| The Band – Up On Cripple Creek Lyrics | 8 years ago |
| @[RayMan:12648] The Canadian members of The Band are from Toronto, and don't have any connection to Acadia. Their music doesn't sound Acadian at all, and Acadians don't yodel. | |
| Talking Heads – Burning Down the House Lyrics | 11 years ago |
| He's actually right. Ethanol auto-ignites at 365 degrees C. Its flash point is much lower, though. | |
| Augie March – The Vineyard Lyrics | 12 years ago |
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Two theories: 1. Think of the song in a really dirty way. It's about sex. The vagina is the "valley of making". The men and women in the creamy white suits represent sperm; They're men and women because each has either an X or Y chromosome, or the women are eggs, and they all carry different genes, hence the many colours. In French, an orgasm can be called a "petit mort" or little death. I'm also seeing some suggestions of birth, with the "drew the curtain back on the morning", and "Labor, Ardor, Languor". 2. It's post-suicide, and whoever has done it is drifting off to the afterlife and seeing all these wonderfully pleasant things. |
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| Andrew Bird – Oh No Lyrics | 13 years ago |
| There's another lyricist I know of that is comparable in quality. He's not as fun, but he's incredibly beautiful and clever with his words. His name's Glenn Richards from the Australian band Augie March. | |
| Augie March – Farmer's Son Lyrics | 15 years ago |
| Disregard that last post, if you so choose. I just read these again and it (my theory) doesn't make sense. | |
| Augie March – Farmer's Son Lyrics | 15 years ago |
| Just a thought: This is about Bryn, Glenn's character, attempting to take control of Glenn's (or some other character's) mind. And Bryn is a murderer from the late 19th century who was kept in a south Tasmanian prison. (See lyrics and comments for Becoming Bryn and The Slant) | |
| Augie March – The Slant Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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I think it's interesting that he makes reference to King and Crown, Hobart having been founded by Philip Gidley King. Also, there was a prison in Hobart Town, along with two female factories. And Bellerive is right across the river. I think the character of this song (who may or may not be Bryn) did kill the boy in the first verse and is only claiming to be a petty thief in the third. He does say "lifted up _my_ axe and down." I think the sixth verse is a reference to modern-day Hobart (increasing in size, they would have cut down the trees and paved the streets). I'm Canadian, so excuse me if any of my info is wrong. |
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| The Trews – So Take What You Can Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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Yeah, it's not surprising that no one's commented on this. It's one of the few songs in the Trews repertoire that never really gets played at shows. It's so true, though. |
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| Luke Doucet – One Too Many Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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"You're going to kill him off when the ratings start to fall" I love that line. It's so sly. |
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| Augie March – Lupus Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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There's a theme here. Dogs. But you probably knew that. "Never feed from the hand, never beg, never stand on two feet." "eyes to black" "sink my teeth" "iron in my teeth and will" "hitch my hind" Well, the song is called "Lupus". |
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| Augie March – Just Passing Through Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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I'm not sure, but I suspect this song is about Oppenheimer or Einstein. Both saw their ideas that they couldn't save and both knew of the Enola Gay. Oppenheimer would've been the only one "winding up the road to the site." And I think that they both thought they didn't "know enough to know not to show it." There are a lot of lines in this song that my idea doesn't work with, though. Like the "women of the dog track." |
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| Augie March – Dogsday Lyrics | 15 years ago |
| I think you're right. Just after skimming the Wikipedia article I can see many similarities. A calm, a bloody sheath for a dagger, a calm, children - targets for the arrows, and anger from a dog's day. | |
| The Trews – Sweetness Lyrics | 15 years ago |
| I believe this song is about a moan who loses love and his sense of taste at the same time. The character talks about having a sour taste instead of a sweet, and he makes a few references to wine. | |
| The Trews – Hollis and Morris Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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the last few lines should be: "Won't you send me a saint, oh, waitress, and drink on my tab? Chorus" |
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| The Trews – Antigonish Song Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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Anyone who's lived in Antigonish knows of the gazebo in the center of town right next to the bank. I didn't live there long enough to go out late at night, but I think this refers to kids getting drunk and rowdy and then acting all tough. I believe the lyrics are a sort of satire on the young gangsta/punk's life. I like this song because it scares me, thinking of all the kids who brag about their guns and their pepper spray. |
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| Sam Roberts – Up Sister Lyrics | 15 years ago |
| I think the line "I've been drowning in the Queen's tears" refers to Canada still technically being a colony of the U.K.. | |
| Sam Roberts – Oh Maria Lyrics | 15 years ago |
| The woman in this song (Maria) is a Hell's Angel (You'd go out riding with the Hell's), she's a former drug dealer (It makes me wonder what you sold), and she's tough. The guy tries to change her ways because she's mean to him (I beg for my supper at night), but he loves her. But then she's sent to prison, probably for the drug dealing, and the guy misses her. When she gets out on parole, she marries another guy and murders him for his money (Married for the money and you blew him away), according to her mantra (Life is for the taking). The guy sees her photograph on the front page of the newspaper and knows they won't be together, 'cause she'll be spending life in prison. | |
| The White Stripes – Offend In Every Way Lyrics | 18 years ago |
| i think the last (actually second) verse is about a guy meeting, and then trying to impress his girlfriends high-class parents, but he just keeps messing up (Offending In Every way), and then the second (actually last) verse is her consoling him after he messes up big time. B.T.W., fun to play. | |
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