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| Garbage – Only Happy When It Rains Lyrics
| 19 years ago
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I agree with SGMonkee, and what Lynoitus said makes sense. The song has always struck me as ironic and "tongue-in-cheek", not a song to romaticize depression, but it almost seems to be countering that. I think it's a strange phenomenon...kids thinking that it is "cool" to be depressed. It isn't cool, it's fucking awful..and it doesn't make you a better or necessarily more interesting person. All in all, I think it is a good song, albeit not one to be taken literally. |
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| Björk – Hyperballad Lyrics
| 19 years ago
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I really don't know what I think this song is about, specifically. I do feel that there are definitely themes or fragility, dependency, devotion, etc...it's beautiful. It never fails to make me cry. I also love the lines "I imagine what my body would sound like slamming against those rocks/ And when it lands, will my eyes be closed or open?" In my mind, those lines just represent the uncertainty of making any large change. It seems to literally be about a love relationship, romantic or Platonic, but it also seems almost allegorical. |
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| Rasputina – Rats Lyrics
| 19 years ago
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This supposedly happened with capybaras in Venezuela, not Bolivia, but apparently it has also been claimed to have been other large water dwelling (hence "fish") mammals, like beavers. (Try looking up capybaras on www.wikipedia.com) The story's credibility isn't exactly something to stake your life on. |
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| The Dresden Dolls – Mrs. O. Lyrics
| 19 years ago
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wolfperson, I also think that it's about willful ignorance. The lines "Out we go, and you watch us as we face the falling snow/
What a show, with our hairdryers aimed heavenwards..." seem to be about trying to keep the snow in the sky, to keep the truth from reaching us. Not only that we have been trained to be ignorant, but we have also not to *want* to know. |
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