| Sea Wolf – The Garden That You Planted Lyrics | 18 years ago |
| I think it's about a long distance relationship - he's on the west coast while she's on the east. He makes references to the time difference and the difference in weather patterns. He wants to be where she is, as he talks about how beautiful it must be, but has to stay where he is because of work. The only thing that's stable is the garden she planted, which doesn't have to be a real garden. It could be the life and love they used to grow when living together. | |
| Damien Rice – Rootless Tree Lyrics | 19 years ago |
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i second sparksofgold's comment. after i heard "woman like a man," i was a little shocked. he has the ability to capture all of the emotional extremes in his songs. this is one of my favorite songs on the album. you can tell that the song is building up and you're almost caught off guard when he starts to sing "fuck you..." that angst is there, but it's neither too whiney nor too angry. he's thought about how he feels and hasn't lost control - he means what he says and will not back down from how he feels. |
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| Damien Rice – Dogs Lyrics | 19 years ago |
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i agree that he's laughing at the way he feels. i think the part after "and she moves my world" should be: "...and she gets splashed in waiting turns away and leaves me standing..." she gets tired of waiting around for him, so she turns to this other "wolf" to keep her warm. |
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| Damien Rice – 9 Crimes Lyrics | 19 years ago |
| I believe that both individuals are referring to the other person as their "gun.” They know that the potential for love is there and "loaded" in the gun, but it means nothing if it's not being expressed. They question how they are supposed to hold onto each other, when neither of them express their emotions and love (“If you don’t shoot it, how am I supposed to hold it?”). Although they ask if it’s “alright” to let each other go, I think it’s more of a sarcastic and bitter realization that it’s over. They’ve realized that the love between them was never enough. Asking if it’s “alright” to let the other person go is sarcastic in that it shouldn’t matter if it’s alright with the other person. They have come further to realize that these “small crimes” are exactly what they say they are – small. Usually, someone would use the excuse that they are in pain from the relationship ending and need some sort of distraction. Because the relationship never amounted to its full potential, they cannot use the excuse that they are in pain from the relationship ending. Perhaps pain is there, but it’s not from love being lost – it’s from wasting time on each other and waiting for something to amount from nothing. Even though he says it’s the wrong time and place to be cheating on her, it’s more of what it should feel like rather than what it does feel like. He’s found someone else to pull him through whatever he’s going through. Based on society's norms, he should feel guilty about it, but how can you feel guilty when a strong relationship was never there to begin with? | |
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