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Owl City – Hot Air Balloon Lyrics 16 years ago
"we roamed a racetrack through your mom's kitchen chairs
and fought the shadows back down your dark basement stairs
I lit a match then let it catch to light up the room
and then you yelled as we beheld an old maroon hot air balloon"

considering how these lines are put together, I think that the whole hot air adventure is supposed to be make-believe as well.

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Bayside – Megan Lyrics 16 years ago
this relates to my life so well. scarily well.
even down to the girl's name.

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Chiodos – One Day Women Will All Become Monsters Lyrics 16 years ago
This song is basically entirely about King Lear.

When I read the "women will all turn monsters" quote in King Lear, I figured that was what the song was named after. I didn't even realize that the whole song was just a big summary of the play.

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Owl City – Meteor Shower Lyrics 16 years ago
I listened to this song for the first time today, and as soon as I heard the second line I could tell he was talking about God. It's pretty obvious..

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Bright Eyes – I Believe in Symmetry Lyrics 16 years ago
one of my favorite songs from Conor, if not my absolute favorite. He played this at the show I went to and I just fell in love with it!

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Jason Mraz – Little You & I Lyrics 17 years ago
It's for his cat! :)

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A Fine Frenzy – Liar, Liar Lyrics 17 years ago
You’ve got my hands on wires
Heaven help you
When I get them off


I laughed.. those are good lines to live by..

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A Fine Frenzy – Near To You Lyrics 17 years ago
I think she is fooling herself about being anywhere close to getting over him. I know exactly how she feels. You try to convince yourself so much that this new guy is better than him, but it doesn't work. And you feel guilty constantly because you don't want to use him because the new guy is so great, but it's just not quite the same as before.

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Paramore – Misery Business Lyrics 17 years ago
This song kept me motivated when he was with her, to keep trying and not settle for the next best.

And now I can fully appreciate this song. Because no one can understand the kind of joy you feel after waiting years for him, and he finally realizes what he has been missing.

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Bright Eyes – First Day of My Life Lyrics 18 years ago
This is such a pretty song!

I think with the 'working for a paycheck' thing, it means that he's willing to put hard work into a relationship rather than just waiting and hoping to be with someone

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Bright Eyes – The Joy in Discovery Lyrics 18 years ago
to me, because of my recent experiences, it sounds like someone who is depressed and has problems, and making a big deal about how they need help with them, but when it comes down to it, they don't care enough or are too lazy or too self-pitying to help themselves.

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Bright Eyes – Let's Not Shit Ourselves (To Love and to Be Loved) Lyrics 18 years ago
i think it's about how all society cares about is money, grades, gossip, drama, war.. and forgetting about the simple happiness of loving and being loved, when none of those things really matter. you can be poor, stupid, unpopular, and all that stuff but if you have true love in your life, it's still good.

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Chiodos – I Didn't Say I Was Powerful, I Said I Was A Wizard Lyrics 18 years ago
Attention, all of my worst critics
Who were once the best of friends
You're all just crows on the power lines

Best lines on the whole album.
Actually, the only good lines on the whole album.

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Death Cab for Cutie – Brothers on a Hotel Bed Lyrics 18 years ago
I think it's about a man and a woman who no longer are attracted to eachother but still stay together and are kind of trapped in a relationship. It reminds me kind of an older couple who don't get along, but stick it out for the sake of keeping their family together.

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Bright Eyes – Hot Knives Lyrics 18 years ago
this is easily my favorite off cassadaga, or cleanse song.

i love the album so much more than i expected to.. ahh. : )

although i have no clue what the song means.

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Bright Eyes – Cleanse Song Lyrics 18 years ago
ohiooo88, i totally agree with you. i couldn't have said it better myself.

this song is so refreshing.

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Bright Eyes – The Calendar Hung Itself . . . Lyrics 18 years ago
But I will not weep for those dying days
For all the ones who left, there's a few that stayed
And they found me here
And pulled me from the grass
Where I was laid

These lines mean so much to me. It stopped being sad today when I really thought about that last verse. It inspired me.

Even though there's been rough times, even though the past couple years have been a waste, I've got amazing people around me who love me and want me to be happy.

