| Aesop Rock – Coffee (feat. John Darnielle) Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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Coow: "T-A-K-E-N-O-P-R-I-S-O-N-E-R-S" "Take no Prisoners" I can't claim to know what this song is about, but being familiar with Ace through interviews and such I doubt it is about consumerism and I DEFINITELY doubt it's about the war. Ace has made statements time and time again that he wishes to keep political sentiments in his lyricism to a minimum. -Kimosabae |
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| Aesop Rock – Citronella Lyrics | 18 years ago |
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^Thank you sir :) -Kimo (though, I haven't started trying to figure this one out yet, lol) |
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| Aesop Rock – None Shall Pass Lyrics | 18 years ago |
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Christ "THIRD verse.." What the hell is wrong with me? -Kye |
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| Aesop Rock – None Shall Pass Lyrics | 18 years ago |
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"The second verse is specifically commenting on Aesop's desire to stay true to himself, despite any pressures conjured up by mainstream criticisms:" This should read "second verse..." -Kye |
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| Aesop Rock – None Shall Pass Lyrics | 18 years ago |
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I'm pretty confident this song is just general commentary on the rap industry -- particularly the first verse: "Eye for an eye by the bog's life swamps and vines, they get a rise out of frogs and flies, so when a dog fight's hog-tied prize sorta costs a life, the mouths water on a fork and knife, and the allure isn't right. It's gore on a war torn beach where the cash cow's actually beef. Blood turns wine when it leak for police like that's not a riot it's a feast, let's eat." These bars are a good example. Here it seems as though he's commenting about the general consumer's blood thirsty desire for violence in the rap industry and actual incidents feeding the lust, consequently making eager police department's job's easier as they simply sit back and watch these gangsters embrace the gimmick and eliminate each other. The second verse is specifically commenting on Aesop's desire to stay true to himself, despite any pressures conjured up by mainstream criticisms: "What a bit of gusto he muster up, to make a dark horse rush like enough's enough, it musta struck a nerve so they huff and puff, til all the king's men fluster and clusterfuck, and it's a beautiful thing, to my people who keep an impressive wingspan even when the cubicle shrinks, you gotta pull up the intruder by the root of the weed, NY chew thru the machine." These bars pretty much sell that. -Kimosabae |
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| Aesop Rock – The Tugboat Complex Lyrics | 19 years ago |
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Wow, a reply. Sorry, I simply be dense, but your explanation of your interpretation eludes me -- probably because I'm not familiar with the cliche "wake up to the reins". It's one I've heard before undoubtedly, but was never clear on its meaning. Care to elaborate? -Kye (hopefully you respond before the end of the year lol) |
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| Aesop Rock – The Tugboat Complex Lyrics | 19 years ago |
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I'm also suprised to see a lack of commmentary on this track. This is probably my favorite Ace track. "one exquisite fitted crisis rivets an octagon of red to the ceiling above my bed" I love this line, even though I have absolutely no clue what it could possibly mean. The complexity of his verbiage here is blissful. Anyone have any luck interpreting this line? -Kimosabae |
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| Aesop Rock – Battery Lyrics | 19 years ago |
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"So I'm ready now (What you ready for?) I'm ready for life in this city And my wings have grown almost enough to lift me" These words literally bring tears to my eyes everytime I hear them. I fail to grasp how a lyric can be so abstract and so moving at the same time (as the lines don't directly translate a correlation between his preparedness for NYC life and the support of his, wings literally. Inferences must be made.) Beautiful. -Syn |
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| Aesop Rock – 6B Panorama Lyrics | 19 years ago |
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Why hasn't anyone commented on this song? This is a fine piece of conceptual artistry and is one of my favorite Ace Rock tracks. -Syn |
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