| Keane – Spiralling Lyrics | 16 years ago |
| Allllso I want to add: the line "Cold, like some magnificent skyline/Out of my reach but always in my eyeline," reminds me of Philly. It's just a personal feeling, but it always makes me think of how my dreams are so intertwined with the city, it's like I want to be a part of it. | |
| Keane – Spiralling Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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I think of this song as being someone who is frustrated in realizing that their life is going nowhere, and they don't know how to make it start going somewhere. I think there's a fear in it, a fear of not making a difference or being at all relevant to your generation. In the first verse and the "did you wanna be" verse, that's definitely what I feel and relate to. In the second verse ("I fashioned you from"), I've always imagined it as the frustrated person trying to imagine what God must think of him/her. Thinking that God had something great planned out for him/her, and he/she managed to screw it all up. The lines about falling in love, I think, are a progression from thinking of God's supposed plan back to thinking of his/her own plan. He/she is feeling like humans in general are pretty selfish, self-absorbed, whatever, and probably is feeling pretty alone. SO when he/she dreams of finding love, he/she now realizes that what he/she wants most out of a relationship is having someone to love him/her. I should pick a gender :P I'll say "him" from now on. HE is thinking that since the only reason he wants to fall in love is to have someone to love him, the only reason for relationships is to reassure yourself and start to love yourself, thus "we're just falling in love with ourselves." The "did you wanna" verse, a.) Also reminds ME of "Once In a Lifetime" (SO MUCH!) and b.) is him sort of talking to/mocking himself. Something like, "Oh, did you want to have a meaningful life? Well, I guess you messed that up." He starts big, "Did you wanna be a winner? Did you wanna be an icon?" - things that don't happen to most people, but things that he probably dreamed/dreams about. Then he works his way down to "Did you wanna be loved?" - something that people sort of expect; sometime in your life, someone will choose to love you. This guy is feeling like if he can't even reach that goal, how can he ever expect to reach any others? Haha. So. Yeah. I guess I really relate to this song, and that's why I have such strong feelings about the meaning. |
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| The Black Crowes – She Talks To Angels Lyrics | 18 years ago |
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I agree with most of what everyone's saying, except. . . I've always thought of the little boy as someone she doesn't know that well, but who died in an unjust way i.e. caught in the middle of a gang war or some sort of drug-deal-gone-wrong. I think she kept the hair as a reminder that things should be better. Then, I don't know where I came up with that, it's just what I've always thought. |
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| The Beatles – We Can Work It Out Lyrics | 19 years ago |
| I'm surprised that the way I always saw this song wasn't more popular on here - I always thought it was sort of a message from Paul to John (and back, when John sings). In a way, I kind of think that, when Paul was with Jane Asher, his relationship with John meant more to him. | |
| Franz Ferdinand – Michael Lyrics | 19 years ago |
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Maybe if they would have done this fifty years ago it would have been something, but now, it's almost the popular thing to do. So quit saying that Franz Ferdinand has balls for writing a song about "homosexuality." Maybe if they were to write a song about how they want to marry barnyard animals that would take some guts (and lots of stupidity) But writing a song about "homosexuality" is old hat now. steveo77: name me 5 songs you've heard (that are actually done by bands in as much of a spotlight as ff was when this song came to the light) that are about homosexuality. |
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| Franz Ferdinand – Michael Lyrics | 19 years ago |
| Haha. . . I think it's awesome that you guys want to picture Michael as a girl, but. . . hehe, I'd get caught up on the "stubble on my sticky lips" part. | |
| Franz Ferdinand – Michael Lyrics | 19 years ago |
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This song is hot. The end. Oh wait, no, one more thing: the world needs more songs like this. |
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| Talking Heads – Psycho Killer Lyrics | 19 years ago |
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Crippled Pilgrim: I applaud you. The world needs more people who feel like you. Let's start a REAL revolution, shall we? P.S. Elton John is TOTALLY punk. |
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| Ben Kweller – Penny on the Train Track Lyrics | 19 years ago |
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I definitely think that this is Ben taking a more conservative look at his life, maybe because he saw that old friend all grown up. I think Ben realized that he still lives very much the same way he used to, which is not necessarily a bad thing, but I think the song is sort of a plea (to someone, probably Liz) to tell him to just keep going the way he's going, because it's worked for him so far. I think he's having a sort of "crisis of lifestyle", and is sort of acknowledging that and saying "okay, fine, yes, I feel a little weird about this now, but I'll be fine in a day or two." I think the "even lucky man has a bad day and pretty girl has a scar" part is saying "everybody has off days. This is mine." When he gets to the "he's in the yard just washin' his car thinkin' 'bout his pretty wife makin' lemonade with the kitchen aid makin' him a perfect life and it's grim, so dim when you wish that you were just like him" part, I think he's sort of reassuring himself that a traditional life is not something he wants. And he can't stop doing what he's doing. . . he doesn't know why. |
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| Ben Kweller – Hospital Bed Lyrics | 19 years ago |
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Just a gorgeous song. . . I think Akiata got it, but I still wanted to comment on how awesome this song is. On a whole, not as good of a CD as Sha Sha, but, really, can he outdo himself? Although. . . Penny on a Train Track from his upcoming album is pretty darn amazing. |
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| Ben Kweller – Ann Disaster Lyrics | 19 years ago |
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I actually read on his website that Ann Disaster was ben's imaginary friend when he was little. Here, I'll find what it actually says. Okay, I was wrong, this is what it says (from benkweller.com): "Ann Disaster is a fictitious character Ben made up when he was 15. He says that she represents big corporations, right wing zealots, and anything else bad." |
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