| Destroyer – My Favorite Year Lyrics | 17 years ago |
| i love the female "la la la la la la"s that kick in with "Nicole, she....." in the background, what agreat contrast to dan's rough voice, and then the "do do do do do dooooowhoooooo"s in the background over the riff at the end, also love the acoustic break, finale, reminds me so much and so strongly of the similar beauty at the end of "Rubies" | |
| The Libertines – Death On The Stairs Lyrics | 18 years ago |
| wow, xhattyx, it's like you read my mind completely | |
| The Shins – Weird Divide Lyrics | 18 years ago |
| also, by reaching out to the loner, werewolf-esque character, the protagonist is causing the "silver leaves" to fall, possibly signifying the break down of the weird divide, or more simply, he's helping the insecure character emerge from his shell | |
| The Shins – Weird Divide Lyrics | 18 years ago |
| i agree that it's about the friendship between two people, one of whom is a werewolf. the only thing is that werewolves arent real, so the one whose painted as a werewolf in this picture probably has some of the tendencies, characteristics of said wolf, such as anti-social tendencies, insecurity, poor self imagery, etc, and the "normal" protaganist is being a good friend and taking a "stroll" with the "abnormal" guy, and thus crossing "the weird divide between our kind" | |
| The Beatles – Strawberry Fields Forever Lyrics | 18 years ago |
| it was recorded for the sgt pepper album (as was 'penny lane') but was ultimately left off cuz the custom in england at the time was to not include singles on albums. and both songs were released as singles and thus didnt make the sgt pepper album, which, by the way, i read is george martin's biggest regret in his entire career, leaving 'strawberry fields' off the album, that is | |
| Feist – Brandy Alexander Lyrics | 18 years ago |
| yeah, i also really love the "der" especially the first two times she says it. there's just something about the way she releases it... | |
| Green Day – Working Class Hero (John Lennon cover) Lyrics | 18 years ago |
| actually it's only 7 times better | |
| Feist – My Moon My Man Lyrics | 18 years ago |
| no, moon = her ass, man = her man. it's clearly anal sex. like when you moon someone | |
| Feist – My Moon My Man Lyrics | 18 years ago |
| no, moon = her ass, man = her man. it's clearly anal sex | |
| Feist – 1234 Lyrics | 18 years ago |
| yeah, i think the use of the numbers ("1 2 3 4") represents youth and innocence and childhood. and i love the song for that | |
| Elliott Smith – Memory Lane Lyrics | 18 years ago |
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this song is about being isolated and medicated and terrified of absolutely everything in life. it's a horrifying, short, quiet song that has no positive note to it. elliott cautions "if it's your decision to be open about yourself be careful or else" in such a manner that suggests he never opens up about himself anymore than his patented sad, drowning sentiments and thoughtful lamentations on his life suggest. he doesnt trust anyone. i think "from a basement on the hill" refers to being ina situation in which you're being lifted up or on the rise or going up (i.e. the upward slope of a hill) which is basiacally elliott's fame, but you're stuck in the basement, the lowest level, the very bottom, of that top, on the hill. he's just being his old, negative self. you've got to love him for that |
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| The Everly Brothers – Cathy's clown Lyrics | 18 years ago |
| thank you, elliott | |
| Elliott Smith – Whatever (Folk Song in C) Lyrics | 18 years ago |
| i just got new moon and this song is the highlight. absolutely amazing!! | |
| The Beatles – Doctor Robert Lyrics | 18 years ago |
| it could be doctor robert zimmerman, i know he turned the beatles onto pot | |
| Wilco – What Light Lyrics | 18 years ago |
| i think he does like it, he sounds so positive when he sings "is everyone's from now on," i think he's just acknowledging that as an artist once you release your songs to the public or hang your paintings in museum they dont exclusively be long to you - they belong to whoever is listening to them or seeing them, which is a beautiful thing. And i think a big part of art is in sharing it | |
| Wilco – Hate It Here Lyrics | 18 years ago |
| i love the way jeff sings the "what am i going to do..." part. | |
| Wilco – Sky Blue Sky Lyrics | 18 years ago |
| yeah, it's definatelt a grower, the new album. it's just started to hit me and i'm really coming around to it, especially "hate it here," "impossible germany," and "on and on and on" and "walken" and "leave me like you found me" - oh theyre all so good!!! | |
| Wilco – Can't Stand It Lyrics | 18 years ago |
| he's very anti-religion | |
| Wilco – I'm A Wheel Lyrics | 18 years ago |
| i agree with michaelsee, especially cuz i think jeff singing "i will turn on you" signifies that he's going to do what he wants as opposed to what's expected of him from fans and critics | |
| Wilco – Sky Blue Sky Lyrics | 18 years ago |
| i'm a bit disappointed by the new album, but this is may favorite song on it | |
