| Motion City Soundtrack – Antonia Lyrics | 18 years ago |
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Quixentric: If I understand you correctly, you're saying that at the end of the song Justin is saying that he wants his daughter to grow up to be like her mom so that he would be attracted to her? I find that more than a little disturbing. That happens to be one of my favorite lines in this song. I think he's saying that when his daughter grows up, he wants her to be slightly quirky like her mother, so that she's different and stands out. I think it's a really cute line. |
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| The Format – Sore Thumb Lyrics | 18 years ago |
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This song reminds me of my ex boyfriend. He'd always call me really late at night, but it'd have to be on my cell phone, so as to not wake up my parents. The only problem with this was that my cell phone gets horrible reception at my house. So I relate to the whole first verse, especially when we would get in arguments, or when he wouldn't tell me what bothered him. Then there's the line "You keep the ring". He gave me this beautiful ring for our one year anniversary. It wasn't an engagement ring or anything, but I wore it every day, and it reminded me of him when he was away at school. When I broke up with him, which was one of the hardest things I've ever done, I gave it back to him. This was about a week shy of our 18 month anniversary. It was when I did that that he realized that I was completely serious. |
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| Death Cab for Cutie – Passenger Seat Lyrics | 18 years ago |
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Does anyone else think that this song might be in a pair with "Champagne from a Paper Cup"? I only say this based on the refrain of "Champagne from a Paper Cup" and the subject matter of "Passenger Seat". The refrain states "I think I'm drunk enough to drive you home now. I'll keep my mouth kept shut under lock and key that's rusted firm, no lie." and the speaker of "Passenger Seat" is being driven home by someone who never actually speaks. As far as the chronological order of events goes, "Champagne from a Paper Cup" occurs first, with the speakers of both songs drinking at a party then leaving to go home. The speaker of "Champagne from a Paper Cup", the one driving, has feelings of ill will toward the passenger in his/her car, while the alcohol has clearly made the speaker in "Passenger Seat" feel that everything has a wonderful haze about it. Looking at the lyrics for "Passenger Seat", it's not that far of a stretch to say that the speaker is drunk. The question "Do they collide?", the preoccupation with things outside the windows and even the "feet on the dash" point to this. It's hard to put your feet on the dashboard when your seat belt is on, and if you've been drinking, you might not have enough sense to put it on. Also, the driver of the car (the speaker from "Champagne from a Paper Cup) never says anything in "Passenger Seat", which is exactly what he promised: "I'll keep my mouth kept shut." He merely smiles at his passenger's drunken question of "Do they collide?" |
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| Death Cab for Cutie – 405 Lyrics | 18 years ago |
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I absolutely love this song. I just keep listening to it on repeat over and over again. It has a beautiful sound to it. As much as I love this song, and it is currently my favorite song, I cringe just a little every time I hear "red wine and a cigarettes." I know the lyrics say "the cigarettes" but that's not what I hear when I listen to this song. I'm a little OCD about grammar, that's all. |
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| Death Cab for Cutie – Why You'd Want to Live Here Lyrics | 18 years ago |
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This song, for obvious reasons, makes me think of "Los Angeles, I'm Yours" by The Decemberists. Neither song depicts a good view of LA, with Colin Meloy ending his song by saying that the city's "...sweet and bitter taste has left me wretched, retching on all fours" and Ben Gibbard saying "You can't swim in a town this shallow - you will most assuredly drown tomorrow." Also, my take on the line "The greyhounds keep coming dumping locusts into the street until the gutters overflow" is that the greyhounds referred to might be Greyhound buses perhaps? In "Soul Meets Body" Gibbard sings "In my head there's a Greyhound Station." I'm just saying... |
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| The Decemberists – The Crane Wife 1 and 2 Lyrics | 19 years ago |
| I just found out that fontanelles are the soft spots on a baby's head, and I find that incredibly amusing. | |
| The Decemberists – Sons and Daughters Lyrics | 19 years ago |
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I want to say that this song is about a more modern war, most likely the War in Iraq. I went to see The Decembrists in concert on November 2nd in Boston, and this was one of the last songs they played. But before they started the song, Colin Meloy asked the audience if they knew what Tuesday would be, the answer being "Go out and vote day". He then proceeded to tell us to have this song influence our decisions on that day. So "Hear all the bombs fade away" = end of Iraq War?, or some idealistic world peace scenario? |
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| The Decemberists – The Sporting Life Lyrics | 19 years ago |
