| The Gaslight Anthem – Mae Lyrics | 13 years ago |
| I think it's a reference to salt water taffy, which the Jersey Shore is famous for. His kiss isn't really salty, it tastes like the taffy they've been eating | |
| Arcade Fire – We Used to Wait Lyrics | 14 years ago |
| The second verse reminds me of Afghanistan. Waiting for letters and care packages from home when you didn't have access to phones or internet. There were days when receiving a care package or a letter made it the best day of the week. And the waiting. Waiting was an aspect of life there that never ended. Waiting for guard. Waiting for the next mission. Waiting for the inevitable next IED. Walking through a maze of mud buildings for hours, the wilderness downtown. | |
| The Gaslight Anthem – American Slang Lyrics | 15 years ago |
| The song is about being introduced to Music. Like the first time you hear the into on "Layla" or when you hear Born to Run, or even Teenage Wasteland for the first time and you realize that there's a new world out there and that you've been missing out on it for a long time. It feels like your exploding out of your skin. | |
| The Gaslight Anthem – High Lonesome Lyrics | 16 years ago |
| Actually it isn't so much about suicide as it is about getting older and the death of your childhood dreams. The second stanza really brings it home. Gravity take her body that used to bring all the boys to her and now she's stuck working at the bar where the boys would buy her drinks. ANd from there it's lines of cocaine to get by, but its always just for tonight. | |
| Cory Branan – A Girl Named GO Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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"seven little letters and an hour to blow" I think that the song (and this line in particular) is talking about cocaine. |
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| Magnolia Electric Co. – North Star Lyrics | 17 years ago |
| This song has some of the greatest guitar solos I've ever had the pleasure of hearing. | |
| Lucero – Noon As Dark As Midnight Lyrics | 17 years ago |
| On the surface the song is about a man running away from his troubled past. He broke a law and now the Judge and the law is after him. But I think it goes deeper then that. I think the song is more about never finishing what you start. | |
| Iron & Wine – Upward Over the Mountain Lyrics | 18 years ago |
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I have always taken a more antagonistic relationship between the mother and son of the son, mainly because I interpret the chorus a bit different: So may the son: rise, bring hope where it once was forgotten Sons are like birds flying upward over the mountain Because of how my mind separated son and rise (as opposed to sunrise) I always seemed to me that the mother of the song was always disappointed with her son and he never measured up to her expectations (a la "Perfect" by Alanis Morissette). The son is finally a man is ready to leave home or already has left, like birds flying over the mountain. The song is telling his mother that despite her disdain of him he has made something of himself. The second verse, to me, seemed full of... I want to say rage but I don't know if Beam's voice could hold that... "Mother I've made it, up from the bruise on the floor of this prison" The prison refers to the singers childhood home, where mother's word was law. It also brings to mind mental or verbal abuse, telling the child that he will never be good enough for her, breaking his spirit and creating a prison in his mind. And now that the son is older he realizes that his mother was wrong, he HAS become something. He is no longer imprisoned by his mother and her words. "Mother I lost it all, of the fear of the Lord I was given" One thing about mother's is then when they are angry at you the certainly put the 'fear of the Lord' in you. The mother put fear into the heart of the child and now that the son is a man he is no longer afraid of his mother. "Mother forget me, now that the creek drank the cradle you sang to" It's a southern ritual to throw out old furniture, and this is a reference to that and the son becoming a man. He has grown out of his cradle, but also of is childhood. And because of the negativity he suffered at the hands of his mother he is asking her to forget him, because he will try to do the same. "Mother forgive me, I sold your car for the shoes that I gave you" The asking forgiveness is the line is a bit sarcastic, the son does not mean it. But this scene does give some insight in the history between the mother and the son. The son was not entirely without fault when dealing with the animosity between the two, in some cases he was not perfect or obedient. |
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| Lucero – Anjalee Lyrics | 19 years ago |
| At first, when I heard this song i thought it was about the singer leaving to making a living to provide for his family and the woman he loves. But the more and more I listen to it i think that he really sorta running away. | |
| Lucero – Nineteen Seventy Nine Lyrics | 19 years ago |
| I feel this song is pretty straight forward. The singer is talking about a girl thats on the verge of leaving. And every fiber of his being is crying for her to stay. | |
| Damien Rice – Cheers Darlin' Lyrics | 19 years ago |
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I always saw this as being something one would do after a relationship that never happened. The first date didn't go well and the girl moved on but the guy was still fixated. "I should'a kissed you" -it just screams drunken regret to me. |
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| Iron & Wine – The Trapeze Swinger Lyrics | 20 years ago |
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I don't think this is necessarily a funeral song, just a song of remembering the past. The way I see it, The narrator has reached the end of his life, and throughout his life there has always been this one girl that he has always been close to; they were childhood friends, and dated later in life but it was never mutual love. The narrator is reflecting on some important events between them and then jumping back into present time. In the first stanza the narrator is looking back to their childhood. They were playing in her yard, imagining the adventures they would have later in life, and then got to planning their big adventure. Someone (probably her parents) found them in the kitchen with a map and their money planning out an adventure they were going to take, but the memory is a little hazy for the narrator to remember. The second stanza takes place in the present time. The narrator and the girl have moved further apart. He met a friend and the friend commented on the girl and how she is doing. I believe the rest of the stanza deals more with metaphors on life than literally meaning the man has been to heaven and back. "We'll meet again" is something that a lot of good friends say when they split; "Fuck the man" just expresses youth and their want to prove themselves. The third stanza is back to remembering from the past. It's teenage years and Halloween with the girl. They made plans to meet up with each other but couldn't due to some circumstances they didn't control. the following morning He remembered and was embarrased. The last few lines are a bit removed from the memory, He is looking back and thinking that while it mattered then, missing each other that night was a big deal in the long run. The fourth stanza is back in present times, but I can't figure it out yet. The fifth stanza goes back to remembering. In this stanza I take the term babies to be literal, meaning the memory is from early childhood when the narrator and the girl met. The Lion and the Ladies refers to children's stories, and fantasies that they shared together. The trapeze could mean a swing and being pushed high in the air by their parents. The sixth stanza mentions misery. Most people think that refers to the girl dying, but I think its more about a loved one passing away and mourning that part of the life cycle. The narrator sees animals in vibrance even after losing someone and at the end of the stanza asks "who can see forever." In the seventh stanza the narrator is remembering a date with the girl. They went to the circus and after it ended He wanted to have a relationship, but she didn't want to or just didn't feel as strngly as he did. ANd in hsi frustration he got angry. The final stanza Deals with the narrator realizing his life is ending and while there is things he regreted, he wouldn't change them. He still cares for the girl though nothing ever came of it. And when he dies he wonders if he will go to heaven. He mentions uphill clawing which in my mind means struggling to be good. It is interesting to not that only the even stanzas contain regilous references. |
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| Something Corporate – As You Sleep Lyrics | 20 years ago |
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I always pictured the song being sung by a ghost to a girl that couldnt get over him. At night when she falls asleep he appears over her and sings to her, filling her room with lyllabye's that no one else can hear. He watches over her for the entire night, until sunrise (night sky fading red). The chorus is her dream. As she's asleep he lifts her up and they dance/float. He asks her not to wake up because when she does she can't see him but he's always there. The second verse she's driving at night while his ghost is riding next to her. SHe's frusterated and missing him and that's why she's driving fast. And the radio is playing one of those sad love songs that you can't help but feel horrible when you listen to it. |
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