| Sufjan Stevens – All Delighted People (Original Version) Lyrics | 15 years ago |
| Beautiful Song. As mentioned in the press release, it's about the Apocalypse / end of the world, but I also interpret it as Sufjan's struggle with the choice between his faith and the things / ways of the world (the people bowing and praying to the neon gods they made). The theme of the song I believe is stated in the refrain near the end "When the world's come and gone shall we follow our transgressions or shall we stand strong?". I wrote a more in-depth interpretation about the song here: http://musicforants.com/blog/?p=5216 | |
| Arcade Fire – Suburban War Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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Rumour is that this song is about Win's relationship with Bono. Some key lyrics: "Now the music divides us into tribes You grew your hair so I grew mine You said the past won't rest Until we jump the fence and leave it behind" "The night's so long Yeah the night's so long I've been living in the shadows of your song Living in the shadows of your song" |
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| Arcade Fire – Keep the Car Running Lyrics | 18 years ago |
| I think PuppyKillingMachine's view is right about the song being about leaving your loved one suddenly like the middle of the night, but it seems like he's going towards something he's very fearful of and he doesn't want to leave her behind. That would match up pretty well with the Rapture and the end of the world. | |
| Arcade Fire – Keep the Car Running Lyrics | 19 years ago |
| you can't believe in faith, belief and faith are almost the same thing. and faith is always irrational, that's the definition of it - believing in something you can't see... just sayin' | |
| Arcade Fire – Keep the Car Running Lyrics | 19 years ago |
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The lyrics in this song have religious connotations to me and it the Rapture is definitely part of that. duster was right on when he said that "keep the car running" is a warning and no one knows when the rapture will come to "take us away". Saying that though, I think the song seems to focus mainly on the fear that comes with Christian belief and loving someone who isn't a Christian. Take this verse: "If some night I don’t come home Please don’t think I’ve left you alone The same place that I must go when they die You can’t climb across a mountain so high The same city where I go when I sleep Can’t swim across a river so deep" I interpret this as saying as a Christian explaining to a Non-christian spouse or lover that if he doesn't come home some day, that it's because the Rapture has occurred and God has taken him. He's saying that he's going to the same place that "they" (christians) go when they die - heaven. I think the river so deep is the gateway between earth and heaven and he's telling the person that even when you're the most innocent you still won't be able to make it to heaven. another metaphor he uses is that heaven is like a mountain that it's impossible for a non-christian to climb. "they know my name because I gave it to them" could refer to the church he's a part of or the Lamb's book of life which is a book mentioned in Revelations that has every Christian's name on it. The fear that he has when he sleeps is that he knows he'll be leaving his loved ones behind - so the "it's coming, keep the car running" is a warning for them but also for himself. I think this also makes sense with the line from Intervention "working for the church while my family dies". It's about the hypocrisy of being a Christian and believing in heaven but not telling anyone else or caring about their eternal fate. Damn that was long. |
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| Sunset Rubdown – Shut Up I Am Dreaming of Places Where Lovers Have Wings Lyrics | 19 years ago |
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The song is about distance between lovers. The subject's lover is on the distant shore and the subject is in the middle of the ocean presumably alone. If he falls into the drink (dies) he wants to say his lover's name, but due to ocean (distance between lovers) no one will hear him. That's why it's best to not make a sound because it's fruitless. Instead of shouting out your lover's name the subject dreams of a place where lover's have wings. In this dream they can overcome their distance and be together. |
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