| Devotchka – You Love Me Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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Beautiful song. It expresses heartbreak in such a simple and elegant manner. It starts off sounding so happy, but then quickly becomes overwhelmingly intensely sad when the lyrics change in the second verse and chorus - it is particularly poignant when it reaches "I thought you loved me". The last verse finishing with "I'm still trying to forget" leading in to the final chorus is also particularly moving I think. |
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| Devotchka – How It Ends Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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Unfortunately I fudged the "add comment" button before I'd finished. "Now you've seen his face And you know that there's a place in the sun For all that you've done For you and your children No longer shall you need You always wanted to believe Just ask and you'll receive Beyond your wildest dreams" He is facing his own mortality, and is hoping that this means he will be reunited with his family in heaven. The last verse, as someone pointed out before, is a reference to the bible - a concept in Christianity that God will not let the faithful go without - e.g. if you are thirsty, believe in God, ask Him, and He will quench your thirst - not literally with water though, as far as I understand it. Btw, I am not Christian (or atheist for that matter - I just sit on the fence), but the character in this song seems very much to be Christian - the song makes lots of references to Christian concepts. |
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| Devotchka – How It Ends Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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This is an awesome song packed with emotion and meaning, but with a great number of possible interpretations, as evident from the number of comments. I think this song is from the perspective of someone in a conflict zone, possibly someone held captive. The song definitely has religious overtones as well. "Hold your grandmother's bible to your breast Gonna put it to the test You want it to be blessed" (rather than "You wanted to be blessed") The protagonist holds the bible close to him, hoping that it will protect him. Perhaps this is literally hoping the bible will block a bullet, or perhaps hoping that God will protect him if he has faith. "And in your heart you know it to be true You know what you gotta do They all depend on you" The protagonist knows that he has to survive and escape, either with his family, or to avenge his family (see below). "There is no escape, From the slave-catchers' songs. For all of the loved ones gone. Forever's not so long. And in your soul, They poked a million holes. But you never lettem show. C'mon it's time to go." His family (loved ones) were killed, leaving him feeling empty (holes in his soul). But he hides this - he won't let his tormentors know that they have got to him. The chorus refers to the fact that he knows he is more than likely going to die too though. "Now you've seen his face And you know that there's a place in the sun For all that you've done For you and your children No longer shall you need You always wanted to believe Just ask and you'll receive Beyond your wildest dreams" He is hoping that |
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| OneRepublic – Stop and Stare Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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This is an awesome song. I was surprised to see so many different interpretations of this song. Many of them seem valid to me, but I see it differently: What comes to my mind when listening to this song is that it is about realising that you have grown up, that so much time has passed, and it seems unusual because previously you have always been young - "Staring down myself, counting up the years". Perhaps I say this because I find myself in this situation. I am now 24 and have been in full time employment for two years. But before that I was a student for 4 years and at sixth form for 2 years - the life I remember most was being a student, still growing up and still largely free of responsibility. It feels weird to have finished my degree and training, for that to be in the past, when for so long it was something I was working towards finishing. "Stop and stare/You start to wonder why you're here, not there" - Again I draw meaning from this from my own experience, as I did my training year to be a pharmacist in a community pharmacy, but have ended up working as a hospital pharmacist. I could not have predicted the path I've taken. "I know that everyone gets scared/I've become what I can't be" - Again I identify with this - I have a very responsible job as a pharmacist, and sometimes I can scarcely believe I'm at the point of doing this job daily! Hence I sometimes get scared that I can't really manage it - that I've become what I can't be. But I imagine everyone gets insecure like that sometimes - "everyone gets scared". These lyrics really make sense to me. "It's time to make a move", "I've got my heart set on anywhere but here", "Steady hands, just take the wheel" - these lyrics imply travelling, movement, a journey. It's like he is not sure he belongs where he is, like he wants move but isn't sure of what direction to go. Very much like I feel often lately - not quite sure that I belong or where I belong. "I think I'm moving but I go nowhere" also suggests this struggle to find direction and get anywhere. I particularly like the "Steady hands, just take the wheel" lyric, as personally I can relate to this - I find driving very reassuring because I feel as though I am in control, and so the analogy is effective - he is trying to tell himself to get a grip, to conquer his insecurities and get on with his life. (Much as I sometimes try to tell myself) "I've got my heart set on anywhere but here" also makes me think about getting away - going on holiday somewhere, having a break from the mundane. "Time to make one last appeal/for the life I lead" - trying to convince himself about his current life, and that he perhaps shouldn't leave it behind. So I don't hear it as it being about the death of a friend or about getting away/moving on from a bad ex-relationship. I hear it as being about having reached a certain point in life, not quite being able to believe you're there, and not being sure where to go next. I probably hear it like that though because that's how I often feel lately. |
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| Evanescence – Anywhere Lyrics | 19 years ago |
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I love this song. Brilliant lyrics, which work brilliantly with the music. Very moving. I'm also a hopeless romantic, and I love the idea of running away with your love and being free together. Definately a romeo and juliet theme (as I know has already been said). I like the idea of running away to the place in her dreams. "I've dreamt so long I cannot dream anymore" - I like that line a lot - I sometimes feel like that - such sweet dreams, I just want to skip all the waiting in reality and be there already. Doesn't happen though. "No one's left to stop you now" - I know that with the line "Don't look back you're safe now" that this is probably just an extension of her dream, or her dream becoming reality (them escaping) - but part of me does wonder if this could be meant literally...as in the people stopping them have been killed. I'm sure this isn't the case, it's just that it can sometimes have that more sinister feeling when I hear that line. The first three lines give me the impression that her love is a prisoner, perhaps a criminal, which might be why I get that possible meaning from that line. Anyway, it's a great song! |
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| Evanescence – Lose Control Lyrics | 19 years ago |
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Hmm - this song could be about cheating. In which case, I don't like it. I like the music, but if the lyrics are suggesting what I think they are, then I don't like them, and I think less of Amy Lee and Evanescence. I hate cheating, betrayal - it's hurtful and wrong. Is it so much to ask for a bit of loyalty? Why does everything have to be about sex? I would never try to make someone in a relationship cheat, and if I were in a relationship, I would never cheat, and I would hope that my partner never cheats, because that would destroy me. So I would never "lose control", never want to, and believe it is wrong to, even if it is just once. To me, sex should not have "no strings attached" - it should instead be the ultimate expression of love. To "lose control" and go against that, even just once (particularly just once in fact) goes completely against everything I believe in, and I had hoped Evanescence had stood for. I had hoped they stood for emotions above physical desires, seeing as so many of their songs are emotionally intense, and none of their songs had seemed at all "slutty", until this one. |
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