| Land of Talk – Speak to Me Bones Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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I think there are two parts to the song. The initial verse is about men, how they're 'predatory by design' and how they're inclined toward 'ownership' of women. 'So much skin, so little time' is a comment on a 'typical' male view of women, that one should sleep with as many women as possible. The chorus begins with an ironic line "We are just bags of blood", or perhaps a statement that many men see women purely as objects. Stop hitting on girls you love / stop spitting on girls you love is a comment on the way men treat women, first by hitting on them and being charming, followed by 'spitting' on them, or treating them like shit. At this point the second part of the song comes into play. This verse talks about the self-image problems women have: light hits breaks your face apart i love anyone but me tried sipping subtly it's all in who you see endless sea How the subject's face is 'broken' apart by the light, and how she can love everyone but cannot love herself, Sipping subtly may refer to something like 'sipping from the fountain of life' as if she's unable to immerse herself in life because of these image/confidence problems. The final line of the verse 'It's all in who you see' tells us that our success and indeed the subject's success is all about how we see ourselves. Followed by another chorus, followed by the final verse, which states that nothing really changes, that men (the letch) will still be men, and that women will still be fawns, wide-eyed and innocent. It looks to cleverly tie in with Roman mythology, using the letch to tie into Satyr, who is identified with fauns. 'Stoney eyes never stopped bleeding / If they saw what we saw' could mean that men, as represented by stoney eyes, would behave differently if they 'saw what we saw', with 'we' representing women. That is, that behaviour in men would be vastly different if they could see the world and their own behaviour, through the eyes of a woman. 'Snakes out / sex stealing' could simply be the use of phallic imagery in describing the sexual relations of dominating men with women. 'what about the law? / Not every girl is a nail / you're not a hammer' means simply that these men may simply ignore the laws of consent etc. That not every girl should be 'nailed', and that it's not the right attitude to simply view women as notches on one's bedpost. Howeverrrrrr, the final line, which may be delivered ironically...could be seen as a woman saying: "what about right now?" As if she's asking to be treated poorly by these men. That's my initial impression of it. The song, though short, is quite complex. |
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| Frenzal Rhomb – Racist Lyrics | 18 years ago |
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I think you're missing the point StonedGoat, or I'm misinterpreting your words. The song is definitely anti-racism you have to take the lines together: "To ignore is to condone it if you think about it don't shut up. You might as well be speaking at the next one nation meeting." It means to ignore racism is to condone it, so by not calling people (especially your 'friends') then you should basically be speaking at the next One Nation meet, because by ignoring the racism you're condoning it. The verse, "Start today you can say it's not okay, don't go along for the ride well it's not too late for you to say when they say that it's all right well it's not alright, it's not alright" Is the artist talking about when someone makes a racist remark/joke in a social setting, and someone else says "hey, that's not alright" and the person making the racist remark says or someone else in the group says "Lighten up, it's alright" that it's not alright. The 'start today' line is about not letting it go on for a another second longer, to stand up to this casual racism that people think is 'alright'. The bits at the end 'Some of my best friends are racist' is a satire of all those people that say 'I'm not racist because some of my best friends are Indians/Asians/Black/Aboriginal/Whatever' "My best friends are arseholes" means that even though they are racists, they are still his friends (but also arseholes for being racist) The entire song is a lamenting of the fact that things that are 'given' (like, say, racial equaityl) aren't given at all, that even though someone is a great friend, they have a hideous racist side. |
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| Godspeed You! Black Emperor – The Dead Flag Blues Lyrics | 18 years ago |
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My prediction. Huckabee gets elected because people dislike Obama due to the colour of his skin. Dead Flag Blues becomes prophetic, more than it already has. |
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| Muscles – Hey Muscles I Love You Lyrics | 18 years ago |
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| Muscles – Hey Muscles I Love You Lyrics | 18 years ago |
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actually, is it: Just come here, I'll kiss you? |
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| Muscles – Hey Muscles I Love You Lyrics | 18 years ago |
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Great track, great release! I think the lyrics go: "It was 12 AM and the music disappeared" The line after 'I'm scared' is wrong too. |
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| Pantera – Strength Beyond Strength Lyrics | 19 years ago |
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The line "stronger than all" to me means that the singer is 'stronger than' the rest of society (who are pursuing perfect bodies, perfect minds etc, because he isn't deluding himself with the vision of perfection society is, rather, he's seeing things how they truly are. For instance, whilst someone might see their son as an angel, the reality is: "The son that heeds my word and smokes my dope. " and daddy's little girl becomes: "The daughter that sucks me off and snorts cheap anything." This ties in with the line: "Hail Kings. The new Kings. Stronger than all." That the singer is one of 'The new kings' because he's gaining power in the decay/decline of the American dream, by selling drugs and debasing society. |
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