| Deftones – Xerces Lyrics | 18 years ago |
| Ack, sorry about that, wish I could delete my post now. Of course it's "I'll be waving"... Still haunting, though, I think. | |
| Deftones – Xerces Lyrics | 18 years ago |
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For some reason the line "I'll be waiting" is just so spectral and chilling. Even moreso terminal than "Goodbye", at least for me. Could it be that Chino's playing with irony here? "Goodbye" as a symbol for life and departure. "I'll be waiting" a symbol for death and patience. Or is that ironic at all... |
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| Deftones – Cherry Waves Lyrics | 18 years ago |
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@ laurelinwyntre: Very good observation! I always associated "Cherry" with taste, instead of colour... Like silentprophet mentioned about the jolly ranchers. Mixing colour in adds a new level to me... Perhaps a fusion of both - blood red yet sweet. Either way, I'll add a little bit to the Bloody Cape VS Cherry Waves part of the topic here. rudexgirl's take on Bloody Cape (excerpt): "When I heard chino screaming 'God Help Me! God Help me!' I picture someone in the ocean, drowing, with no one to call for help because no one is around, so he turns to God to help him. It's his last cry." |
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| Skunk Anansie – Charlie Big Potato Lyrics | 18 years ago |
| So simple yet so right... I think jackass00 has the right meaning here. | |
| Silverchair – Paint Pastel Princess Lyrics | 18 years ago |
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A lot of great observations here, it opened my eyes to the song. The beauty of the song lies especially in word plays - phonetical and otherwise. I think the meaning behind the words "paint pastel princess" lies in such word play. I seem to hear something like "pain - past or present" when I listen closely. Something else I hear is "I'll break you" instead of "I'll beg you"... But I can't think of that as canon |
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| Stereophonics – Mr. Writer Lyrics | 19 years ago |
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Kudos to Ode! I actually prefer this way of thinking about that line. =] Thanks! |
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| K's Choice – Everything For Free Lyrics | 19 years ago |
| Fully agreed with Andrea, Cine and kostu. | |
| Massive Attack – Group Four Lyrics | 19 years ago |
| Further food for thought - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Group_of_Four | |
| Stereophonics – Mr. Writer Lyrics | 19 years ago |
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Might have an explenation for that, Quarkboy. "You line them up, look at your shoes" - they make a list of several artists that the journalist(s) choose to criticise, and then compare them to their lowest part (attire in this case) of the body - shoes. It's basically saying that the journalist(s) criticise others based on their own lowest "qualities". |
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| Fergie – London Bridge Lyrics | 19 years ago |
| loop-to-loop: If you hate haters, doesn't that mean you hate yourself? | |
| Skunk Anansie – Charlie Big Potato Lyrics | 19 years ago |
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After a few listenings, I came up with a theory. I snooped around the internet to see if this theory was valid at all, but I'm either not too good at looking for this stuff, or didn't try hard enough. So here's the theory - It's about abuse and its consequences. Charlie is actually mentioned only once throughout the song, but it doesn't say that much. Even so, I'd say Charlie likes to abuse. Or likeD - She's awake, while Charlie "sleeps". In that sense, it could very well be a reminiscent piece. Song about a past, and what it's like now. She's supposed to "tell it like it is", but it's no easy task when the subject is something so personal; so deeply emotional and vulgar. After I looked up the meaning for "Charlie Big Potato" on wikipedia, I found out it's also used as slang (originally British) to say "Give it your Charlie Big Potatoes!". It's supposed to be a kind of substitute for "giving your best", and is arguably derived from male testicles. Which, to a degree, supports the abuse theory... So who is Charlie anyway? A father? A brother? Lover? Or is he just fictional? He might not even have anything to do with Skin to begin with, yet... The song is sung so earnestly I wouldn't dare say he isn't. |
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| K's Choice – Shadowman Lyrics | 19 years ago |
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From my own experience, the "Shadowman" that Gert sings about in this song could, in fact, be himself. Appropriate in a way - the man in his shadow; Shadowman. To elaborate a bit further, there are plays of pessimism and optimism in the song - the positive of which showing mainly in the 4th and 5th strophe. The Shadowman isn't undesirable at all... The meeting between the two is expressed in the chorus itself. That leads me to think that Shadowman could be a means to fight loneliness. Be it loneliness in heart, or just as well a social loneliness. Being single after a broken relationship, with nothing but love denied at every corner... You really come to see but Shadowman inside. |
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