| Regina Spektor – Buildings Lyrics | 19 years ago |
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You probably won't agree with me here, as it seems like a cruel suggestion, buit i think the song's about a woman who suffers from depression, so she drinks to try and help with the pain. Her husband stands by her, but he can see she doesn't want to live anymore, so he says to her "They build buildings so tall these days" - reasuring her that it'd be quick and simple to end her life. "But time is not given and time is not taken, it just sifts through it sifts" implies that time means nothing to her anymore. She just lives each day, struggling, waiting for the next one. It just sifts. The part where regina sings "But she would always wake up the next morning, and he would look at her and say 'Oh, that's ok.' and her conscience would isssue her another last warning" is talking about how she'd feel guilty every morning she wakes up, because her husband has to put up with her depression and alcohol abuse for another day, but he would sympathise and tell her it's ok, but he conscience is telling her it's wrong to put him through that. "She would ask for time, and he would give her time" is talking about her not being ready to end her life yet, and he husband is saying "it's ok, when you're ready." Then at the end, it sounds to me like she actually decided it was time to commit suicide. When Regina sings a jumble of key words from the song, it represents the image of her life flashing before her eyes, and as she's falling, she's going over in her head what her husband did for her. The note that Regina ends on, as she sings the word "days" sounds very saddening, asthough a life has just come to an end. |
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| Regina Spektor – Better Lyrics | 19 years ago |
| Isn't this song called "Better"? and yeah, great song. | |
| Regina Spektor – Pound of Flesh Lyrics | 19 years ago |
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I reasearched the name Ezra Poud and discovered it was a russian author, who in his later years became a bit crazy. not sure what it has to do with the song, but im sure with some futher research it'd become a bit clearer. amazing song. love he part where she talks in a posh british accent. haha. |
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