| Manchester Orchestra – Pride Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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It's pretty obvious this is about more than one thing. I was reluctant to take it at first, but I think I agree, that in part this song is about cigarette addiction. IT also seems to be vastly personal interpretations of the way he views himself and his art, sound, music. It is one way he can communicate what he feels, maybe words are not enough, he sings. Too in the following: After all its you, my pride, and me I can't speak whatever I can speak You see And also: After all its me and the king and the the beast Whatever Whatever I can't speak I sing He seems to be hinting at being at struggle with some force he views as part of him. Then this is wound with the fact he has a beastly need to use cigarettes, to use music, and appease his beast in the lines following: I think i'm dying for another one The sound what a broke neck What a lion I need another and another one The sound what cheap trick What a habit, what a habit when I need it yeah The sound what a dead neck What a lion I need another and another one The sound What a cheap trick Too, I think he feels it is somewhat destroying him, and he feels guilt about it. But he continues on. He has pride in his body, that he can resist the effects of his addiction. He has pride in his music, the sound which fixes something in him something he is then dependent on much like cigarettes. Music, money, and all of it become a vicious cycle. He has pride that it won't effect him. He realizes that this is an unlogical view, and so it tears him up. So then he begins to feel guilty, and feels he's less than he can be. He sees some visage of hitting the ground, dead pose awkward with a dead neck. His head is broken, his thought is broken. The beast enslaves him. He even thinks he might not be good (at music in general), but he 'can keep crying as long as the money is seen'. |
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| Eve 6 – Hey Montana Lyrics | 18 years ago |
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Awesome awesome song by eve 6. I think, like any song, there are many interpretations that work and if one works for you and moves you, then stick with it. The ability of art to move someone is rare in age where we are jaded towards art and entertainment. I agree with most everyone and changed my perception as well. Though I think people are too quick to pin prostitution and other drug use on songs... which is kinda sad cause there's many meanings out there. Here's some more interpretations I thought of: "Waitressing to pay the rent Drinks to quell the smell Of people breathing way too close," I think this just means how close people often sit in a bar, especially a hole in the wall place. The drinks don't smell good, but their breathe smells worse. She's waitressing, so I envision her selling the drinks to people in this kind of setting. "Blue's your hue you tiny thing Dropping patrons wine" I thought originally blue was the color of her eyes.. but I think this is a pill of some sort (birth control? drugs? maybe she needs medication for depression or anxiety or some physical disorder? diet pill?). And she's getting thin, and dropping peoples drinks. "Angeles Vall" = Los Angeles Valley most likely, but it could be something else.. "Hey montana take your daughter back, From the bathrooms of Angeles Vall. She believes in destiny Her names always misspelled" If Montana was a different spelling in this case, we could say fairly certainly that montana was her name. But its not... (I checked the official site) I think it could be both her name, and the state. Both make sense. I like verdona's comments on this as far as the state interpretation goes. Why is her name always dispelled? Does it just add to the dreariness of the song or do people commonly mispell montana? favorite line as far as imagery goes; "Streets are icy veins of a beast who snuffs her prayer" |
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| Collective Soul – Compliment Lyrics | 18 years ago |
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To me, this song has a very subtle and complex meaning. "Now I've taken the side Of a beautiful calm" He's changed perspectives. Now he sees thing through calm eyes and the world looks and/or feels beautiful. Such as when you wake in the morning, smell the morning air, and everything appears, calm, fresh and beautiful. "Can you see this disguise Fading to a resolve" Everyone acts in what they consider out of their own character, or wishes they had acted differently at times. And we all wear masks at times, to fulfill roles or accomplish something. He's saying this disguise is fading/leaving/being replaced by a resolve. That resolve is most likely to be true to himself and his intentions. "And there it goes my innocence While gathering up a compliment" There are often times when you are complimented for things that make you lose your innocence towards something. It creates a dichotomy, because you are receiving praise for something that makes you view the world in a more cynical manner. Alternatively, it reminds me of times when you have accomplished