| The Decemberists – Shiny Lyrics | 18 years ago |
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Funny. I always thought of "shiny eyes" as glazed over, like she doesn't care, or isn't paying attention. He eventually notices that, and asks her why she looks like that, but she tells him she's totally in to him ("Tell me why you lied."), which is, of course, a lie. They eventually break up, and he sees her doing the same thing to other boys at the fair. What a shameless strumpet. |
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| Iron & Wine – Radio War Lyrics | 19 years ago |
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"He calls it "the beast never seen" because it is unknown, it has no identity, it either is rarely acknowledged or not acknowledged at all." Debatable. He says "never seen," not "unknown." That girl might never be let out of her house to see whatever enemy is out there. Knowing something is there, but not being able to see it is much more terrifying than being completely oblivious to its existence, in my opinion. |
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| Iron & Wine – Radio War Lyrics | 19 years ago |
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I'd have to disagree with neonskyline about WWI. WWI was primarily pre-radio, even for the United States. Plus, the mention of a "boat" brings to mind submarines, which were also WWII exclusive. And as for the rest of the song, I always imagined it as a girl in a little German town, mourning over a lover lost to the U.S. in the destruction of a U-boat, and the "red" would have been the occupying Communists. |
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