| Faith No More – Evidence Lyrics | 16 years ago |
| Second best. Just a man is the best one, at least if u ask me :] | |
| Pink Floyd – Goodbye Cruel World Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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To elaborate on mikimikac's reply: "The Wall" is a lot more than a bunch of random songs. It's a concept album and film that go together, as a complete masterpiece, telling the story of Pink. A boy who's father left when he was a child, to fight in the first world war and died there. His mother was overprotective ("Mother"), he lived in the shadow of war all his life (WWI, WWII). His wife and he grow distant from each other as time passes. All these things and especially the lack of a father figure in his life drive Pink (Waters) ti build a psychological wall and disconnect himself from the world. "Goodbye Cruel World" is the song that seals Pink inside his wall. "He" (being his Id) decides there's nothing anyone can say or do to to change this course of action. Just like he burys himself inside a wall, He is also trying to break out ("Is there anybody out there" - a very clear cry for help and "The Trial" - a process where he simply realizes how his behaviour has only caused pain to the people he loves or has made a very clear influence on his life, mother, wife, teacher). dylan9236 - it's NOT a suicide note, he does not commit suicide, it's just the middle of the process of building the wall, hiding, and eventually breaking it down. |
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| Northern Kings – Ashes to ashes Lyrics | 16 years ago |
| show some respect for people's work. It's Faith No More, while you're correct, the Northern Kings' cover is for the David Bowie song. | |
| Alice in Chains – Rooster Lyrics | 16 years ago |
| just ignore my nonsense at the beginning, i wasn't thinking about what i was writing when I wrote "Don't know if it is about Cantrell's father though." :) | |
| Alice in Chains – Rooster Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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That's way off. The song is about vietnam. Don't know if it is about Cantrell's father though. "Ain't found a way to kill me yet Eyes burn with stinging sweat" The Narrator says he's still alive in spite of the war going on. The sweat burning his eyes are an accurate description of the weather in the area - humid and sweaty. "Seems every path leads me to nowhere" the soldiers in Vietnam used to walk for days on end without actually reaching anywhere, trying to find VK soldiers, bases etc. "Army green was no safe bet The bullets scream to me from somewhere" The narrator says that joining the army wasn't a safe thing - people did die all around in Vietnam. Platoons ambushed and shot at from unknown sources. "Here they come to snuff the rooster" VK soldiers are attempting to kill the unit's top rank - the "Rooster" in the hen house, the leader. "You know he ain't gonna die" The leader is usually percieved as an undying figure, someone who's never going to die in action. "Walking tall machine gun man" I believe that this line refers to Cantrell's father, as an identifying hint. He might have been a Machine Gun operator. "They spit at me in my homeland" Vietnam fighters usually did not get the respect they deserve for witnessing all this death for years, whether it is from the government or other citizens. (sometimes they still do not get our respect) "Gloria sent me pictures of my boy" Gloria is Jerry Cantrell's mother, she died in 1990, and the album "Facelift" was dedicated to her. "Got my pills 'gainst mosquito death" Malaria pills, the area is filled with mosquitos. "My buddy's breathin' his dyin' breath / Oh God please won't you help me make it through" the Narrator is telling about his friend dying, like a lot of soldiers, and prays to god he will survive to go back home. ... And I don't know about you - but as a Jewish person, I can tell you that "getting a piece of your dick chopped off" (your words) is something you do not remember, as it is done when you are 8 DAYS old. |
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