| R.E.M. – Country Feedback Lyrics | 18 years ago |
| Orionsbelts comment was reallt honest and beautiful. | |
| Spoon – Finer Feelings Lyrics | 18 years ago |
| I always thought this song was about the music business, but then it struck a chord with me after a party with an ex. We were on good terms, and possibly headed back to being together, but the situation was such that he could flirt with others guilt free, and I couldn't. To me, it describes a situation that everyone is in favor of, but you knew it wasn't right despite popular opinion, and when push comes to shove in the aftermath, it STILL wasn't right. | |
| R.E.M. – Country Feedback Lyrics | 18 years ago |
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I see this as the dissolution of a long-time relationship. Obviously one where the hopes for the future are still vivid and difficult to give up, yet utterly confounded by reality. "These clothes.." line I relate to in that, often when relationships are close to an end, people are mean, angry, desperate, dramatic..emotions they wouldn't wear in happier days. It seems like his partner is trying to distance themself (come to me with excuses) and he has tried all sort of angles to rectify this, which ultimately puts the final nails in the coffin as the line between allowing space and having an existing relationship is so thin. I like that you cacn interpret "I need this" as either he needs the relationship, or the person, or he needs to leave the relationship or the person. I always thought winter rain was wedding ring, and fuck all was fuck off. It is better as fuck off. |
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| The Smashing Pumpkins – Obscured Lyrics | 19 years ago |
| To me this seems like the time in which you know a relationship is ending, and you can't exactly picture life without it, but the momentum is such that you can't fix anything. "Obscured' seems to be the emphasis because he is relying on denial, things are too painful to be seen clearly. I always thought of a car going off a cliff- a scene from like a seventies movie where it guns it and then just hangs in the air as it falls. | |
| The Smashing Pumpkins – Pennies Lyrics | 19 years ago |
| I always thought 'pennies for sale' was like selling something of no value. He's discovered that he wants her, but she's moved on, and he can't convince her to want him. Even though her distance only sells him more, she is done with him. | |
| Stars – Your Ex-Lover Is Dead Lyrics | 19 years ago |
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This song is being invoked as the death of long-term relationship song, and really reading what the Stars actually have to say about it is pretty enlightening. Song about a girl in a bar and how one interaction (sleeping with someone) means different things to different people. Both male and female parts are singing one-sided views. The lyrics about "nothing to save" are more hurtful when put in the context of a real relationship, as opposed to the booty interaction described. But people love to be dramatic when they are hurt.. |
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| M. Ward – So Much Water Lyrics | 19 years ago |
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The question I would like to know- is this a girlfriend he is over, or not? Is the tone of the song bitter, or wistful, or hopeful? What do you think this means: "yeah we have oh so many friends who like to pretend we're still in high school"? |
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