Russia during the cold war following WWII. Dodging bullets and flying zeroes also fits with WWII. Zeroes were planes flown by the Japenese during the war. When he talks about acting like you're rich at the end of the first verse it seems like he means if people think you are poor you will basically be nothing to them, you won't exist - so you should act like you're not. I don't have much to say about the second verse but the third verse begins by mentioning Oppenheimer, the creator of the Atomic Bomb and thus essentially the ender of WWII, though at a great cost. I think Oberst is talking about Oppenheimer's death and saying at the end of his life maybe he realized what destruction he had caused - "the bane of his creation". I don't think the line "wading through a wasteland where the town you loved once stood" is about New Orleans. I think he meant it to be about Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The two Japanese cities reduced to "wastelands" after the atomic bomb was dropped on them. lastly I wanted to comment on the Napoleon line, I do think Oberst meant this to be about Napoleon Bonaparte. Though there is some evidence that Napoleon was actually normal height, his recorded height is 5'2" which has led most to believe he was a very small man. This is where the phrase "napoleon complex" comes from, used to describe someone who overcompensates in some aspects of their lives to make up for their height. Anyway, my writing was probably terrible but I hope at least somewhat understandable. |
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| Bright Eyes – Napoleon's Hat Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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I think most of this song is a reference to WWII. He talks of industry and power as inspiration for Hilter to try and take over the world. Then he talks about a race for "acquisition" and "things that glow". This strikes me as an allusion to the nuclear arms race and space race between the United States and Russia during the cold war following WWII. Dodging bullets and flying zeroes also fits with WWII. Zeroes were planes flown by the Japenese during the war. When he talks about acting like you're rich at the end of the first verse it seems like he means if people think you are poor you will basically be nothing to them, you won't exist - so you should act like you're not. I don't have much to say about the second verse but the third verse begins by mentioning Oppenheimer, the creator of the Atomic Bomb and thus essentially the ender of WWII, though at a great cost. I think Oberst is talking about Oppenheimer's death and saying at the end of his life maybe he realized what destruction he had caused - "the bane of his creation". I don't think the line "wading through a wasteland where the town you loved once stood" is about New Orleans. I think he meant it to be about Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The two Japanese cities reduced to "wastelands" after the atomic bomb was dropped on them. lastly I wanted to comment on the Napoleon line, I do think Oberst meant this to be about Napoleon Bonaparte. Though there is some evidence that Napoleon was actually normal height, his recorded height is 5'2" which has led most to believe he was a very small man. This is where the phrase "napoleon complex" comes from, used to describe someone who overcompensates in some aspects of their lives to make up for their height. Anyway, my writing was probably terrible but I hope at least somewhat understandable. |
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| John Prine – Illegal Smile Lyrics | 18 years ago |
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tnbrgrsailorman - The hoffman prine speaks of in this song is not the albert hoffman that invented LSD but the judge Julius Hoffman who presided over the Chicago 8 trial. Prine makes reference to him because he if affirming the shitty parts of his life as Hoffman was a notoriously cruel judge, even gagging and chaining one of the men in the Chicago 8 to his seat for the duration of the trial. whether the song is ultimately about LSD or Marijuana I don't know. I've always assumed it was about smoking weed. |
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| John Prine – Illegal Smile Lyrics | 18 years ago |
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tnbrgrsailorman - The hoffman prine speaks of in this song is not the albert hoffman that invented LSD but the judge Julius Hoffman who presided over the Chicago 8 trial. Prine makes reference to him because he if affirming the shitty parts of his life as Hoffman was a notoriously cruel judge, even gagging and chaining one of the men in the Chicago 8 to his seat for the duration of the trial. whether the song is ultimately about LSD or Marijuana I don't know. I've always assumed it was about smoking weed. |
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| Bright Eyes – If Winter Ends Lyrics | 20 years ago |
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the lyrics are "in the event that YOU do adapt" and "I swear I'll drive right off a fucking cliff" |
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| Bright Eyes – I've Been Eating (For You) Lyrics | 20 years ago |
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the line is: "on the shelf for when you need it" and "I've been wishing we're lies" |
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