| The Avett Brothers – Paranoia in B-Flat Major Lyrics | 18 years ago |
| Agreed. I love it!!! My brothers and I sing the entire album through sometimes... | |
| Neko Case – Margaret vs. Pauline Lyrics | 18 years ago |
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I believe it is about how Fate plays favorites like it was mentioned above. The death portrayal ignores a lot of the other verses. The very first verse describes how Pauline was created. The ingot in her breast is her heart of gold. "Fate holds her firm in its cradle, and then rolls her for a tender pause to savor." Fate created this lovely doll then let her go for a tender pause, her life, to enjoy. Magaret gets nothing. |
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| The Knife – Like a Pen Lyrics | 19 years ago |
| I think it's a combination of barney18's and Stolenbus's interpretations. I think it's about anorexia and the pressure to be thin in the entertainment industry whether it be theater, film, even modeling. Every verse proves this theory to me. | |
| The Veils – Not Yet Lyrics | 19 years ago |
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I think it's a bit more complicated than just growing up. First Verse: A young boy exposed to sex, even if just by word of mouth, too soon, by his own mother. It corrupts him, makes him a bit of a deviant. Second Verse: His mother getting old is a way of saying that he got older and, like the apple does fall from the tree, he too had sex and way too young. Probably because he was exposed to it too soon. Third Verse: The outside world is an ugly world, but not his "velvet" (a luxurious, over-the-top material, think self-indulgent) bed. Bed a place to lay. He just has sex all the time instead of facing the world. But all of this lacks love. "Girl-guides" I think is another way of saying prostitutes. Fourth Verse: He realizes his homosexuality. He wants love. He wants it from this "Charlie" who just wants sex. Which he doesn't want right now, "Not yet" he wants love. Fifth Verse: Now it comes towards the end of his life. He's not afraid. Death is coming, it's not here, but it's coming. |
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| The Veils – Not Yet Lyrics | 19 years ago |
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I think it's a bit more complicated than just growing up. First Verse: A young boy exposed to sex, even if just by word of mouth, too soon, by his own mother. It corrupts him, makes him a bit of a deviant. Second Verse: His mother getting old is a way of saying that he got older and, like the apple does fall from the tree, he too had sex and way too young. Probably because he was exposed to it too soon. Third Verse: The outside world is an ugly world, but not his "velvet" (a luxurious, over-the-top material, think self-indulgent) bed. Bed a place to lay. He just has sex all the time instead of facing the world. But all of this lacks love. "Girl-guides" I think is another way of saying prostitutes. Fourth Verse: He realizes his homosexuality. He wants love. He wants it from this "Charlie" who just wants sex. Which he doesn't want right now, "Not yet" he wants love. Fifth Verse: Now it comes towards the end of his life. He's not afraid. Death is coming, it's not here, but it's coming. |
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| The Knife – We Share Our Mother's Health Lyrics | 19 years ago |
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Oh yea, and the male vocals challenge the female verses. "Say you like it Say you need it When you don't Looking better Shining brighter Than you do " Rather condescending - almost oppressing. Political power is usually in the hands of men. |
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| The Knife – We Share Our Mother's Health Lyrics | 19 years ago |
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I believe it's a combination of paper bag writer's and badone's interpretations. It is a statement about their home country, though really it can be any nation with political or economic problems (since songs become more beautiful when they can be more generally applied). However, they who "came down from the north" are looking for some sort of utopian paradise. The apple does refer to eden not the place per say, but the ideal. Also, the "north" has always been burdened with representing darkness. Interesting Fact: Traditional, old school churches have no entrance to the north in the original architecture because the north is also where the dark spirits lurk. Just throwing it out there. I enjoy the Viking explanation but given the other tracks on the album, The Knife seems more inclined towards making contemporary statements. Sure, this could be a change, who am I to limit an artist? But the vocals are predominantly female, especially the lyrics that lead to the Viking conclusion. It doesn't help the Viking theory. |
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