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Bright Eyes – I Believe in Symmetry Lyrics 18 years ago
Yeah, I think it's about fate and faith. And how you're going to end up where you're supposed to no matter what. That's why Conor wants to be like the insect, because it accepts it's fate and is satisfied. The insect is simple-minded and doesn't think too much about how his life could be different, or how he could change things. Conor wants to be content with the fact that he'll die someday.

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Bright Eyes – Middleman Lyrics 18 years ago
At the show I went to, Conor said it was about finding your spirit animal..

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Bright Eyes – Four Winds Lyrics 18 years ago
Conor said it's about the end of the world :)

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From First to Last – Emily Lyrics 18 years ago
It's about Sonny's long-distance girlfriend. Durrr.

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Bright Eyes – I've Been Eating (For You) Lyrics 18 years ago
I don't think that this has anything to do with eating disorders. I think it has more to do with some whore you thought was in love with you, but then she had sex with all of your friends.

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Bright Eyes – A Song to Pass the Time Lyrics 18 years ago
I think this song is about people who have so much wealth, yet they don't have the truly impotant things that money can't buy. And basically how boring and lonely the lives of people in the suburbs are. The little poor mexican children are happy kicking a rock in the street because they have eachother, they don't need anything materialistic.

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Explosions in the Sky – Your Hand in Mine Lyrics 18 years ago
This is hands-down the most beautiful song I've ever heard. It's so different than any other music I've ever listened to; I've never been into instrumental. But it gives such emotion without saying anything.

This song makes me feel really trippy. For some reason it doesn't remind me of anything to do with the title though :\ Oh well, I love it.

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Bright Eyes – You Will. You? Will. You? Will. You? Will. Lyrics 18 years ago
Yeah, the meaning of this song is obvious. I can relate to it alot. It's awesome, like every Bright Eyes song :]

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PlayRadioPlay! – I'm Guessing There's A Pill For That Lyrics 18 years ago
PlayFrancesPlay brings up a really good point. I never thought of that.

Isn't Dan straightedge anyway? Why would he be singing about drinking alcohol if he was straightedge?

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PlayRadioPlay! – Sometimes I Doubt Your Commitment To Sparkle Motion Lyrics 18 years ago
I have no clue what this song is about..
I was attracted by the Donnie Darko quote. :] Ahaha sweet.

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Hinder – Lips of an Angel Lyrics 19 years ago
Ughhh I cannot stand the lead singer's voice but I can't help but like it because I can relate to it so easily. Ick.

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Avril Lavigne – Girlfriend Lyrics 19 years ago
ya guys best rawk god eva : ): ):):):) she so puncx

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Bright Eyes – No Lies, Just Love Lyrics 19 years ago
this song reminds me of my best friend. she's so depressed and she feels alone and i tell her that i couldn't go on without her. she means so much to me.

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Bright Eyes – Four Winds Lyrics 19 years ago
'If you BURN them all together you get close to the truth'
That reminds me of how it was believed that the taller a church was, the 'closer you were to God'.
Probably has nothing to do with it but I just thought I'd add that in

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Trophy Scars – Baby Eskimo Kisses Lyrics 19 years ago
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Bright Eyes – Nothing Gets Crossed Out Lyrics 19 years ago
Wow, this song I can TOTALLY relate to. It's about change and how hard it can be. And it talks about how you can hope to be someone else but in the end you really can't change who you are.

"Now I'm trying to be assertive
I'm making plans
Going to rise to the occasion, yeah
Meet all their demands
But all I do is just lay in bed
And hide under the covers

Yeah, I know I should be brave
But I'm just too afraid of all this change

And it's too hard to focus
Through all this doubt
I keep making these to-do lists
But nothing gets crossed out"

so so so true for me. I'm trying to become more social and I make plans but at the last minute I blow them off and end up alone in my room. I keep telling myself that I'm going to change but it's so hard.

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Chiodos – Lindsay, Quit Lollygagging Lyrics 19 years ago
I didn't really like the original version when I first heard it, but the acoustic version is so beautiful. :] The meaning is obvious though.

