| Grandaddy – Elevate Myself Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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If you don't understand what this song is about, you're really stupid. Hint: It's not about getting high. |
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| Pavement – In the Mouth a Desert Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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Sort of like on Cut Your Hair I think it goes: I'll see you beg and it makes you dry Make you/me dry Make me dry Make me try |
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| Modest Mouse – What People Are Made Of Lyrics | 18 years ago |
| The water motif is plentiful here, and its interesting to see that Brock continues that with many of his songs as well as with his latest album. So what does water signify? Probably, in accordance with his existentialist beliefs, the source of all life and the source of our lives. And it connects back with the very start where he mentions that we were all animals swimming the ocean before we came to land. The very last line hits hard because while we come from water, that's all we are made of. As significant as we are to be alive, it's equally insignificant. And that fits right into the idea of the entire album. The Moon and Antarctica is so full of existentialist meaning and interpretations of life, but it is equally insignificant bullshit in the end. This song completely reverses the cathartic ending of Life Like Weeds just like an ending to a book that punches you in the face at the very end and laughs at you for believing all the bullshit you just read. That's really what makes M&A so perfect. It creates a ethereal world view and feeling within you and throws you back into the dirty reality at the very end, leaving you stranded and reviewing what you just listened to. | |
| Modest Mouse – Education Lyrics | 18 years ago |
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To me, education seems to represent the idea of high society, or civilization. His reference to us as monkeys and our cringing instincts means that while we can act civilized, the primal side of us is very much still there and education itself cannot fully eradicate the natural, instinctive part of who we once were. Note how Brock rejects the initial notion of education while accepts the advice of the conversation. Perhaps a little more personal, I think Brock finds himself more educated in a non-formal sort of way. In that, he is smart, just not smart in the conventional sense of books and the sort. And that is fitting for him for sure since he is white-trash and lyrical genius all the same. Maybe someone could pick up on stubborn beauty, which means nothing to me. BTW, global warming, are you kidding? If so... haha. |
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| Apostle of Hustle – Energy of Death Lyrics | 18 years ago |
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I think the "energy of death" refers to the motions of the world which dictate that we all die. It is like gravity, in that it is a law/principle that is part of the world. The best line is "You, the children of this dying earth//Our posessions and our money have no worth". The song is really about life as much as death, in that, everything is completely mysterious to us while we are still here on earth, and maybe just as mysterious after we leave it. The only thing that is for certain is that we are born and we leave everything here behind us when we die. And so nothing really matters at all. That's a green light to do nothing while we are here because everything is insignificant. That's also a green light to do everything before you die since you should be grateful you have the senses to percieve this world we live in, and to live so prosperously. What are the odds we are alive at this precise moment in this universe? |
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| Modest Mouse – Edit the Sad Parts Lyrics | 18 years ago |
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monkey house is probably right. now the silence does make sense. this is definitely one of their, if not the, best. |
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| Modest Mouse – Dashboard Lyrics | 19 years ago |
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Okay. I don't really want a re-hash of M&A. My comment before was misleading. What I really want is them following on the same progression as their first three albums. There really is a division between old fans and new fans. The new stuff can be done by anyone, really. Sure, there's Isaac's usual warped lyrics, but now they're neither insightful nor clever. They're just damn wordy and boring. Old fans will recognize that the new songs are becoming derivative and albums are simply not as passionate as of the past. Bury Me With It? That's just a screamfest. Now, Tundra/Desert, there's a classic MM song. Yes, we can all choose to accept the new MM songs for what they are without providing criticism. That's a wonderful way to inspire shit. |
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| Modest Mouse – Dashboard Lyrics | 19 years ago |
| I long for Moon and Antarctica Part II. | |
| Modest Mouse – Dashboard Lyrics | 19 years ago |
| I long for Moon and Antarctica Part II. | |
| The Decemberists – Sixteen Military Wives Lyrics | 19 years ago |
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Watch the video first. This has less to do with war, and more to do with America's selflessness and abuse of it's authority. Sure, the whole war idea is in there, but it's really a by-product of America's attitude, and a figure as an international bully. The end of the video where everyone takes out their instruments to defeat "America" really shows music(or art)'s ability to defeat this imposition. As reflected in our societies, where music is actively denouncing the politics of our nations (more recently the mishaps of the American administration), they utilize music and the media to overthrow their dictator in the school, and likewise we all have the ability in our hands to assert our disillusions about whatever is imposed against us in the world. Hope that made.. sense? lol. |
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| Pavement – Shoot the Singer (1 Sick Verse) Lyrics | 19 years ago |
| Random Rules deserves that credit. | |
| Modest Mouse – Float On Lyrics | 19 years ago |
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Classic example where indie band realizes that an effortless pop-song is much more effective than all their other efforts combined. More of the same follows. So we hope not. |
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| Wolf Parade – Fancy Claps Lyrics | 19 years ago |
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Here's a great live version: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGamyc-Vw_E&mode=related&search= (starts with "You Are A Runner" and transitions to this song) It's really cool, cus of the bridge and because it goes blazin' fast. |
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| Wolf Parade – You Are A Runner And I Am My Father's Son Lyrics | 19 years ago |
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This is a great live version: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGamyc-Vw_E&mode=related&search= |
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| Pilate – Knife-Grey Sea Lyrics | 19 years ago |
| The band name is Pilot Speed. | |
| Broken Social Scene – KC Accidental Lyrics | 19 years ago |
| They played this to close the show the other night. Absolute killer. | |
| Broken Social Scene – Stars and Sons Lyrics | 19 years ago |
| It's definately, "This one will know, how far you live on." | |
| Modest Mouse – The Stars Are Projectors Lyrics | 19 years ago |
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They took down the other page 'cause this is the right title. Pretty much the centerpiece of M&A, its about the universe and connects the first half of the album with the second. Really cool song. If you look at the last few lines, you can see that he's trying to solve the mystery of God through logic. Science is logic, and science is the foundation of our universe. I think he sees life and the universe as a circle or an abstract concept, so when he asks WHERE DO CIRCLES BEGIN? it's like asking HOW THE UNIVERSE BEGAN. I think he sees the question of the universe as ridiculous as a question on the beginning of a circle. It's not logically possible because there is no start point on a circle, as there is no start point in a universe (in his POV). The universe is simply an intangible concept that we can't understand because we're bound by our own concepts about reality. Get it? |
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| Broken Social Scene – Pacific Theme Lyrics | 19 years ago |
| My favourite off their album. And it's an instrumental. | |
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