| MGMT – Of Moons, Birds & Monsters Lyrics | 17 years ago |
| Good catch. | |
| CKY – Inhuman Creation Station Lyrics | 17 years ago |
| what hotsoupwoman said. Perhaps "this isn't happening a fourth time" is a Third Reich reference? | |
| Cat Power – Say Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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Personally, I think it's about fully communicating the full complexities of who you are. When your time for input comes up for a response to direction A, it is easy to share a summarized opinion specialized for that moment. Your input may be different when summarized for direction B, though. The meanings of both input could seem completely contradictory to outsiders and will lead to your ostracization. This song is tough to read into, though. For instance, I have no idea how the first verse correlates with the rest. So I'm probably wrong. I really want to know the meaning to this, though. =/ |
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| Dan Deacon – Wham City Lyrics | 17 years ago |
| Ok my brain is stuck in infinite loop now. | |
| The Exploited – Sex And Violence Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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It's irony. All media = Sex and Violence. To those donning this as their anthem... ah well, you're just proof that grey matter is needed to appreciate punk. |
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| Sam Roberts – Canadian Dream Lyrics | 17 years ago |
| It has anti-socialism intent. That being, the Canadian dream is far away due to the freeze in society with socialism? | |
| Portishead – Wandering Star Lyrics | 18 years ago |
| I feel it as an interpretation of society and an outsider. The dull, bleak, and downright drudgery of culture is the blackness in the night sky while those who seek out reality beyond what is given to them are the wandering stars. This existence of a wandering star is lonely, depressing, and persistently full of grief. While they find light in themselves and are the definition of the night sky, the dull/corrupted reality of the mass majority will forever surround them in darkness. Even if self recognition of goodness and love is recognized, it is repressed until the wandering star finds what it is looking for. | |
| CKY – Don't Hold Your Breath Lyrics | 18 years ago |
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It's a continuation of sniped... Consider the album begins with songs like "The Way You Lived"(about suicide and waste) followed by songs like "All Power To Slaves"(revolt) and "Deceit is Striking Gold"(showing the source of problems.) The album ends with "Sniped" where the character of the album is planning an assassination of corrupted/evil persons 'faceless crimes.' Here, the perpetrator enacts that plan and tells us why they are making the sacrifice... it is the fact that they've been pushed against a corner and feel starved that they react The logic is that they might as well take some of the corruption out with them. There is no reason for them to come to hell/death, alone. |
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| CKY – Sniped Lyrics | 18 years ago |
| ... it seems to me that the song is about assassinating a corrupted societal/political figure. Though, I'm sure they can't/won't state that in any interview. It follows the meaning in the album of "an answer can be found" which concerns American society. | |
| Electric Wizard – Funeralopolis Lyrics | 18 years ago |
| Brilliant! | |
| Lo Fidelity Allstars – Kasparov's Revenge Lyrics | 18 years ago |
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Pure punk persona. The scene is bullshit... the underground is alive and they're here to go "into the ether." After this song the next track goes "Can we hear an amen? Right on!" lol... |
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| Nellie McKay – Work Song Lyrics | 19 years ago |
| I love how the song(system) falls apart as the mindless drones continue their march. | |
| Machines of Loving Grace – Butterfly Wings Lyrics | 19 years ago |
| I think 'butterfly wings' is a metaphor for dreams. | |
| The Prodigy – Narayan Lyrics | 19 years ago |
| Additionally, this is followed on the Fat of the Land by Firestarter... which would be a song about creating utter destruction. | |
| Fatboy Slim – Star 69 Lyrics | 19 years ago |
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Actually it's about how modern people are so stubborn and prideful in that they will not look past the surface of things. The song by itself can mean many things, but when placed in reference with the rest of the album... this is the only meaning possible. |
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| The Prodigy – Narayan Lyrics | 19 years ago |
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The sun 'falls' in the west. It's a reference of end of day, a metaphor for destruction. Since the sun is always 'falling' in the West, there is death on the horizon... and as the sun rises on a new day, there is a birth of energy. Death is an inevitability. And in it's wake comes a rebirth. This song is about that cycle and the evolution of form it brings. |
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| Fischerspooner – Emerge Lyrics | 19 years ago |
