| Soundgarden – Blood on the Valley Floor Lyrics | 9 years ago |
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This song is about being an incredibly talented person in stasis. It's maybe about Soundgarden disbanding at the height of their fame. They've reached "the end of a long road" to meet "the crowds." But now the protagonist is stuck in the valley, stumbling aimlessly, surrounded by unclimbable mountains. The lyrics above are very wrong. |
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| The Smashing Pumpkins – Pinwheels Lyrics | 9 years ago |
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OCEANIA, as a movement within the larger TEARGARDEN framework, is all about opening oneself up to love and life, when being a hermit is the easier option. "Pinwheels," as mentioned a child's toy/garden ornament, move based on the flow of the wind. The song is about letting go, and the choice of whether to give in to love's possibilities, or stay "as refused." Lyrical correction: It's "Sister Soul" not "Sister Sun." And "floating away I think I'll stay in blue - black." |
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| Chris Cornell – No Such Thing Lyrics | 12 years ago |
| The song is about the futility of Nihilism. It's the dark flip side to "Doesn't Remind Me". | |
| Soundgarden – Power Trip Lyrics | 15 years ago |
| Let me clear up this issue: The lyric sheet says king. It clearly sounds like he's saying gay. With king, the song is a passable rocker. With gay, it's also a very funny one that makes people like Supah Dude uncomfortable. Winner: "I want to be gay." | |
| Soundgarden – Burden in My Hand Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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"The moon is glued to a picture of heaven And all the little pigs have gone" is actually (according to the DOTU guitar tab book) "The moon is glued to a picture of heaven And all the little pigs have God" |
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| Audioslave – Exploder Lyrics | 15 years ago |
| There seem to be a lot of people here under the impression that the chorus is a celebration of freedom. I don't believe this is the case. It's a condemnation of ignorance. It's as if to say, "You don't understand this situation because you're privileged enough to not have to." | |
| Rihanna – Rude Boy Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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A "Rude Boy" is a Jamaican term for a juvenile delinquent. It's a term used frequently in Reggae music. In my interpretation, this song is about Rihanna wishing to have sex with a misbehaved young Jamaican gentleman. "Come here rude boy boy can you get it up? Come here rude boy boy is you big enough?" Here, the narrator wishes to ensure that the young Jamaican with whom she wishes to have sex has a big penis, and can maintain an erection for an adequate period of sexual intercourse. "Take it, take it, baby baby Take it, take it, love me, love me" The repetition of "take it," "baby" and "love me" combine to emphasize that the narrator is really horny. "Babe if I don't feel it I ain't faking no-no" Although the narrator strongly wishes for the young delinquent to insert his erect penis inside of her vagina, she assures him that if the sex isn't good, she will not pretend it is by faking an orgasm. "Tonight I'mma let you be the captain Tonight I'mma let you do your thing, yeah Tonight I'mma let you be a rider Giddy up, giddy up, giddy up babe" After inspecting his goods, and setting the ground rules, the narrator gives the Rude Boy the power to take the lead. She permits him to be on top in order to "ride her." This allows the Rude Boy a sense of control and masculinity by taking charge of this operation. In conclusion, I think this song is about Rihanna fucking some dude. |
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| Morrissey – You Have Killed Me Lyrics | 16 years ago |
| He has sex (male, female, who cares?) and it becomes an irreversible curse. His fate is sealed by this act. It's the thematic opposite of the previous track Dear God Please Help Me, where the narrator frees himself by giving into desire. Ringleader of the Tormentors is completely about inevitability vs. choice. | |
| Morrissey – Dear God, Please Help Me Lyrics | 16 years ago |
| The narrator gives into his desire. He has sex and it frees him. It's the direct opposite of the proceeding track "You Have Killed Me," in which the narrator has sex and resigns his life to imprisonment. | |
| Morrissey – At Last I Am Born Lyrics | 16 years ago |
| I don't believe this is a happy song. Its tone is sarcastic ("blah, blah"), and it's the most scathing track on Ringleader of the Tormentors. The narrator concedes that he is happy like everybody else once he stops taking life seriously, having feelings, and valuing things of any importance. He's reborn to a life of carefree simplicity once he becomes a boring person. | |
| The Smiths – Some Girls Are Bigger Than Others Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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It's easier to understand the song if you take into account the whole of The Smiths' The Queen is Dead album up until this point. The whole thing is about the pangs of trying to become "civilized." "Some Girls Are Bigger Than Others" is an obvious truth that the song's narrator is just now realizing. It's obvious to a child, it has been true all throughout history ("from the ice-age to the dole-age"), it's true across all social classes (England's tax victims, the Cleopatra-elite.) Yet it's a basic fact that the narrator has "just discovered"--a realization, and attempt to move beyond his own stunted growth. The irony is that by pointing it out he's crossing a line of social behaviour. The song is deliberately sparse, and more can be read into the choice of subject of big girls. I see it as a humourous turn within Morrissey's humane preoccupation with infirmity: the disfigured ("November Spawned a Monster"), the disabled ("At Amber"), the blind ("Yes, I Am Blind"), the mute ("Mute Witness"). It's mildly jarring until you realize that this time it's nothing more than a playful statement of acceptance of difference. |
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