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James – Getting Away With It (All Messed Up) Lyrics 17 years ago
i recorded this song off the radio on a minidisc when i was 14, then lost it never knowing what the song was called or who it was by, found it yesterday

its the only james song i know, aside from that sit down one (which i dont like that much) can anyone recommend an album or is this song their only great one?

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Marillion – Ocean Cloud Lyrics 17 years ago
makes me shiver too
here's the link to Steve Horgarth's explanation of the lyrics and where they came from
worth watching the whole of it
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_FTlfFBwBf8

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R.E.M. – Losing My Religion Lyrics 18 years ago
My english teacher once compared this song to hte famous "To Be Or Not To Be..." soliloquy in Hamlet, saying it followed a very natural train of thought- the way we all think when thinking about something abstract like love or life after death- these things are so hard to conceptualise that when our mind wanders there is no right or wrong and we question ourselves and contradict ourselves. It also mirrors a person's a person's train of thought in the sense that not everything is cl;early explained or defined, they are loose thoughts that jump around.

And I don't know if I can do it
Oh no I've said too much
I haven't said enough
I thought that I heard you laughing
I thought that I heard you sing
I think I thought I saw you try

Every whisper
Of every waking hour



on another note i saw someone mention that this song is addressed to the listener- the fans. I do know he tends to introduce it at concerts by saying "this one is yours/ this one is for you" to the crowd.

Although that could be because its the fans that made it a hit, and propelled REM's career, or because the fans feel more attached to the song than he does (i do know they didn't want to release it as a single because they didn't think it was that strong a song). I've also never really heard him speak of being particularly attached to the track. So I don't buy that.

I feel this is about those odd times in a relationship when something happens or perhaps goes wrong and you're left trying to understand what happened, or you're confused as to what's going on with the other person.

I thought that I heard you laughing
I thought that I heard you sing
I think I thought I saw you try

And you want to know what to do- what you may have done wrong or what you have yet to say.

And I don't know if I can do it
Oh no I've said too much
I haven't said enough

Let me know what y'all think. This will always be one of my favourite songs ever.

Richard

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Paul Engemann – Push It to the Limit Lyrics 19 years ago
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safety not guaranteed.

good work.

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R.E.M. – E-Bow The Letter Lyrics 19 years ago
brilliant song- i like the lines: "Dreaming of Maria Callas, whoever she is/This fame thing, I don't get it".
i like his view of the whole fame thing here, the idea of dreaming of someone when you don't know who they are, you've just seen or heard the name somewhere. i liked the music video too. can't explain why though.

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Marillion – Neverland Lyrics 19 years ago
this is one of my favourite songs ever, shame that i'm the first to write about it. at heart i think its a love song, told by someone in their mid or late stage of life. it makes use of a lot of peter pan imagery- (hooks- captain hook, tick tock- the alligator) and is about getting old and needing someone, and feeling useless without them.

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