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I was watching a documentary on The History Channel at work the other day, a documentary on prostitution through the ages, in fact.** I'll admit that I was not fully paying attention to the program, but I do remember watching a part of it that said that "the sporting life" was a lifestyle among young men in America, early 20th century if not before. Basically, this lifestyle was all about sleeping with a lot of women, and being a "playa" or "pimp" (for lack of better words). I don't think that this really has anything to do with this song, but it just struck me as a bit odd. Coincidence, perhaps? But I find it interesting that professional sports players are usually also sex symbols (mmm...David Beckham). Maybe the son in this song is trying to go pro? ** I'm not a huge dork, I swear. |
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| The Decemberists – The Perfect Crime #2 Lyrics | 19 years ago |
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Personally, as someone who's taken four years of Latin and a mythology class, I enjoy the first line: "Sing, Muse, of the passion of the pistol". It makes me think of Homer's Iliad, which, if i recall correctly, begins with "Sing, Goddess, sing of the rage of Achilles". And you can't forget that an epic isn't typically an epic until it invokes a muse. Unless you're an epic and your name is Beowulf. |
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| The Decemberists – O Valencia! Lyrics | 19 years ago |
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coolnuts5: That's what I was going to say, actually. Now that I've read other people's comments though, Romeo and Juliet makes sense too. West Side Story just came to mind first since I saw a production of it over the summer, and the last time I read Romeo and Juliet was three years ago for my English class. That, and the killing of one of the lovers is done by a vengeful family member here, like West Side Story, whereas in Romeo and Juliet the lovers kill themselves. |
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| The Decemberists – Yankee Bayonet (I Will Be Home Then) Lyrics | 19 years ago |
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I loved this song from the first time I heard it. I love the combination of the vocals and the background music. The first time I heard it, I didn't know what the lyrics were, though. The only line I comprehended was "All the dead at Manassas". The Battle at Manassas, also known as The Battle of Bull Run, was one of the bloodiest battles of the Civil War, and people had gone to watch it, bringing blankets and picnics. The first time I listened to it with the lyrics at hand, I got chills while hearing "Though I lingered here with the blankets barren / And my own belly big with child" because it was then that I realized that the soldier and his girl back home weren't just casual summer lovers, but that they had a child on the way. |
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| Angels and Airwaves – A Little's Enough Lyrics | 19 years ago |
| I can't correct what I said above, but I meant to say "I don't think that this song is about letting God solve your problems" instead of the double negative I put in there. Sorry. | |
| Angels and Airwaves – A Little's Enough Lyrics | 19 years ago |
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The first time I heard this song I thought that the lyrics were "the church is scared to tell," because that fit in with "And god himself is coming home" and "Like turning water into wine," because I've survived ten years of catholic school and two years of CCD, and pick up on these things. But then I noticed the parallelism of the lines before the chorus: "Like god himself is coming home to say..." and "The earth itself then came alive to say..." And I read the lyrics in the CD case, and saw that it was "that you're too scared to tell." So I don't think that this song is not about letting God solve your problems. I think that the references to God and the earth are just symbols representing how strongly the boy character in this story wants to help the girl character. He's invoking the power of what are probably two of the biggest and most powerful things he knows of, God and the earth. She is afraid to come out of her shell of hurt, and possibly silence: "The silence came with brightest eyes, Like turning water into wine." Maybe she's taken silence and hiding her hurt as her new "religion" of sorts. He's telling her that "The cure is if you let in just a little more love." He wants to help her come out of this isolated world of silence and hurt, if only she'd let him near. |
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| Angels and Airwaves – Start The Machine Lyrics | 19 years ago |
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This is easily my favorite song from the album. Now, I have no experience with interpreting lyrics or whatnot. Just so you all know. One thing that kinda stuck out though were the lyrics: "I see the stars, they're in your eyes. A playful kiss, can you tell I'm excited? A fast escape in the nick of time. If you've lost your wish, can I help you to find it? I'm on my knee, just one to start, a fresh new start, don't be undecided. If love is a word that you say, then say it, I will listen." It makes me think of someone proposing, what with the being on one knee, not being undecided, and "a fresh new start." |
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