| Joseph Arthur – In The Sun Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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I always thought this was a beautiful song about a breakup or some other low in the narrator's life. 2 months ago one of my best friends committed suicide. I was listening to a playlist that I had made him the previous year, then turned my ipod to shuffle. This was the first song to come on. I broke down completely. Not only is the music haunting, but the lyrics hit so close to home. It's almost us talking to him, him talking to all of us, and all of us affected talking to each other, or to god, or to anything. "I picture you in the sun." -to him, hoping he has found the peace and freedom he so desperately wanted. "I know I would apologize if I could see your eyes" -him to us, sorry for all the pain he caused everyone. "I don't know anymore What it's for I'm not even sure If there is anyone who is in the sun Will you help me to understand" -a lack of understanding the sudden loss, confusion, pain |
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| Tom Petty – Wildflowers Lyrics | 16 years ago |
| 2 months ago one of my close friends committed suicide. I feel like this song is what I would tell him right now if I could say anything to him - "You belong somewhere you feel free." | |
| Ke$ha – Tik Tok Lyrics | 16 years ago |
| yeah, totally thought this was Uffie when I first heard it. Which was weird because it was on the radio. Uffie's better... | |
| Sufjan Stevens – Casimir Pulaski Day Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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"And the complications you could do without When I kissed you on the mouth" Reminds me of the book/ movie A Walk to Remember (sorry, everyone). The girl who has cancer resists falling in love, because she knows it will only make her inevitable death harder. She had accepted it, until she had something to really live for. And, on the boy/girl argument, why would him almost touching the blouse have any significance if he were talking about a boy? If he were referring to a girl, especially a very religious one like the song implies, it would be very conflicting for her; religious ideals vs. the boy she loves. I'm still on the side of he could be talking about either a boy or a girl, but if he were talking about a boy, what's the significance about touch the blouse? |
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| Iron & Wine – Promising Light Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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This is how I see it... "Time and all you gave I was the jerk who preferred the sea To tussling in the waves Tugging your skirt, singing please, please, please" He's reflecting and seeing that she actually gave him a lot of her love and time that he didn't see while they were together. The sea could represent freedom. He preferred freedom to being safe in the waves. Tugging your skirt seems pretty self explanatory; he was focused more on his physical needs than anything to do with her. "But now I see love Tracked on the floor where you walked outside Now I see love Looking for you in this other girl's eyes" He now sees how much he loved her by reflecting on her leaving him. Instead of finding love anywhere else, now, all he sees/wants is his lost girl. "Time and all you took Only my freedom to fuck the whole world Promising not to look Promising light on the sidewalk girls" As much as he blamed her for taking away his freedom, all she really took from him was an unfulfilling string of hook ups. He promised to remain faithful, despite his desire to stray. "But now I see love There in your car where I said those things Now I see love Tugging your skirt, singing please, please, please" He sees that he loved her when he remembers either when he told her of some sort of infidelity or just the fact that he was finished with her. "Time and all you gave There on your cross that I never saw Well beyond the waves Dunking my head when I heard you call" He never saw how much she gave and sacrificed for him. When he has his freedom he avoids her calls because of guilt for doing her wrong. "But now I see love There in the scar where you pinched my leg Now I see love There on your side of my empty bed" Maybe she pinched him when she found out that he was either leaving her or cheated on her. He sees that she loved him /he loved her in how hurt she was by his actions. She is gone and he is alone, and only then does he realize what he lost. |
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| Aerosmith – Walk This Way Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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I took the line "was a real young bleeder" as her losing her virginity young (popping her cherry, y'know?). That would be a gross way to phrase it, but it makes sense with the subject of the song. |
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| The Shins – Sea Legs Lyrics | 19 years ago |
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I definitely felt a 90s rock vibe from this song. Musically, I'd have to agree it doesn't sound that Shins-y. But I think vocally and lyrically it is all Shins. And that's what they're about, right? Experimental. Finding a sound. I love this song and the whole album. |
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