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| Ani DiFranco – Fuel Lyrics
| 11 years ago
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"The font of 'Teriyaki' and the font of '20% More'" just means the different fonts used to display those advertisements. |
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| Elvis Costello – I Want You Lyrics
| 12 years ago
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I am surprised that no one has mentioned the part where he says "you've had your fun, you don't get well no more" - which, of course, is a reference to his love interest being a former junkie and kicking that habit - perhaps this is to illustrate why it was so surprising for her to betray him in this other way, because she had resisted such a powerful drug. |
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| The Mountain Goats – Broom People Lyrics
| 17 years ago
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For ColorShow:
I believe that the implication here is that in his home, all of the food available is pre-processed, packaged food, TV dinners and such. It's just another way to illustrate how dismal, unhealthy, and negligent his family and home life are. |
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| Elvis Presley – His Latest Flame Lyrics
| 18 years ago
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I'm 24, and I've always loved Elvis. So not all young people are idiots. :/
This song is so amazing - it's got such a great reveal. I love that it isn't explained why he's crying first. Man. What a fantastic song. Definitely in my top 5 favorites (though his rendition of How Great Thou Art is pretty freaking amazing). |
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| Elliott Smith – King's Crossing Lyrics
| 19 years ago
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So I almost didn't post on this song, because there are so many posts, and many of them say similar things to what I wanted to, and the name of the site is SongMeanings.net, and what I want to say has a lot less to do with the literal meaning of the song, and a lot more to do with how it affected me personally.
However, I have to put in my two cents, because why the hell not.
Normally, I like songs and have emotional attachments to songs because I can relate to them personally. However, Elliott's music, this song in particular, grabbed me because he made me understand where HE was. I couldn't relate personally to one word of it. I've never had an addiction to heroin, and I've never wanted to commit suicide. I've never sold myself to a major record label, and I have never, ever felt this lost or hopeless.
Until I listened to this song. And then it seemed all too clear.
It all really starts to sink in in the line "Read the part and we turn out fine/It's a hell of a role if you can keep it alive", and just escalates from there. The utter honesty in his voice and his lyrics grabbed me and pulled me into his situation, his addiction, and his depression. When I heard him petulantly saying, "Give me one good reason not to do it," and then turning right around and begging me, "Don't let me get carried away"... that was a range of human emotion that the radio will never be able to deal with.
Elliott makes me selfess. His pain is so profound that it hurts us all. |
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| Elliott Smith – A Fond Farewell Lyrics
| 19 years ago
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The only lyric that I don't think has been touched upon properly (and I, myself, could be totally wrong) is the line "vomiting in the kitchen sink". It seems to me that right after "Veins full of disappearing ink", it's referring to the good sick that one gets after one does up. I could be wrong, though. If any of the addicts that posted earlier are reading this, could you clarify? Am I right? Wrong? |
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