| Rilo Kiley – The Frug Lyrics | 17 years ago |
| She's not in love with a guy that's taken. She PURPOSELY sleeps with guys who are taken, and has male friends with benefits, and does all the things people do when they're scared of commitment. Otherwise "I cannot fall in love" doesn't make sense. | |
| Le Tigre – T.K.O. Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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I'm fairly certain that this song is not about violence in the media. I think it is a straightforward brag song about the greatness of Le Tigre. Though I do think the "tiny notebook" is definitely about a music journalist. |
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| Kings of Leon – Rememo Lyrics | 18 years ago |
| Yeah but... WHICH motherfuckers are going to go to jail? | |
| Okkervil River – Song About a Star Lyrics | 18 years ago |
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User "Gita" posted this in the comments for Okkervil River's song "Black," but you can see the story comes from her fourth-hand, but I agree with the commenter who speculated that she was confused. Sounds like a good explanation for this song: Gita posted: "I pretty much signed up so I could say this. I was talking to a friend (she played this song for me, I had never heard of the band before) and she was telling me about how she (or perhaps a friend of hers) went to see Okkervil River, and they played this song and explained it a little bit. For the sake of making this easy to follow, I've given the following people names. A friend of the band (Mike) and his girlfriend (Christine) were watching the news, and the Christine's ex-longtime boyfriend (Case) was on it, promoting a book or something, and he was talking about how much he loved his wife and new kids and how much they helped him and how he'd never be the guy he was without him, and he never once mentioned Christine. Apparently, at one point, Case broke Christine's heart. She's really upset, and Mike has no idea how to deal with it, because Case was her first love, and she can't really hate him the way he does, she's too busy trying to forget and/or not be heartbroken. Simultaneously, Mike is trying to get her to love him as much as she loved Case, but he knows that isn't possible. He trying to be there for her, but that also hurts him, because by acknowloedging how much she loved Case, it puts a wall (or door!) between them. Take in mind that a) I heard this through a couple friends and b) I TOTALLY JUST PULLED THOSE NAMES OUT OF MY ASS, I HAVE NO IDEA IF THIS IS TRUE OR NOT. When I heard this song, I never heard molestation in it at all, and while that's a valid interpretation, I saw it as more along the lines of like, you love somebody so much you'd kill someone that fucked their life up and broke their heart, even if they don't want it. I guess that applies to the molestation interpretation as well, but that meaning seems really specific to me. Like, I can see how everyone got that, but I don't feel it was explicitely written in the song. Or maybe I always just take the more general meaning of the song rather than the super specific one. Who knows!" |
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| The Handsome Family – Drunk by Noon Lyrics | 18 years ago |
| I like this song quite a bit. | |
| The Wrens – She Sends Kisses Lyrics | 18 years ago |
| What's the ten tons a reference to? | |
| The Wrens – Surprise, Honeycomb Lyrics | 18 years ago |
| I definitely hear some kind of young outlaw love killing spree stuff. I don't think it's like.... LITERAL, though. | |
| The Wrens – Everyone Choose Sides Lyrics | 18 years ago |
| Also I think there are some lyrics missing right before "Let's talk plans," but I can't tell what they are. | |
| The Wrens – I've Made Enough Friends Lyrics | 18 years ago |
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It's a little thing, but the words "spell" and "charm" should be switched. Wouldn't want you all embarassed on karaoke night. |
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| The National – Secret Meeting Lyrics | 18 years ago |
| I'm glad to get some input on this question. Trouble is, once someone suggests something, that's what you hear.... | |
| The Wrens – Everyone Choose Sides Lyrics | 18 years ago |
| Anyone know what's up with them and ten tons? There's a reference in She Sends Kisses, too. | |
| The National – Secret Meeting Lyrics | 19 years ago |
| Does anyone know what the guitarists are shouting in the background in the song's second half? | |
| The Shins – New Slang Lyrics | 20 years ago |
| Unless it was really fat. Then I'd just call it poorly written and precious. | |
| The Shins – New Slang Lyrics | 20 years ago |
| If Garden State was a movie I'd call it fat to try and make it anorexic. Then steal its boyfriend. | |
| Wilco – The Late Greats Lyrics | 20 years ago |
| Best Song Ever. | |
| OK Go – Get Over It Lyrics | 20 years ago |
| There's a lot of folks out there who could stand to Get Over It, but I think this song is particularly about suburban corperate types, judging by the last verse: "got a four-door, and a faithless wife / got those nice copper pipes / got an ex, got a room for the night." And all the body like a battle ax, whatnot. Sounds like a guy with a nice island kitchen who still keeps that college body in shape, jogging and banging cocktail waitresses. | |
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