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The Early November – Fluxy Lyrics 19 years ago
lolol I heard a little bit of backwards talking in the last 10 seconds of the song. I reversed it and among some stuff I couldn't make out, I swear I heard 'you like Bobby, that's not embarassing'. It's really clear. :]

But yeah, this song is awesome.

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Chiodos – Quantum Mechanics Lyrics 19 years ago
this song's meaning seems kind of obvious to me! a relationship failing because of distance. acting too soon on your feelings and getting attached so quickly that you aren't considering your circumstances. and then maybe something happened where one lover decided that it was too much. or maybe they had a big argument or something.

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Chiodos – The Lover and the Liar Lyrics 19 years ago
uhm, i think this song could be about two people who were in love, then one found someone better and left the other lover hanging. i could be way off and i just randomly came up with this 5 seconds after reading the lyrics so i'm probably wrong.

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Sunny Day Real Estate – In Circles Lyrics 19 years ago
This song means alot to me. I met this boy and we both kind of threw ourselves into this relationship that we knew would never have worked out. Even after all of that I still care so much about him and worry about his depression and only want to help, and by doing so I only make it more painful for myself. That's what the song means to me, but I think generally it's about caring about someone so much that you put their own well-being before your own.

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Bright Eyes – Motion Sickness Lyrics 19 years ago
I love this song, it was the first Bright Eyes song I heard.. It never gets old. So pretty.

When I listen to this song, I think of the narrator, I suppose Conor, going on tour, and meeting a woman/many women.

"There is nothing for which I am responsible
Just this baggage that I keep carrying on as if I had someone"

-He didn't 'have' this person, meaning they never actually dated. He still has her on his mind.


"Ok, maybe there is a woman somewhere
Who's still thinking of me
Or a girl with coal black hair
Who's haunted in her dreams
But what they've seen, well, it wasn't me
It was just some lie that they slept beside"

-So basically he's saying that there is a woman 'somewhere'; perhaps it was a one-night-stand type thing with someone he met while touring and he doesn't even remember where she lived.

"So will you look for me in that strange, bright place
Where the statues bloom in the park?
They don't need no rain"

-This makes me think of heaven.. if he IS talking about heaven, he's asking her if she'll look for him there when they've both passed away.

"Because how I ever got to you, I have no idea
It's like some secret door, well, it just appeared
So, no matter what I do from now on with my time
You will always stay here in my mind
I am certain of this and I am not certain of anything"

-He cares about this person alot and she never leaves his mind. He feels really blessed to have met her in the first place, and that she just sort of came out of nowhere.

"So I want to get myself attached to something bolted down
So that these winds of circumstance won't keep blowing me around"

-He wants to be in a solid relationship, with someone who won't leave him due to circumstances, maybe distance or something.

"To when I land to when I leave there is enough time to sleep and sing
I keep running when all I want is to lay motionless"

-He feels rushed around and he needs time to breathe and stay in one place for a while.


I could be waywayway off but that's just what I think of when I listen to the song. yepyep.

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Bright Eyes – First Day of My Life Lyrics 19 years ago
"But I'd rather be working for a paycheck
Than waiting to win the lottery."

This part kind of makes me feel a little sad. Like Conor is saying that it's a slim chance he'll get the girl of his dreams, so he'll settle for the next best thing. Reminds me alot of someone.

If you haven't seen the video for this, you totally should, it never fails to put a smile on my face. :]

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Bright Eyes – Lover I Don't Have to Love Lyrics 19 years ago
yeah I love this song. :] at first I didn't really like it for some reason but now I can't stop listening to it.

I agree with what everyone's saying.. I think it's about a relationship where it's more about lust and everything. The narrator knows this, so he doesn't really waste time getting to know her. He knows that the relationship will only end up hurting him, but he doesn't care.. he probably just wants someone, it doesn't matter too much who it is. Maybe he's just really and depressed and lonely and needs someone.

"Do you like to hurt? I do, do, so hurt me."

I love that line.. I can relate to it alot.

I also think that the part about 'a boy' is just Conor writing from another perspective. I like when writers talk from a girl's perspective.. it's cool because I'm normally screaming out lyrics about loving a girl, aha.

