| The Cure – Just Like Heaven Lyrics | 18 years ago |
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This song is a beautifully written tale of two lovers who suffer from a common problem ... the guy is involved in the moment, the physical, the sex, the feeling that he can and enjoys the ego boost he gets from knowing he can take her to places she could previously only have dreamed about. He is so infatuated with her that he loses his connection with her, from a personal relationship perspective. She finds that despite her deepest love for him, he's pulling away, his powerfully physical intimacy making him somehow distant. So then she also pulls away and it is all too late for him. When he finally realizes what he's done, it's after a time of debauchery and revelry ... and it dawns upon him that she has left him. He smothered her with the only way he knew how to show his affection, but it wasn't what she was really looking for. This song was our garage band's favourite cover [well, maybe it was my favourite anyway]. I did keyboards and rhythm guitar. Even if our lead singer was more Dinosaur Jr than Robert Smith, it was probably the song in which we came together as a band the most. Everyone doing their part with perfect timing ... most probably because we loved the song so. And that was 15 years ago ... I noticed that some folk had determined that it was shallow ... well if you feel that way about love songs, go ahead and label it thus, but really, hit or not, it has all the depth of the greatest of Cure songs. It's just coated a little fluffier than their darker moments. |
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| The Cure – A Few Hours After This... Lyrics | 18 years ago |
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So Smith would have been late 20s when he wrote this ... it seems to tell the story of meeting up with an old flame that rekindles in a moment of insanity. The relationship ended suddenly - perhaps there were problems building up, but she was unhappy. And he felt for her, more than he imagined he did at the time. So when she get around to asking why he never saw her again, she realizes that the reason is a bad one, perhaps simplistic, but unflattering nonetheless. And with that, they are apart again. This time for good. I love this tune ... first heard it on a bootleg tape and fell in love with the odd orchestral arrangement. It adds a finality to the overall mood of the song, although it's hard to mix in with other Cure songs when making a compilation. It's odd that I'm looking at this song now, so many years after I first heard it. There is a girl that I had a relationship with that ended badly, suddenly even. I saw her again one time and then never again. I don't think I'm merely projecting my feeling about that situation on this song, though, it really fits. |
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| Snow Patrol – Run Lyrics | 18 years ago |
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Damn, only just heard this song now. I mean just now. I'm always behind the curve with these things. It's beautiful ... too beautiful. As I listen to this song, I am on the cusp of having to travel halfway across the world, to work, away from my wife. We are having difficulties, in our relationship, in life. But I love her so. And then I listen to this song. My wife is sleeping beside me. A troubled sleep. As for me, I have tears in my eyes ... "Have heart my dear We're bound to be afraid Even if it's just for a few days Making up for all this mess" |
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| Snow Patrol – Chasing Cars Lyrics | 18 years ago |
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My wife is older than I am by quite a few years. "If I lay here, if I just lay here Would you lie with me, and just forget the world. Forget what we're told, before we get too old Show me a garden that's bursting into life." When I hear these lines, it doesn't matter if the song was actually written about his dog or anyone else ... for that one moment in time, it seems was written for my wife and I. So that we could forget the troubles of life. So that we can enjoy the moments we have together. Before we get too old ... ... and yes, there are tears that well up in my eyes. Let's waste time ... chasing cars. |
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| Radiohead – No Surprises Lyrics | 19 years ago |
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I agree with the theory that the song is not about an actual suicide. The quiet life and handshake of carbon monoxide seem to me very much in the direction of the handshake of a job offer / pay rise / promotion / etc. It's the job that slowly kills you, right? The quiet life is foresaking the complaints, the protesting against government rules / taxes, and just accepting that this is it. The final fit, the final belly-ache, is the last feeling of complaint, of rejecting the office existence. The pretty house and garden could perhaps actually be the spoils of the job that is slowly killing you. I mean, at least you've got a pretty house and a pretty garden right? Of course, it could also simply be the dream of something wished for, but not attained. The no alarms and no surprises being the mantra of pleading before sleep, all the while knowing that the alrams and the surprises will be there come the morning. At least that's how I see it. I quit my bank job in London almost as a direct result of listening to this song. If my job was slowly killing me, I was getting on a plane and doing something else. |
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| Radiohead – Let Down Lyrics | 19 years ago |
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Having read all the comments, most make a lot of sense. It's great that people get so many different things out of this song. For me it represents the defining track of OK Computer, like some others say. But, the line that sings in my soul is "One day I am going to grow wings ... a Chemical reaction ... hysterical and useless". This song actually made me quit my investment bank job in London and fly out to Asia to find something new. Well, the album as a whole contributed to my determination at least. Iwas initially captivated by the quiet, sad nature of 'No Surprises', but I think my whole body resonated to that 'grow wings' line. Dammit I was going to grow wings. I didn't care about what would happen after. Got on a plane and I'm still here after six years. Only thing is, you end up being let down and hanging around wherever you are *sigh* Someone comented on Karma Police - the line 'this is what you get, if you mess with us' spells it out for me. Don't push your luck when shitting on other people. |
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