| Vanessa Williams – Just for Tonight Lyrics | 19 years ago |
| Lovely, sad song. She's acknowledging their relationship is over, and her heart's breaking because she was sure it would last. So she's asking for just one more night, to maintain the fantasy and the happy memories of what once was. She promises him that if he'll grant her that wish, she won't try to make him stay with her, as long as he allows her to imagine he still loves her for one more night. | |
| Vanessa Williams – Dreamin' Lyrics | 19 years ago |
| Beautiful song. It's pretty self-explanatory. The singer is in love with a man, but doesn't know how to express her feelings. In the meantime, as she's trying to figure out how to tell him, she waits and dreams and hopes he'll be in her dreams. | |
| Sugarland – Tennessee Lyrics | 19 years ago |
| Pretty simple, straightforward song. Guy realizes he was stupid to let girl get away, guy tries whatever it takes to get her back, even calling a radio station she listens to in hopes she hears what he has to say. Great song to sing along to! | |
| Collin Raye – Little Rock Lyrics | 19 years ago |
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Wow, hard to believe nobody's commented on this song! It's really a beautiful, sad piece that often makes me misty-eyed. The premise itself is really straightforward. It's easy to see in the song. He loved a woman, things were going great, then something happened. From the sounds of it, maybe he starting drinking a bit too much. Or maybe he just got scared of what he had and disappeared. Only after he's gone, when he's making himself a new start, does he realize what an idiot he was for losing the one thing that helped make him complete. Absolutely awesome song. |
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| Queensrÿche – Real World Lyrics | 19 years ago |
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Absolutely beautiful song. A classmate gave me an AMV (anime music video) of "Princess Mononoke" that was set to this song. This song is about looking back and regretting. The singer had someone he loved dearly, yet he was never there for them when they needed him the most. Even though he was never told that *explicitly*, he knew it deep down inside. He also recalls the words they spoke, which seem to have been spoken in anger at the time and forgotten as quickly as they were said, though the damage was still done. This person realizes he can't find the "real world" by himself. He can't find out what life is really like without the other person, and every time he thinks he's close to finding out what life's all about, he can almost hear this person questioning what he's doing. In the end, he regrets that he never saw what was right in front of him all along. |
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| Queensrÿche – Art Of Life Lyrics | 19 years ago |
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Excellent song! This is easily one of my favorite Queensryche songs. It almost seems to say that we humans live our lives too safely. We're afraid to take risks, afraid to push the envelope and risk possibly losing control of ourselves and our lives. This song seems almost like a paradox to me; on one hand it's telling you to free your mind and gain knowledge, yet it also tells you to exercise patience and control. It says they must fight clarity of mind and power, as well as fear and the desire to rest. That makes me wonder if the song is both celebrating and condemning nonconformity. It seems to celebrate the nonconformity of gaining knowledge, rather than being one of the "average" masses, yet you are encouraged to do so in a deliberate, controlled manner. Maybe they're saying it's dangerous to gain too much knowledge before you are capable of processing it all? Very interesting all-around! |
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| Queensrÿche – Open Lyrics | 19 years ago |
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I think this is about someone who has held onto an unpopular, outdated viewpoint for most of their lives. No one knows why they cling to it, and the reason is irrelevant. They're someone whose ideas may have been respected at one time, but now they're mostly discredited, maybe even referred to as a "has-been". It seems like they're starting to reach the point where they're growing to realize that this viewpoint they hold onto so tenaciously is a dead-end street, yet they've clung to it for so long, it seems like it's the only way they know how to live. The chorus encourages them to open their eyes (and mind) and see that there are other viewpoints they can embrace without losing who they are in the process. |
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| Lacuna Coil – In Visible Light Lyrics | 19 years ago |
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Another great, almost bitter-sounding song. The singer appears to have been in a relationship that had an unequal balance of power. She let the other person call all the shots in every aspect of the relationship, and the damage that was done is still so painful that she can feel it physically in her heart. It sounds like the person was someone who was somehow "privileged", whether monetarily or otherwise, while she was little more than his plaything. Even after they have gone their separate ways, he is still haunting her thoughts and her emotions. |
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| Lacuna Coil – The Game Lyrics | 19 years ago |
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Hard to believe this song hasn't been commented on. When you listen to it, the way the melody and the lyrics fuse just sounds so bittersweet. I think this song has to do with a relationship in which one of the people starts to be involved in something risky or self-destructive, whether it be gambling, drugs, alcohol, or whatever. This song almost seems to be the other person looking back on this relationship and its memories. In the first verse, the person is being told by their significant other that what they're doing isn't right, it's risky, etc. But the message doesn't seem to be getting through, and the S.O. is left thinking that maybe things will change before "time runs out", meaning before the relationship has to end. The second verse is the S.O. coming to grips with reality. The person is NOT going to change, no matter what they're told or what they promise, and their S.O. is finally realizing that. They've played the "game" of trying to help them, and they're done. There's nothing more for them to give. To me, the chorus can be seen two different ways. One is that, no matter how painful the relationship turned out to be, there were positive, happy memories that relieve the pain of what it turned into. The other way is that once the S.O. left the relationship and was on their own for a time, their experiences changed their perspective and they know now that their leaving was the right thing to do. It wasn't easy, but their pain is eased with what they know now. |
