| The Walkmen – What's In It For Me Lyrics | 18 years ago |
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the "one in the hand" line is interesting. it's like that old proverb, he's saying...they had it good. maybe he's also implying the other person wanted more than he could give. i really relate to this song a lot right now |
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| Andrew Bird – Heretics Lyrics | 18 years ago |
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i'm still putting all of this together but i've also had this cd on repeat and i feel like: "We have wrought upon ourselves and others With a slow and vicious gun And although pratfalls can be fun, Encores can be fatal" is reading to me like someone who hates heros/icons for being celebrated after their death or solely because of their death |
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| Andrew Bird – Armchairs Lyrics | 18 years ago |
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this song is just so beautiful. i totally agree with eisey about the meaning of "time is a crooked bow". |
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| Andrew Bird – Heretics Lyrics | 18 years ago |
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i don't think it's a song that embraces death necessarily...bird just seems to be mocking people who are afraid of living life because they're preoccupied with the afterlife/SCARED of death. "No, we don't want to hear the sound of a door" is significant to me. people who have a strong belief in the afterlife usually consider death to be a door closing...and the afterlife to be a new door opening. so he's singing about someone who doesn't want to die. "thank god it's fatal" is definitely ironic. if it's fatal, that implies there's no afterlife, so why thank god? |
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