| Bruce Springsteen – Born to Run Lyrics | 17 years ago |
| Pure genius. This is Bruce's best song and best album. All of his previous music working up to this was great because you can hear hints of this in them. Everything else that came from Bruce after this song and album pale in comparison. | |
| Lyle Lovett – If I Had A Boat Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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you have to be 5 to truely see the beauty in this song. I sing it to my son almost everynight before bed. I think LL wrote it from the perspective of a grown up looking back and remeber what he as a child wanted to be. Growing up in Texas, LL undoubtedly wanted to have a pony and be a cowboy hero. It's nostalgic like most of his songs. He's a great song writer and excellent to see live even if you don't like texas-inspired music. |
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| R.E.M. – Good Advices Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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definately seems to me a meeting between a man and a prostitute. They are strangers, neither really looking at the other. And, probably for both, home is a long way away. (traveling business man and run-away turned prostiture). The singer is giving the advice to "keep your hat on your head" meaning keep your clothes on. And I think that advice is to both of them. "I'd like it here if I could leave and see you from a long way away" refers to both parties disconecting themselves from their interaction. |
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| Eels – Wooden Nickels Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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42's got it. I love this song! I've sold myself for a fair share of wooden nickels and no just what this song is about. It's great. It's not necessarily about heaven or hell. i don't think the songwriter even believes in that. It's definately about trading your values, integrity, friendships, family, etc for money, fame, sex, power yadayada...and then living to regret it. Ultimately a wooden nickel is worthless as are those aforementioned things. For some reason the song also sounds like a father talking to a son or some other figure that once looked up to the song's main charecter. Any way it reads, great song from a great band! |
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| R.E.M. – Wendell Gee Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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My first impression is that Wendell is a troubled teen, a misfit. He hangs himself (in his parents back yard). The song reads "lived" past tense. Nobody new of his inner turmoil or his plans so "there wasn't time to say goodbye". Wendell takes the easy way out...but as the dream suggests it's a horrible choice. But the realization comes too late, in the dream and after the "tug" of the rope. Here the wind represents death or the life after death and the spirit being free. And the miss-interpertation and romanticism teens have with suicide. Song's eerie, haunting sound kind of confirms it. But, hey, that's just what I think. |
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