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Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros – I Don't Wanna Pray Lyrics 13 years ago
This song is such a refreshing, light-hearted take on spirituality.

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Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros – That's What's Up Lyrics 13 years ago
Such an adorable throwback! Simplicity and a summer feel at their best!

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Miike Snow – God Help This Divorce Lyrics 13 years ago
The sun sets for so long on these streets
So many beautiful faces that don’t need me

Papers and little useless things
Slide down along the pavement away from me

Taking my tea in silence
Telling strange jokes to myself

God help this divorce,
God help this divorce

She was a beauty queen
But, I held her down, down, down
I held her down, down, down
I held her, I held her

Me without a family
Yeah, I held her down, down, down
I held her down, down, down
I held her, I held her

Go to the bar and say semi-sexist things

Taking my tea in silence
Telling strange jokes to myself

God help this divorce,
God help this divorce

She was a beauty queen
But, I held her down, down, down
I held her down, down, down
I held her, I held her

Me without a family
Yeah, I held her down, down, down
I held her down, down, down
I held her, I held her

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Florence + the Machine – Leave My Body Lyrics 14 years ago
I absolutely agree with the metaphysical comments. This song is, at least to me, clearly about reaching enlightenment. When you meditate, regardless of spirituality, the goal is to reach this place where you are beyond dimension, beyond language even, and I really think that is what the song is about: Finding light, enlightenment, God, ohm, peace, revelation, etc.

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Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros – Carries On Lyrics 15 years ago
From the band's website:

One love, One love
Carries on
One Touch, one touch
Carries on
One look, one look
Carries on

(Chorus)
One Smile
When can you give me, when can you give me
Touch me
Can you give me, oh can you give me
Love me
Come and give me, oh can you give me some
Of the gift that carries on

One word, one word
Carries on
One smile, one smile
Carries on
One love, one love
Carries on

(Chorus) x2

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Broken Social Scene – Romance to the Grave Lyrics 15 years ago
I absolutely love the last two lines "I don't live for all that died. I just want to feel it again." I was in a relationship years ago, and after it ended I've spent this whole time trying to get it back and was told that we changed and are different people, and that may be so, maybe the old us died and I'm not looking for *that* - I just want to have that feeling back.

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Broken Social Scene – Sweetest Kill Lyrics 15 years ago
This is so different for Broken Social Scene. Kevin Drew's vocals on this song are amazing and the arrangement and tenderness makes this song very powerful; at least to me.

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Rilo Kiley – A Better Son/Daughter Lyrics 17 years ago
Not necessarily bipolar. She does a good job of keeping it open so that an entire generation can identify with her. It could be depression, bipolar disorder, borderline personality disorder, PTSD, etc, etc. Also the whole song is just so amazing and SO many people can identify. I LOVE this song. I feel like she is singing out of my heart.

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Rilo Kiley – Dreamworld Lyrics 17 years ago
Peacekeeper - Fleetwood Mac, much? I love this song.

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Rachael Yamagata – Worn Me Down Lyrics 17 years ago
Classic. Plain and simple, this song [the version from Rachael Yamagata EP] is a testament to Rachael as an artist. She blows out of the water much of the "competition", old and new alike. She may not have a lot of popularity in the mainstream, but she is impeccable. A younger, more raw Sarah McLachlan, in my opinion. This song is OUTSTANDING.

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Rachael Yamagata – Horizon Lyrics 17 years ago
This song is subtly climactic and has an incredible amount of emotion.

"If I had known forever
After we would stay apart
I would have whispered
All the things I can’t tell you now"

That stanza epitomizes the song for me, and in keeping with much of her music, manages to paint a picture both beautiful and outstandingly tragic.

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Rachael Yamagata – The Other Side Lyrics 17 years ago
This song is relatively easy to understand, and is just a testament to love. She loved someone and now the relationship is over. She can be happy and move on, but she will always love him no matter where life takes her. I think that just speaks to human nature. I was in love once, and our relationship is over and we hardly ever talk anymore. I am starting to see someone else now, and I am truly getting over the initial emotional turmoil that is inevitable, but regardless, part of me wants to go back, and I will always have a love for him. The part of this song that really "gets me" so to say, in terms of evoking emotion, is "You were supposed to come with me, all I ever wanted was to be with you". It's like she was abandoned, and it's tragic and sad.

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Rachael Yamagata – Answering the Door Lyrics 17 years ago
If I could save you boy I'd do it a thousand times over
And finally someday it seems that I meant you well

But I'm not answering the door
We've been this way even more

Time won't be cruel if you let it go this way

And holding on
Holding on
Holding on
There’s something inside

Close to me
Don't slip away
You've been my whole life

But I'm not answering the door
She's leaving inside even more

Time won't be cruel if you let it go
It's way
I'm letting it today

And don't
Damn me
Down
Falling like leaves when they're trading some piece of sky for the ground
It catches so well after waiting
So long
But

If I could save you boy I'd do it a thousand
Thousand times and maybe in time you would see I've made up my mind

But I'm not answering the door
She's leaving inside even more
I'm not answering the door 'cause she's leaving inside even more

And if I could save you I'd do it a thousand times

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Rachael Yamagata – Sidedish Friend Lyrics 17 years ago
This song is incredibly catchy, and very unique. Two people who are both either afraid of commitment or insecure about each other have carved out a relationship where they both want each other when it is convenient, though I think there is definitely the hint that, potentially, there could be more if there was a little more honesty and communication. At the end of the day though, they can both turn around and move on at any time. It's a great song, and to me, shows the tragedy and "complex simplicity" of some types of modern relationships. Maybe this is just a sexual thing and they don't want to involve emotions, but that may be inevitable to an extent... Overall I just love the song.

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Rachael Yamagata – Quiet Lyrics 17 years ago
I think this is hands-down one of Rachael's best. This song is stunningly beautiful and equally as tragic. To me, it is about someone choosing something in their life - something negative - over you, when you have been there through thick and thin, but now at the end you realize there was NOTHING you could do to change them, they will continue on a self-destructive path "It'll be just as quiet when I leave, as it was when I first got here".

Also, for me, the bridge of this song is beyond heartbreaking and so profoundly tragic it takes my breath away. The almost mumbled, hurried words leading up to "would you feel the same, as I walk out the door... never to see your face again, no, never to see your face again.."

Gorgeous and a true testament to Rachael as well as a treasure to modern music.

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