| Hurt – Ten Ton Brick Lyrics | 18 years ago |
| Did anyone else notice the insertion of the main theme from 'Aftermath' about 2/3 of the way through the song? I think it's been stated before that Aftermath is supposed to be a direct result of 10 Ton Brick (as evidenced by the smooth flow from one to the next), but I thought the adding of the next song's melody right in the middle of another was brilliant. | |
| Hurt – Ten Ton Brick Lyrics | 18 years ago |
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The lyrics are wrong in a few places. It's not "I was drawn by your sweet throes" rather it's: "I was told by two sweet crows." This is a reference to The Twa Corbies (see above). That folksong is about two crows eating a dead night that only three things know is dead, and these three don't care anymore. So the crows have informed the 10 Ton Brick singer that "Nobody feels what nobody knows," meaning that if no one knows about his pain, how can anyone care. |
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| Evanescence – Orestes (A Perfect Circle cover) Lyrics | 19 years ago |
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I don't see the Jesus relation at all. Orestes is a Greek myth related to the Trojan War. Orestes was the son of the Greek king Agamennon. Orestes's mother killed his father for various reasons, and Orestes was torn with his duty to avenge his father. On the one hand, he was expected to avenge his father, but doing so would mean killing his mother. Whatever choice he made, he would be cursed, either for not avenging his father or for killing his mother. So the literal meaning of this song has to do with Orestes trying to separate his maternal bond ("sever this umbilical residue") so that he can avenge his father. But seeing as how APC is never solely literal, it has applications to the whole "damned if I do, damned if I don't" moments in life. |
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| Hurt – Rapture Lyrics | 19 years ago |
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Alexonthex.com offers an interesting and sometimes amusing interview with the band. Also, the word 'emnity' is never in the song. I know that's what's printed in the booklet, but I'm pretty sure they just say 'simple things' again. There's a few other times in this and other songs where the booklet's lyrics don't match up with the sung lyrics. The interview has the band basically saying 'take from this song what you will, because it doesn't have a single meaning,' but he also admits it has a deep personal connection. More so than the funny coffee story he tells. |
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| Hurt – Danse Russe Lyrics | 19 years ago |
| I just read on the Hurt website that this song was inspired by the Williams poem and “a two-day experience with a lovely person.” | |
| Hurt – Unkind Lyrics | 19 years ago |
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It sounds like he was saving himself for this girl, even though he knew she hadn't saved herself for him. Even though he still loves her, he was really hurt by her actions (possibly sleeping around and cheating on him because he won't sleep with her). This song's chords sound somewhat similar to Shallow. Maybe the two songs are about the same girl. |
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| Hurt – Shallow Lyrics | 19 years ago |
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This song seems to describe a man whose love left him because he wasn't good enough for her. She seems to be more interested in glamour ("watching cars, movies, stars"). He feels incomplete without her ("all that I am is half what we are"). The tone of the music shows that the narrator still holds hope for his future with her. He thinks that eventually, he'll "get it right" and they can be together again. It's like he's describing a relationship that has splits over petty things that he feels he can fix. I enjoy the harmonies and peaceful sound of this song. It illustrates that he's certain that eventually everything will be fine. |
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| Hurt – Danse Russe Lyrics | 19 years ago |
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Danse Russe appears to fall into two categories: 1) A poem by William Carlos Williams talking about his family sleeping and the narrator pondering himself dancing naked. Like most Williams poems, there's lots of different interpretations of the poem, most of which don't have much in common with this song. But it does talk about a man awake and seeing his love quietly asleep in a bed. 2) It's one of the movements in Tchaikosky's Swan Lake (or maybe the Nutcracker). The lead singer of Hurt is a fan of classical music, but I'm not real certain how this would relate to the song. Danse Russe is literally French for Russian Dance. |
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