| White Rose Movement – Deborah Carne Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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It was in Essex, in 2002, horrible murder. http://www.essex.police.uk/cms/global/documents/a_pf_09.pdf |
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| Stina Nordenstam – Butterfly Lyrics | 16 years ago |
| Would it be fair to say this is a nod to Kafka's Metamorphosis? | |
| The Knife – Is It Medicine Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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I'll have to agree again, I think trive is a typo, of 'try'. One of many spelling errors. lol This song is about trying to help someone with social anxiety. The outside perspective and questioning of the nature of social confidence as a result of this is "Is it Medicine or Social Skill" - e.g. People drinking to feel comfortable in social situations. Not entirely serious, sort of seems to just be throwing the question out there at you. |
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| Bloc Party – I Still Remember Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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thedanster, have you never felt that way about anyone? I doubt it's a euphemism for penises. lol. "our fingers, they almost touched" for me, means that magnetic, electric presence between two people, the unspoken, avoided desires between them. Sadly, more often than not, imagined and desired on one person's part. I can relate to being a closeted schoolkid and accidentally touching hands with male friends. The split second panic/joy/relief of that contact. My take on it anyway. |
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| Bloc Party – I Still Remember Lyrics | 17 years ago |
| Once again Chris tsst is a moron, and ZuLi has decided to join him on that one. | |
| Bloc Party – Where Is Home? Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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I can't help but feel like a patronising, opinionated bastard on this website...so here goes. The and third verse are about the death of an older female relative, the singer's connection to 'the past' i.e. the first generation immigrant's to Britain (although no specific country is mentioned explicitly) The chorus throughout deals with the singer's and from my experience, most second generation minority group's problem of identity. Being aligned with two, often very separate ideologies and values. "Clinging to her bible and her scapular", "Different worlds and different rules" (Referencing this back to myself again, sorry) The lines "We all learn, what they did To the black race" reminds me of learning about the holocaust in school, being Jewish, there was a certain awkwardness which I felt. The causal, often unknowing racism which I encountered whilst being taught about this was a marked contrast with the way which the holocaust was talked about at home. "I want to stamp on the face of every young policeman To break the fingers of every old judge To cut off the feet of every ballerina" - This verse seems to have come from nowhere, but the singer is articulating the inarticulate hate he he "burn[s] with...all the time". And someone else can do the rest. I think I've gone a bit ott here. |
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| Bloc Party – On Lyrics | 17 years ago |
| The overall sound of it, it's, well I think, it's a retrospective love song. About Cocaine. Anyone else get that? | |
| Bloc Party – Hunting for Witches Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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Since when does someone's sexuality affect their every word, chriss tsst you moron. This is, it is safe to say, is about Terror attacks ("Airplanes crash into towers", "bombs explode on the 30 bus") and Iraq ("heads are going to roll", There must be accountibility). The confusing effect it has had on the 'everyman' due to media propaganda ("I was an ordinary man with ordinary desires I watched TV, it informed me"), the subject of the song is lead to doubt the reliability of the "newscaster". ("The Daily Mail says the enemy's among us Taking our women, and taking our jobs"). I've probably missed a few important bits out. And once again Chris tsst, fool. I think there are songs on the new album in which Kele shows an unprecedented openness about himself and his experiences as a young gay guy, in 'I still remember' for instance. |
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