| The Offspring – Pay The Man Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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Only thing about this song I wanna figure out is the term "sorry and sable". I figured it'd be a reference to something but a quick Google and Wiki gave me nothing. Any ideas? |
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| The Offspring – Americana Lyrics | 18 years ago |
| What's a "four-by" referring to? And tats I assume is tatoos | |
| King Crimson – The Court of the Crimson King Lyrics | 19 years ago |
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To me it seems like a bunch of jesters and entertainers are performing in the court. This was quite common, hence the term "court jester" back in 15th or 16th century Europe. So it's a reference to that kind of playing, possibly in front of Satan or somne mythology for some reason or another. Watch each line before the end of each verse, it explains what different people are doing in the court. |
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| The Offspring – Something to Believe In Lyrics | 19 years ago |
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Woah, I've been listening to this song for a long time before listening to the lyrics. It caught my attention with the last line, The more cynical you become The better off you'll be That perfectly summarizes my life. This whole song does. I agree with slag and what he said. Be cynical, be doubtful, question everything in life and form your own goddamn thoughts and opinions. The whole last verse speaks to me. Where they lead You will follow I guess thats just the way it goes Don't be a sheep. Make up your own mind. And if you look away You'll be doing what they say And if you look alive You'll be singled out and tried But in making up your own mind, you might get questioned for it. That's society for you, but who cares? Speak out. The Offspring have really impressed me this time. This song has been under my nose for too long to have not noticed this. |
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| Pink Floyd – One of My Turns Lyrics | 19 years ago |
| I wish there was an edit function here. I meant "fairly". | |
| Pink Floyd – One of My Turns Lyrics | 19 years ago |
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You guys are farely useless at actually deriving meaning from songs. Yes, you can all repeat the fact that it's about a groupie and he snapped. But what does every line in the song mean? Especially this verse: And I can feel one of my turns coming on. I feel cold as razor blade Tight as a tourniquet Dry as a funeral drum, He can feel "one of his turns" coming on. I think that means one of his fits of insanity, which are becoming more frequent. He can feel himself losing control, and warns her. He even feels specific symtoms of it coming on, being "cold, tight and dry". Does it mean cold literally, as in body temperature? Or coldblooded, or coldhearted? Tight as in tightly wound in his head, or tense in his muscles? Dry as in sober? What exactly does he mean when he feels all of this moments before he snaps? |
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| Pink Floyd – The Thin Ice Lyrics | 19 years ago |
| One more thing to add, is that that is the literal meaning. Pretty much everything I said could be interpreted as things to happen inside of his head too. Where the crack in the ice is him going crazy and etc. | |
| Pink Floyd – The Thin Ice Lyrics | 19 years ago |
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I see it as the first part (Gilmour) being Pink's mother. Waters is his father. His father tells him, okay, go do what you like but don't say I didn't warn you. People will watch what you do and make judgements on it (silent reproach). They could weep for you seeing where you go, maybe having been there themselves. He's preparing Pink at a young age to do stuff by himself, because he may not be around forever (he gets killed in the war). Don't be surprised when you fall through the ice and shit goes bad. The rest of the song flows throug there well. |
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| Pink Floyd – Goodbye Blue Sky Lyrics | 19 years ago |
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There is so much wrong in these comments I cannot believe it. -"Brave New World" - if it's an allusion to any book about a totalitarian society, it's not 1984. It's to the book called "Brave New World". But I don't think it is, because it doesn't really apply. -The pinprick WAS drugs in Comftorbly Numb. How does it not make sense? Pink doesn't want to play in a band, is nervous, then pinprick and it'll "keep him going through the show". Watch The Wall - it shows him, very clearly, being injected with drugs during the pinprick. -The kid says "look mummy there's an aeroplane up in the sky" S/he does NOT say "there is no plane up in the sky". She says an aereoplane, pronounced air-oh-plane. So it sounds like one more syllable than it should. Blame the British. -The planes attacked in both night and day. That point sucks. |
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| Pink Floyd – Goodbye Blue Sky Lyrics | 19 years ago |
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This song doesn't really get much more straightforward than it already is, but somehow you guys seem to totally misunderstand it anyway. The song is about World War II. Pink lost his father in WWII, as did the writer of the song (Roger Waters). Pain lingers on, because Pink grew up without a father. Bombs, fear, etc etc. There's not much more to be contrived from it. That's the specific meaning of the song. Of course it can be applied to other things, 9/11 or whatnot (Youtube has multiple 9/11 tribute videos with this song). But that wasn't truely its intetion. |
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| The Offspring – Come Out And Play Lyrics | 19 years ago |
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This song examplified every single aspect that makes The Offspring the kind of band that they are. The humour in the music (the breaks, the "You gotta keep 'em seperated" voice, the funny riff). The beginning of the song -- these guys can start songs better than any other band I can think of. Pay the Man, Come out and Play, Americana, LAPD, Mota, Self-Esteem, Tehran, Kill the President, and the list goes on. These songs all stand out as having awesome, catchy, unique, built-up introductions to suck you in. The sarcasm. The lyrics, while very serious are sarcastic at the same time. In the same vein as Kill the President. And through it all, they keep a very serious tone. It is lyrically impacting while appealing to a large audience. Not to mention the fact that it is a great song, fun, and composed very well. Good to sing to. |
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