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| Streetlight Manifesto – We Are The Few Lyrics
| 16 years ago
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"And final there's we are the few. yet again a number of songs mushed into one long ass tune. The verses deal with a certain place I hold dear to my heart and how it feels to visit such a place when you're older and , well, not so innocent anymore. for the record i no longer wish one of us would pass away, it was an excuse to see ghosts from the past that probably are best kept that way. in the past. not ghosts. nevermind. the middle chuck, the calm before the storm part, was written during a period of my time when little girls were being stolen from their homes and families by bad, bad people. it seems like this kind of horrible shit happens in waves or something. but then you realize it's always happening, it's just that it becomes a 'thing' for the media to exploit for a while kind of like when they have those 'shark attack summers' that are really just slow news periods so they exploit something that happens regularly. etc. anyway, it seemed like every other day a little girl was being kidnapped. some of them turned up killed and/or worse. a few made it back home alive. it was disturbing to say the least and keeping up with the cases became a minor obsession. hence some of the lyrics. the rest of the lyrics (chorus, etc) are in reference to the pride that comes as a by-product of being an underdog, another popular (if not overused) theme among these songs and those that came before them (and let's be honest, old dog, new tricks, etc.). Anyway this theme takes on many levels . the most obvious being the genre of music we play, especially in this day and age. it's a conscious decision to not appease the mainstream, but probably a more important one to not appease the genre you do actually reside in. Not sure if that makes any sense on paper, but i guess my point is don't rebel against the mainstream only to conform to the underground. and that's why the bands not skreetlight skanifesto. Maybe next time i'll be more lucid (as usual the sun will be rising soon). Until then, stay safe and be kind to one another. Know that the love you feel for what we do (this is, if that's the case. If not we're genuinely sorry for wasting your time) is felt by us and hopefully the love we put into this is felt by you too."
Someone else typed this up, from the demo liner notes, so I thought I'd copy/paste it here for anyone else who wanted to see it but doesn't have the demo. |
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| Streetlight Manifesto – Watch It Crash Lyrics
| 16 years ago
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Not really a commentary on the lyrics--I think Tomas explained them pretty clearly in the booklet--but do the vocal harmonies in this song remind anyone else of System of a Down? There's a couple other songs on the record that do as well, but this one more than the others. |
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| Bright Eyes – Soul Singer in a Session Band Lyrics
| 16 years ago
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I'm probably totally wrong here, but the first thing that came to mind about the author was Vonnegut, because of Cat's Cradle, which includes the line, "Anyone unable to understand how a useful religion can be founded on lies will not understand this book either." To me that deals with how powerful a myth can be. That was just my first impression though. |
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| The Gaslight Anthem – 1930 Lyrics
| 16 years ago
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I just read on a message board that this song is about the singer's grandma dying of Alzheimer's disease. Not sure if it's true, given the source, but it certainly makes a lot of sense, and makes the song that much sadder to me. |
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| Streetlight Manifesto – We Will Fall Together Lyrics
| 16 years ago
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I'm not sure what his stance is, but I get the feeling from these lyrics that it's not as simple as being for or against religion. It's not a simple issue and there aren't just two sides to it. |
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| The Gaslight Anthem – I'da Called You Woody, Joe Lyrics
| 17 years ago
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It's a tribute to Joe Strummer of The Clash...."The Last Gang in Town" is a Clash tune, "excitement gang" is a reference to the Joe Strummer and the Mescaleros song "Coma Girl," and I believe at one point in his life Joe Strummer went by the name Woody. |
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| Against Me! – Borne on the FM Waves of the Heart Lyrics
| 17 years ago
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I like Nowah's interpretation... just to expand on it, I think it's a statement on our tendency to second-guess ourselves no matter what and how that can fuck up things that would have been fine otherwise, and then the last line says that maybe it's not something worth second-guessing and analyzing, and you don't have to be in this position of "control" over yourself. |
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| Rush – Limelight Lyrics
| 17 years ago
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Actually, I think it's really not. The song deals with it in a perspective that works with situation in which you're thrown into the limelight and you don't feel like you're right for the job: the emotions he describes could easily be applied to giving a speech, being in charge of a group of people, etc. He talks about barriers put between oneself and others, which is something many people do when they feel as if people are encroaching on their personal space, whether "millionaire rockstar" or "working class chump." |
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| Against Me! – Armageddon Lyrics
| 17 years ago
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probably one of the most beautiful songs i know.
i think it's about the struggles you go through to achieve your dreams and not become "the drunks and liars" you hate--and why it's worth it. in this case it obviously deals with touring, etc, but i think it can be more broadly interpreted to include following any dream. |
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| Against Me! – Those Anarcho Punks Are Mysterious... Lyrics
| 17 years ago
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i always took this one as being about how a lot of activist-type folks will lose sight of what they're fighting for, sort of not being able to see the forest through the trees, and thusly become what they hate. not sure though.
as for the two versions, i like both equally. which one i listen to really just depends on my mood. |
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| Rise Against – Broken English Lyrics
| 17 years ago
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i don't know if i think it's JUST about 9/11. granted that was probably the immediate inspiration, but the general idea i get from rise against is that they're a very globally concious band--so i personally think that this song is about terrorist attacks in general, whether they be here in the US, or anywhere else in the world. |
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| Bandits of the Acoustic Revolution – Here's To Life Lyrics
| 17 years ago
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maybe because by cutting himself off from the world, salinger was effectively killing himself in their eyes? it seems that tomas is upset in a way that salinger stopped publishing, maybe he sees it as if he may has well have killed himself? i don't know, i explained that pretty badly. it doesn't answer your question at all but at least it makes more sense that perhaps, at least in kalnoky's mind, they all killed themselves. |
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| Flogging Molly – Drunken Lullabies Lyrics
| 17 years ago
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i think it's about the cycle of violent revolution, and how it'll put you in "the same old mess". it seems that he supports the values of said revolution but "has the shephard led his lambs astray to the bigot and the gun" makes me think that he thinks it's been corrupted and become violent.
"But may these shadows rise to walk again
With lessons truly learnt
When the blossom flowers in each our hearts
Shall beat a new found flame"
this part, to me, means that he wants the values of revolution and liberty to survive and live again, but "new found flame"--with different methods.
that's just a spur-of-the-moment string of ideas though. |
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| Nightmare Of You – Why Am I Always Right Lyrics
| 17 years ago
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it seems like it's about someone he did care about, but the alcoholism and everything that goes with it just wore him down so now he couldn't care less.
it's a shitty feeling. |
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