something, or are known for something and people compliment you for it. But secretly, you feel like you betrayed that part of yourself, that innocence, that intent. You've moved and changed but people still think of you as your older self, and give you praise for it. "And here I lie with words to swear There's something more than The world out there" He's lying down, feeling that he has things that need said, looking at the bigger picture. And he's saying, that there's something more than this. He's feeling listless, trapped, and that he can't escape the everyday pattern that he is becoming fed up with. On the other hand, he's also feeling hopeful, because there is "More out there". Its said in a way that not only does he believe there is more out there but he intends to find it. It also is another dichotomy, as the world is a word that usually means everything, and he's saying there is more than that. One interpretation is that the world means everything material, and he seeks the spiritual. Another interpretation is that there is more to the world than what he currently knows of it, and possibly that his current loss of innocence has let him see that. "Hesitation compounds I've nothing left to sustain" He hesitates, feels like he has no resolve left. Or possibly, that its not worth sustaining the way his current life is as its too full of hesitation. Or perhaps, he is hesitating to make that change. "My worries here have allowed A momentary refrain" His worries over the way things are progressing right now, have given him an opportunity to sit back and take a look at things. It has also changed things enough so that things, even if for a short while, have changed for the better because at least now he's thinking about how to attack the problem rather then letting things go as they were. The title of the song is Compliment. It seems to me this points that perhaps the whole reflectiveness of the song, his changed perceptions, his resolve to accomplish something all stem from the dichotomy of being complimented during a time of lost innocence. It lets him see the difference between what he is, what he was, and perhaps, what he wishes to be. At the very least, it gives him a perspective on the world, its size, and his feeling toward it. |
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| Led Zeppelin – Ten Years Gone Lyrics | 19 years ago |
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I discovered this song today. Today's playcount: 33. This will be one of the rare songs I listen to almost exclusively for a week or more, and keep revisiting for the rest of my life. It creates a world that you don't want to leave. I've been listening to Led Zeppelin for years now but never in completion, but its moments like the discovery of this song that make me regret that deeply and want to weed out most other bands from my playlist forever. All that aside, I can't believe none of my friends knowing I loved Led Zeppelin were like, you've heard this right? I guess they just assumed I had... You may be wondering, you love Led Zeppelin but never heard this song, is that not an oxymoron? Well maybe it is, I try to preserve my music though. I think I just want to keep discoveries like this happening my entire life. |
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| The Presidents of the United States of America – Peaches Lyrics | 19 years ago |
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I think it's incredibly sad that all people can see in this song is a reference to sex or communism. I'm sorry people, but this song is about enjoying the simple pleasures in life. He's saying that nothing would make him happier than moving to the country and living off peaches. The second verse is about a "rotten" relationship, or a bad dream about a bad relationship. Perhaps it's the reason he just wants to go to the country and get away from it all. And the lyrics are "shove my finger down inside, make a little room for an ant to hide". I really like the idea of this site but I feel that unfortunately as is want to happen with many communities it is being ruined by the people. Average songmeanings user evaluation of a song: Q) Do I think I know what this song means? If answer is yes then it is about sex. If answer is no then it is about drugs. -_- please. There are definately a lot of songs about sex and drugs. For example, if you want to hear a song about peaches being referred to as a women's nether region, listen to the Joker by the Steve Miller Band. If you want to hear a song about drugs listen to Heroin by Alice in Chains. But for gods sake, Sex Drugs and Rock and Roll are traditionally associated, but that doesn't mean 90% of all rock and roll is about sex and/or drugs. Try using your brain and actually thinking about what the song might mean before wasting everyone's time by posting "hehe, peaches mean sex". I mean honestly, what can't be used as a euphemism for sex any more? It's all about your perceptions. If your thoughts are full of sex then I guess that's all that you're going to hear from the music (unless you think it's meaningless, then obviously it's because of drugs right?). |
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