| Incubus – Oil and Water Lyrics | 19 years ago |
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i think the meaning of this song is pretty straightforward, it's about a guy telling his girl that they are too different to be together. maybe they come from different backgrounds/ethnicities etc. FOR EXAMPLE my sis dated a guy who was going to become a catholic priest. i'd hum the first few lines of this song at her to piss her off sometimes. so this song is pretty much about two people who might really like each other, but for some reason they just can't be together. |
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| The Smashing Pumpkins – Here's to the Atom Bomb (Machina II) Lyrics | 19 years ago |
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I've been doing some thinking, I think I might get the last verse. "and sons that cry" The girl may have gotten pregnant. "to the night of the dead and the wishing ghost beating on you to drain morose " The girl begins to wish she had lead her life differently, the "wishing ghost" is an image describing her desire for a different life. As for the holes in the wall, Billy begins by saying the girl snuck out to sleep with guys "like a hole in the wall". Then, she uses guys maliciously and selfishly, making her the hole in the wall. Afterwards, the girl goes on with her life, possibly with a bunch of illegitemate kids, and Billy calls all of us the holes in the wall. I think, by the end of the song, Billy has begun to sympathize with the girl he is describing in the song, because her life sucks. The holes in the wall might be a greater metaphor about the human condition and how we must always make ourselves suffer. The image of a hole in the wall makes me think of urban decay, something ugly with the foundation of a building. Maybe he means that people always make themselves suffer, like a hole in a wall. Or something like that hah. |
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| Incubus – Diamonds and Coal Lyrics | 19 years ago |
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"If it’s good to instigate than we’re a fast horse, bet on us. I’m not calling you an animal I think we just fight too much." These lines are awesome, Brandon Boyd shows that even a simple conversation can turn into an arguement. But I think the meaning of the song is pretty straightforward, it's about a some people in a relationship who fight too much. Boyd makes the metaphor that their relationship is like coal that will later turn into a diamond. "Give it time girl, the fire feels divine. The sweetest things they burn before they shine." - this means that their relationship will be strengthened by the fighting. every couple fights, but over time their relationship will become strong and beautiful like a diamond. I know I explained it in a pretty corny way, sorry. |
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| As Tall as Lions – Song for Luna Lyrics | 19 years ago |
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"mi hermosa" means "my beautiful", "con su cuerpo" means "with your body". he meets a girl who speaks broken english, probably a hispanic chick. "Who needs words when you reply con su cuerpo?", who needs words when you reply with your body? I assume he means that they didn't need to communicate much since they had a chiefly sexual relationship. So essentially this song is about some hispanic girl this guy lost. they didn't have a good relationship, it was mostly sexual and he's regretting losing her. "Dreaming 'bout some drunken melody you sung before Verses beautiful and strange I love that song" maybe the girl got drunk and sang in spanish, and he's remembering that moment. In the chorus, when is says that her "foreign eyes have struck for better boy", it could mean that the girl left him for someone better. "Lost your ghost somewhere in Samana": Samana is a province in the Domincan Republic. I was thinking, the name of the girl could be Luna. Makes sense since the name of the song is "Song For Luna". Luna is spanish for Moon. The last lines "sing into the moonlight" is probably him just being poetic about her name. |
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| As Tall as Lions – Stab City Lyrics | 19 years ago |
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I think the lyrics are pretty clear, he's singing about how the city he lives in doesn't let him find love ("'cause even when I find the love it's fake"). He's not exactly mad, his tone is more sad and resigned about his situation. "Our crooked feet burn up the street and every time we're passing by you feel the heat of 80,000 burning souls asleep There's 50,000 crying out to me" This last stanza seems to compare the city he lives in to hell. I'm pretty sure he sings 50,000 twice, not 80,000. When they repeat the line "So don't say you'll see me", its like the songwriter is directing his bitterness towards a specific girl. |
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| The Smashing Pumpkins – Here's to the Atom Bomb (Machina II) Lyrics | 19 years ago |
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This song is about a girl who uses and destroys men. Billy's lyrics are really poetic, and while they seem to be a bunch of random images, he's actually trying to say specific things. However, we all have different takes on what he means. Here's what I think: "Clung to the sweater from the day you were born": The girl attaches to men and uses them, as she has her whole life. "Never knew better, that's what you swore": The girl says she doesn't think she's doing anything wrong. To me, this implies that the girl knows that she's doing wrong, and doesn't care. "Mother heard you cause the walls were thin": I think this is about the girl having sex in her house as she seduces guys, and her mom hears it. "In saturnine, sweetness, and horatio fin": Hah I have no idea what all this means. Saturnine is obviously the song from the Machina II EPs, and I think its about a person of the same name. I heard somewhere that "saturnine" is an astrological term in which the planet saturn entrances people; perhaps Saturnine is the name of the girl who Billy is singing about. "No boy could spell you out": Even though this girl seduced lots of guys, none of them ever suspected her intentions. "In the grass at night Beneath the stars You grew right past the streets where you were raised Sneakin' out early to a secret place": I think this is also about sex. "Like a hole in the wall": I'll get to the part about the hole in the wall at the end. "Into the bed you hang your sling To watch your man as he seeks relief": The guys that the girl sleeps with are tired and world-weary, and they sleep with her to "seek relief". However, she uses them for her puposes and then leaves them. "You cut out his heart and watch him die So we can know you, and that you're alive As the hole in the wall You are the hole in the wall": She doesn't actually kill the guys she sleeps with, but she causes them pain. These lines explain why the girl hurts these guys; it's almost like she's doing it for sport, or out of a whim, like a kid might tear down an anthill just because he can. It's interesting to note that when Billy sings these lines, he doesn't really sound angry. This isn't an angry song, its more resigned and sad. "No one can know your song In kisses and noise Now you belong to them all": I think that, in a way, these lines say that the girl is only one of many other women who use men selfishly. Billy says that the girl 'sings the same tune' as other women who seduce men; now, she belongs in the same group as these women. "Awake to the dawn and scratch your eyes Light the prayer candles that you remind to Send you a boy that you could waste A little piece of heaven to set you straight Through the hole in the wall You are the hole in the wall": This verse is interesting; it discusses how the girl wants to ruin boys in spiritual terms. The girl prays ("lights her prayer candles") and asks ("reminds the candles") for a boy to waste. The entire verse is pretty ironic, because when people usually pray, they are asking for good things to happen, not for bad things to happen to other people. It's a creative way for Billy to show how bad of a person this girl is. The rest of the song I don't really understand, sorry. As for the repitition of "the holes in the wall", well, I don't understand that so much either. In a lot of his music, Billy Corgan takes a random object and makes it a symbol for something specific. For example, in Muzzle, he calls his relationship with the girl he loves "the world", and when they broke up, he "knew the silence of the world". I can't help but think that the holes in the wall is some kind of metaphor, but I can't figure it out. Well hope this helped people. |
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