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the reference to Buddhism is correct but the interpretation in regard to the song is incorrect because you're only referencing one line of the song. "you don't need to emerge from nothing you don't need to tear away" You do not need to tear away from your past to grow or create something new. Emerging from nothing shows no evolution from whence you came. For instance... we can understand the evolution of music or style because it all emerges from prior points in style/music. Many have note that much of the song is heavy in synth which is pretty different than all their other tracks... perhaps this is the influence on Fischerspooner and they are showing from where they have emerged? |
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| Lauryn Hill – I Get Out Lyrics | 19 years ago |
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"Of this social (?)" Of this social purgatory. I feel the above understanding is good, but not entirely there. Correct, breaking out of the dead social structure and the beatiful freedom that follows is what it is all about. But I don't think the lyrics state anything close about the lyricist being stuck in a limbo. Though the social system is a purgatory, obviously the lyricist has broken free of it. Instead, the references to 'Is the reason I must die' is a battle call to stop the oppresion and to fulfill the "father's will." And references to her past are incorrect as this song was not written by lauryn. |
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| LCD Soundsystem – Tribulations Lyrics | 19 years ago |
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It's about a relationship between the singer and the subject. The subject has perfection issues and can not accept their failures(everybody makes you late, it's never you.) That perfection issue also concerns relationships where they fight to hold onto everybody while not forming a relationship[a chance for failure] by playing hot/cold on people(pay attention to the wait/late references and how they switch around which eventually lead to...) When others get sick of it, all hell breaks loose in the subject(but you come undone when you come undone) and to cope the subject points out all of the problems in those around them. (only my mistakes sting) No one is safe from the behavior is as if the whole nation owes them for what they've gone through which have shaped this horrible personality... their trials and tribulations. |
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| Say Anything – The Futile Lyrics | 19 years ago |
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"so what is the point then smarty pants?" Ally hit it. These lyrics are extremely sarcastic("slathered in the sauce sarcastic")... or 'ironic' when the hook("What do they teach us but how to die?") is laced in ignorance of wisdom and learning. "What do they teach us but how to die?" falls right in line with the brutal mentality of "what do your hissy fits teach you except how to cry, pussy, cry?" This is a commentary against the fools who are so wrapped up in themselves that they will not ingest anything foreign. It pushes them to a 'futile survival,' being consumed solely by their wants(eat, sleep, fuck, flee) and ignoring their true needs(healthy nutrition(rat poison), human interaction(dying alone), art(no taste) and emotion(real love, the beautiful, the pussy's hissy fits.)) |
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| Alexisonfire – Crisis Lyrics | 19 years ago |
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1977 coincides with the release of The Sex Pistol's only album... which marked the death of real punk and the birth of 'new' punk rock that was seeded more in style than politics. Your car may be your death... references to consumption and our reliance on oil, additionally how this drives the political infrastructure of our new world. Snow has always been poetically read as death... because it has no color and color... and it covers everything. The reference to a blizzard is our current situation, a crisis... where the question is basically "Is this the end of days?" but god will not answer. The blizzard has never stopped since 1977. Alexisonfire is excellent. You should read all references to 'town' in this album as our country, it is an enormous metaphor they carry through the entire album... and it falls in line with their last work. |
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| TV on the Radio – King Eternal Lyrics | 19 years ago |
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>> Why has no one questioned the use of the name "Nathan?" I assume that this is a reference to the lyricist's son in my reference to Patriarchy. |
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| Daft Punk – Technologic Lyrics | 19 years ago |
| Techno-logic. | |
| Daft Punk – Human After All Lyrics | 19 years ago |
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mmm... it's actually a really good album. You just have to realize the context. Daft Punk's big "message" has turned into (or has always been... with 'harder, better, faster, stronger') that they(and perhaps we) are a bunch of robots. It's always been their "thing" but has always been shruged off as some gimmick or 'style thing.' "Human After All" is the realization that they(and we) are indeed human. Every song on the album explores what is 'human' after the artists met this realization. This is actually a big step in their style, it is a leap of artistic skill from their older work... and I'm really curious where they will go from here. |
