| Weird Al Yankovic – White & Nerdy Lyrics | 19 years ago |
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He had sex with bubble wrap, now that's orginal Spend my nights with a roll of bubble wrap,hope no one see's me, gettin freaky heheheheh |
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| Tally Hall – Spring and a Storm Lyrics | 19 years ago |
| Yeah, and I'm pretty sure it's "tell us about the sky" as well. | |
| They Might Be Giants – Cabbagetown Lyrics | 19 years ago |
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No comments? Wow... Anyway, I think this song is about a guy who wants to get out of his small-town home, but knowing that its inevitable that he'll end up back anyway. He's watching the bus leave, and coming up with plans for getting out, but knowing that just talking about it isnt going to get him out of town. "I talked to my old granddad As he fell into the sea He said time and tide are one thing That no one understands" This whole verse seems to show the listener how 'Cabbage Town' destroys everyone living in it. His grandfather warns him about time and tide, but in the end he falls into the oceon and is claimed by the very thing he warns the narrator about. His Uncle Jack is obviously an alchoholic, trying to give him advice while drinking himself to death- one bottle in one hand and another in his other hand. The narrator feels the hopelessness of this, and wants to escape and break the circle, but ultimately realizes he cant. |
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| They Might Be Giants – A Self Called Nowhere Lyrics | 19 years ago |
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I think the narator of the song is lonely and down on his luck. He feels like an outsider, I think, "but I want to wait inside of the store where they let me play the organ" For me at least, I always hate waiting for rides inside buildings, because it feels like everyone there is watching you and wondering what the hell your still doing their. He wants to go in, because its warmer there, or cooler, or just a nicer place to wait than out on the curb alone; but he doesn't want to feel like he doesnt belong. The reference to the wooden chair is a little harder to understand... But I think it might be reffering to that same feeling of bein down on your luck and left out of the world. A wooden chair is probably the most uncomfortable kind of chair there is, and to be sitting alone in a room in a wooden chair, stairing down the stairs is a pretty lonely place to be. I think he bought the organ because he thought it would make him feel cool and happy, after all, whats cooler than a professional musician? But it didnt work out because he ended up out on the curb, waiting alone for his ride because now he doesn't have a car to take himself home. Thus, he ended up making himself feel like an outsider after all. A viscous circle, as it were. |
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| They Might Be Giants – The Guitar (The Lion Sleeps Tonight) Lyrics | 19 years ago |
| I thought I heard a rumour somewhere that 'the lion' was some refference or other to a character in a sci-fi movie or tv show. Not sure how acurate the rumour was, but it would fit.... | |
| Motion City Soundtrack – Hold Me Down Lyrics | 19 years ago |
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Although I agree that this is definately about a breakup, I disagree that this is just a breakup between a boyfriend and girlfriend. "cancel the dinner with max and caroline feed jackie's gerbil and try to stay clean" How many adults do you know who own pet gerbils? This seems (to me) to be referring to a child's pet, which seems to imply that they are married with a kid, or at least cohabitating, and if the kids old enough to have a gerbil they've been together for some time. I think the song's referring to a divorce more than an average breakup. I also think differantly about her reasons for breaking up with him- when she mentions him always sleeping, calls him the laziness of afternoon, and says that he holds her down; it sounds as if she's saying he's too laid back for her. She sounds like an over-achiever, or at the least a very ambitous and detail oriented person, while he's "the leaky sink of sentiment"- someone ruled more by emotion than logic or reason. She got togethor with him because he makes her 'burst and bloom', making her feel great, and probably laugh; but that now she believes she could be more succesful without him and the family life to hold her down. Just my opinion though... |
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