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| Elliott Smith – Angel in the Snow Lyrics
| 19 years ago
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Amazing song. I think it's about loving someone beautiful but really messed-up ("All crushed out on the way you are / Better stop before it gets too far"), but not being able to help them ("Don't you know that I love you?"). This helplessness contributes to inherent feelings of inadequacy, not being enough for said person ("Sometimes I feel like a cold still life / That fell down here to lie beside you"). |
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| The Elected – Desiree Lyrics
| 19 years ago
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My name! I love The Elected, and I was pleasantly surprised by the coincidence when I read the tracklist for Sun, Sun, Sun. |
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| Belle & Sebastian – Jonathan David Lyrics
| 19 years ago
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I didn't see it so much as 'Jonathan' being in love with the girl as well - "I like her too" is him saying he likes her OK, and she isn't a major bitch or anything. I think it's more of, once his best friend's fallen in love and is getting married etc., things between both of them can't be the way they used to. He's hurt, resentful and jealous but can't afford to show it. |
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| Wilco – A Magazine Called Sunset Lyrics
| 19 years ago
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This is a very pretty song, especially at the beginning - I'm surprised no one's commented yet.
I haven't actually dissected it for all its worth, but I must say, the first stanza alone kills me. I've interpreted it as Jeff strongly associating these objects with somebody he once loved, and on looking at them, he's instantly reminded of his past feelings.
Other related lines are Oh I'm a future fallout standing / In the present erase our phantom - very clever wordplay here - by 'fallout' I suspect he means literally falling out of love, which he hopes to achieve in the near future, though he currently remains haunted by the phantom of his past relationship.
Admittedly, I don't exactly get the second and third stanzas, so I might be wrong. All the same, I have trouble listening to this song, because I'll start thinking about my ex-girlfriend. |
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