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| Nellie McKay – Waiter Lyrics | 19 years ago |
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It's important that she's from NYC. The song is about how we're going to get paved with explosives. Especially places like NYC. So she's in a rush to pay for her meal and drive to Carolina. |
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| Alexisonfire – Happiness By The Kilowatt Lyrics | 19 years ago |
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See references to the drapes, paints, frames, and indoors. It is written against the manipulated and sterile environment of consumerism. So this is continuous happiness You know, I always Imagined it something more With the right drapes, the right paints The right frames, this could really work What a great day to spend indoors It makes them sick. And the only way they can respond is by clinging to their past behavior(manipulating the environment, not understanding why they're sick) So where has all the day gone? And why are my lungs aching when I breathe? Is there something wrong with the heat? Why am I so cold? And my heart feels sick And it hurts when I speak And this is not what I hoped for Followed by "Wake Up!" and "Was this what we hoped for?" that is literal questioning to the listener. Wake up, people. |
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| Porno For Pyros – Hard Charger Lyrics | 19 years ago |
| Indeed it's one of my faves as well. If you havn't heard it, email me. | |
| Marilyn Manson – Cryptorchid Lyrics | 19 years ago |
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Bah. And... "5, 6, 7, 8, Never 7, 8, 9, 10, Heaven 4, 3, 2, 1, Never get to seven" Innocence. Purity starts on him. Then acts in childhood. He's evil. Notice references to "I wish that I had balls" come after the worm consumes the boy. It's a reference to the neighbor or to Manson, himself. Either way, it's bone chilling. |
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| Marilyn Manson – Cryptorchid Lyrics | 19 years ago |
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Oh, and... "prick your finger it is done... the moon has now eclipsed the sun... the angel has spread its wings... the time has come for bitter things..." Very abstract, he's filling the place of Marilyn Manson now. Maybe a blood offering, a coming of age. he has taken the worm of evil. He is the son of an angel, so he has wings. He is the antichrist superstar |
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| Marilyn Manson – Cryptorchid Lyrics | 19 years ago |
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Awesome song. The 'worm' are the demons of the world(like the church.) He's singing about a whole lot more than about christianity being evil. This is apparent in the lines "I feel my back is changing shape when the worm consumes the boy it's never considered rape" - just read his biography The references to seven and innocence are right on, but this song is about a loss of innocence at a young age. When he references 'cryptorchid' considering his past... that is as black as hell. 'When they get to you' is said three times in balance in the song, The worm can be christianity(his surroundings) or evil(childhood) and they get to you. And it isn't considered rape. Followed by his spiritual hatred in Christianity. Manson is more interested in what is 'outside the window,' which is not christianity(he was in private schooling, a very 'manipulated' society.) His mother can be said to be an angel, as when she cries she dies emotionally(everytime my mother cries an angel dies.) She probably was crying from a feeling of guilt... I personally understand this situation. They are very personal lyrics. Brilliant. |
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| Reggie and the Full Effect – Mood 4 Luv Lyrics | 19 years ago |
| hilarious | |
| Say Anything – The Futile Lyrics | 19 years ago |
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"And I SO agree with the line "What do the old people teach us but how to die?"" Then you missed the point of the song, which you're a target of. |
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| Soul Coughing – Pensacola Lyrics | 19 years ago |
| It's a response to consumer culture? (where esteem is gained/shown in owning things/brands) | |
| TV on the Radio – King Eternal Lyrics | 19 years ago |
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It's about patriarchy in society. Men are driven to be emotionally sterile and essentially 'condemned by men' to die, as it is usually the men who ensure other men don't act warm. Fear is referenced as a basis of patriarchy(thunder, hide your ears) Forts, silver brides, golden houses... all references to the almost impossible task given most men to be a king among men, with no call to accept failure or growth. Emotionally, women are given liberty. "If its a girl, let her shine" References to eternal and immortality are both an attack on the pride of masculinity but also the power it has over all of us and the likelihood it will continue. |
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| The Cranberries – The Icicle Melts Lyrics | 19 years ago |
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"And there's a time for the mother who cried And she will hold him in her arms sometimes" Is not about judgement. It's about the anguish the mother feels with the abortion. |
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