| Aerosmith – Janie's Got A Gun Lyrics | 18 years ago |
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it amuzes me thouroughly how everyone takes such a serious song and bickers about it. but.. here is my two cents. the song is obviously about child abuse, and the victim getting fed up and killing her abuser. but i think there is more to it than that. i also believe that it is about the mental journey janie goes on during the period of abuse.. during.. and after the murder. if you notice, it starts off.. sort of.. tarrantino.. if you will. you get a dose of the murder itself first. in "dum dum dum honey, what have you done? dum dum dum it's the sound of my gun" and a short sound tyler makes similar to the cocking of a gun. then as the song progresses.. the beat is "gun-like" "janies got a gun" *bass drum* to reflect the shots she took on her father. and as it continues.. the story unravels.. and the beat is persistant.. and moody.. and after the first set of "run aways" .. there is sort of an "angry" guitar solo.. reflecting her anger at her father.. at this point, the change in key suggests that the song is coming out of is depressing state.. as janie is.. further enforced by tyler's voice that can be heard laughing after the phrase "she had to take him down easy, and put a bullet in his brain." after the last set of "run aways" the key has changed into a slightly spirited, happy go lucky beat. as if to say.. "now that he's dead.. i am free from his control and i will hurt no more." *shrug* or maybe i analyze things too much. |
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| And Then I Turned Seven – Goodbye (I'm Sorry) Lyrics | 19 years ago |
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sometimes life is really hard.. and you are blinded by all the hurt you feel.. so blinded, that you fail to see the GOOD things... and the people who DO care about you. that's what this song is suggesting, shown from the point of view of the suicidal person. i understand.. it's so hard. and there's always hope. always. |
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| And Then I Turned Seven – If You Live By the Sword, You Die By the Sword Lyrics | 19 years ago |
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i sit through this.. and cry everytime. i try not to.. but the waterworks come anyway. it's just.. i've lived this.. i've felt it. and it's so powerful, and honest. it's just a beautiful song in general. *wipes tear* yea. im a sap as well. |
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