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| Lacuna Coil – Heaven's A Lie Lyrics | 19 years ago |
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While it could be about a break-up, I also think it could apply to rejecting the plans and "reality" that have been decided for you by someone else in your life. You know, like how parents have these hopes for what their children will do with their lives as they grow up. "Heaven's a lie" could be a way for someone to say that another's vision for them is not what they wish for themselves. To me, the first half of the song is about someone who has been going through their life as this "plan" ordains, only to stop and realize one day that the plan is not working for them. Nothing along this path is going the way it should, they don't want to continue, they want to strike out on their own and create a new path for themselves. Yet they still feel the pressure from those who want to see them continue with this path, no matter how "wrong" it is for them. The line "I didn't really notice that you've been here" is their way of saying they didn't know when their dreams and the other person's goals for them merged the way they did. The second half starts with this person's questioning why they would turn their back on the goals and plans set out for them. Yet they recall how miserable they felt when it seemed like their dreams were being decided for them, and they continue on their path, still rejecting the illusion. |
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| Lacuna Coil – To The Edge Lyrics | 19 years ago |
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To me, this song is about making the same mistakes over and over in your life. You know better than to make them, you tell yourself that you'll do better, that you won't make them again, yet you keep on spinning your wheels and digging yourself in that much deeper. The singer seems to acknowledge that life is too short to keep on doing this to herself, yet she's either unable or unwilling to make the changes necessary to stop from making these mistakes again. |
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| Lacuna Coil – What I See Lyrics | 19 years ago |
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I do agree, there is a topic of death that is presented in this song. But I think it's in a more metaphorical sense, rather than simply being someone dying. Kinda like how in Tarot, the Death card is symbolic of approaching change. To me, this song is very angry, very bitter-sounding. The singer is in a bad relationship of some kind, whether romantic, familial, or friendship, and she's finally had it. She isn't going to keep quiet anymore, she won't just sit there and take whatever abuse is thrown at her. She's mad as hell, and she isn't going to take it anymore! The second part is the affirmation that things are always changing, and yet life continues the way it always has. I find the chorus interesting. I think the first two lines are her lamenting the changes that are occuring in her life, wondering why everything that was familiar to her has to change the way it is. The third line reminds me of something an abuser might say to their victim - "You can't escape, you can't fight back. I have all the power, you have nothing". And the fourth line is a response to the third, with her basically telling this person to eff the hell off, that she doesn't need them in her life anymore. Very bitter-sounding lyrics at times, but an awesome song! |
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| Lacuna Coil – Within Me Lyrics | 19 years ago |
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I think this song does have to do with a relationship, with Andi and Cristina portraying the external and internal monologues we all carry on with ourselves. Whether this would be a healthy relationship or not depends on your perspective, but I think it has a lot to do with growing up and maturing and realizing your actions and words have a more significant meaning than we often put on them. In the first verse, the lyrics could be talking about this person realizing their conduct has deeply wounded someone they care about, and no matter how much they try to hide, they can't suppress their feelings of shame and remorse for their behavior. The chorus could mean they've been wasting all this time trying to justify what they've done, but in the end they wind up back at the same place they started from, afraid they've lost this special, one-of-a-kind individual permanently. The second verse could be dealing with this person finally coming to terms with their feelings, no matter how much they try to hide and push them away. They truly care for this individual, they feel like they could take on the world with him/her at their side. They're struggling to tell the person that they were wrong, that they do still care, and in the end ("Here I wanna be. No more lies!") they finally decide to stop living a lie and just tell the person their real feelings. |
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| Martina McBride – God's Will Lyrics | 19 years ago |
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You know something, greenherb? If you don't like a song, there's always an option to STOP LISTENING TO IT. Don't complain on here because you think "this song sucks" and "God must be an asshole". Even for someone who isn't religious, this (*gasp*) does actually have a deeper meaning to it, if you're willing to do more than listen to it and only take it at surface value. Many times when I look around at the world, I see there's a lot that can crush your spirit and make you want to give up. Especially as you go from being a child to an adult and feel the squeeze of those added responsibilities that adults are made to take on, and it can feel like a lot sometimes! I think there are a lot of "Will"s in this world; individuals who live their lives from day-to-day and are thankful for each day they're given. They aren't weighed down by those pressures, and in their presence we're often reminded to let go of our own problems and learn to live every day to its fullest. THAT is what I think Martina McBride wants us to take away from this song. Yes, it's about a disabled little boy, but it's also about more than that. It's about not letting all the pressures in life crush you and make you bitter and hard for the rest of your life. In this song, Will is just a personified symbol for cherishing all the small good things in life and remembering that life, no matter what your POV is on it, is a precious gift that shouldn't be wasted with bitterness and cynicism. |
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| Daniel Powter – Lost on the Stoop Lyrics | 19 years ago |
| He has, actually. If you go to his website, you can see the *actual* lyrics for the song. I've submitted this for correction with the proper lyrics, so it should be fixed soon. | |
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