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Elliott Smith – Between the Bars Lyrics 19 years ago
Yeah. I think it's from to point of view of the alcohol itself. Like the bottle's singing to him or somethin'.

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Chiodos – To Trixie and Reptile, Thanks for Everything Lyrics 19 years ago
Mmm. Yeah I agree with everyone here.
I can relate to this song alot.
It's kind of motivational to me, with the situation I'm in.
It's just a great song, Chiodos is pretty incredible.

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Chiodos – The Words 'Best Friend' Become Redefined Lyrics 19 years ago
I think the title just sums it up; the words 'best friend' are being redifined because their relationship is. One is in love with the other and he's re-evaluating what their friendship is, maybe it's something more.

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The Starting Line – Hello Houston Lyrics 19 years ago
It's about a long distance relationship, obviously. Maybe even an internet one..? That's just what it sounds like to me. They're really in love but the distance is too much. If they wait to meet eachother, things could change, their feelings for eachother might change. They say that things could work someday maybe when the circumstances are better, but they both know it won't end up happening. Yeah.

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Emery – The Ponytail Parade Lyrics 19 years ago
It seems it's about a couple who broke up. The singer is still in love, while the other person has moved on quickly.

"I will wait for you forever
if you would just ask me
I thought that I could change you
but you changed me"

The man is in love with the woman and he says that he'd wait forever for her to come back to him. Also, maybe he thought that he could change this person's mind about the break-up and win them back, but his attempts have been fruitless and it's just changed him, making him desperate and lonely.

"but it doesn't feel right
holding someone else's hand
together on phone lines
and living at two opposite ends"

Pretty self-explanatory, he doesn't want to get involved with anyone else because he has his heart set on his ex. The third and fourth lines lead me to believe that their relationship was long-distance.

"it scares me to think that you could find takers
other than me and better than me"

He's scared that his ex could find someone else to replace him, and maybe it's making him insecure and ask himself if she ever did love him at all, a typical question for someone who's been dumped.

"but your head is elsewhere
and I'm talking enough for both of us
when will you see it's not so easy for me"

It makes me think of how you could be so in love with someone but having it be unrequited. You're really into the convorsation and interested in them, and you're keeping the convorsation up, but the other person acts like they don't even care. And you're getting tired of it, you want the other person to care.

"you careless and whispered
insulting and bruising
and I thought that you said
things were improving"

The ex is being careless about everything and she's not even considering his feelings. Before they broke up, perhaps she told him that their troubles were temporary and things would improve between them (which turned out wrong).

"these laces are untied
but my feet are still walking away"

He can't seem to get over her, no matter how much he wants to.

(I fall from your eyes. Your eyes I trusted. You said forever)

He trusted his ex. He believed that they would be together forever, like she promised, but now that promise is broken.

"erase my name from this page
how can you take all these days
and throw them away,
as I sit here waiting for you"

She's erased him from her life and he's just left waiting for her to return.

"I stay up nights
until stars leave the sky
knowing what my dreams can take away"

This hit home personally. It makes me think of when you're finally starting to forget that person, maybe you didn't think about them that day.. and then you get a dream about them and it feels like your peace and calm was taken away from you. So the man stays up all night to avoid what could could happen if he dreams about her and is reminded of his pain.

(dead words for closed ears, all this is sung for you)

This song is for his ex; yet she's not listening. She's moved on and the words are nothing to her.

(if you are still pretending this is what's right)
(why can you look at me can you only see)
(sides, your side, can take away)

She acts like breaking up was the right decsion for both of them, when it was only the right one for HER.

"walk away from me
this night is done"

now he's saying 'screw this, screw you, I'm done'.

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Emery – So Cold I Could See My Breath Lyrics 19 years ago
It's about teenagers who think that they're in love, so they have sex. They set aside their religious beliefs of abstinance or whatever. They think that they're smart and they won't get caught, but 'God' knows that they did it and they're going to face the consequences.

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Emery – Left With Alibis And Lying Eyes Lyrics 19 years ago
I guess it's about murder.
I really love the beginning when it's all slow and such.

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