| Wilco – Jesus, Etc. Lyrics | 18 years ago |
| i always thought it was about jesus crying because he sees something so terrible happening in the world, something that has to do with shaking buildings and escaping voices and bitter melodies, and he's so fed up with the state of the world that he just wants to cry and give up, and jeff tweedy steps in and says "Dont cry, you can rely on me, honey" showing that sometimes the world can be too much for any one person (even jesus) to deal with but it's not quite as hard if you have someone special, someone to help you get through it, to help navigate your life | |
| Bob Dylan – Up to Me Lyrics | 18 years ago |
| so beautiful, definately should've been on blood on the tracks (although since it isnt it's kind of like a personal, staggering dylan gem that not everyone knows about, so i like that too) | |
| Pulp – Sylvia Lyrics | 18 years ago |
| i've always thought of sylvia plath... | |
| John Lennon – Oh Yoko! Lyrics | 18 years ago |
| you know, they say that yoko broke up the beatles, but anyone who can inspire someone to write a song as lovely and heartfelt as this one cant be that bad of a person | |
| Wilco – Theologians Lyrics | 18 years ago |
| maybe this is just me being ignorant, but is it a theologians job to know about each individual's soul and their relationship with god? i thought theology was just the study of god, so why would theologians know anything about jeff tweedy's soul or for that matter yours or mine? i dont get that | |
| Wilco – The Thanks I Get Lyrics | 18 years ago |
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great song, here's a live video of it. must see http://youtube.com/watch?v=aRmWJkURYpc |
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| Wilco – What Light Lyrics | 18 years ago |
| yeah, it's a big fuck you to all those who say you cant do whatever. i like how he says if you sing what you feel or paint what you see, then there's no way it can be wrong | |
| Wilco – Wishful Thinking Lyrics | 18 years ago |
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"I shook down those lines To shine up the streets I got up off my hands and knees To thank my lucky stars that you're not me." This verse is about him getting over his girl and moving on with the help of wishful thinking. When he mentions "lines" he's talking about the embarressing poem he just wrote. He takes his own advice and uses wishful thinking, thinking positively, to disregard the lines of the poem and "shine" (positively) up the street. He has gotten off of the floor ("hands and knees") because he's seen that there's more to life than crying because you arent being loved back and he thanks his lucky stars she's not him because she doesnt know about that, about wishful thinking. |
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| Wilco – Wishful Thinking Lyrics | 18 years ago |
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"I shook down those lines To shine up the streets I got up off my hands and knees To thank my lucky stars that you're not me." This verse is about him getting over his girl and moving on with the help of wishful thinking. When he mentions "lines" he's talking about the embarressing poem he just wrote. He takes his own advice and uses wishful thinking, thinking positively, to disregard the lines of the poem and "shine" (positively) up the street. He has gotten off of the floor ("hands and knees") because he's seen that there's more to life than crying because you arent being loved back and he thanks his lucky stars she's not him because she doesnt know about that, about wishful thinking. |
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| John Lennon – Oh Yoko! Lyrics | 18 years ago |
| sorry for posting twice, it was an accident | |
| John Lennon – Oh Yoko! Lyrics | 18 years ago |
| i agree with the above two comments. i think john's showing his love in a form of life progression. he's saying that he'll love yoko from when he's lost and scared like a child ("in the middle of the night") to when he's growing up ("in the middle of a bath" - i see john as the dirty, splashing child and yoko as the adoring, loving mother cleaning and taking care of him) to when he becomes a man (in the middle of a shave) to when he becomes elderly and all he and yoko have left is their love and memories ("in the middle of a dream") to when he's dead ("in the middle of a cloud" - which sheensha correctly identified as heaven) it's a true shame that john and yoko never got the dream stage. | |
| John Lennon – Oh Yoko! Lyrics | 18 years ago |
| i agree with the above two comments. i think john's showing his love in a form of life progression. he's saying that he'll love yoko from when he's lost and scared like a child ("in the middle of the night") to when he's growing up ("in the middle of a bath" - i see john as the dirty, splashing child and yoko as the adoring, loving mother cleaning and taking care of him) to when he becomes a man (in the middle of a shave) to when he becomes elderly and all he and yoko have left is their love and memories ("in the middle of a dream") to when he's dead ("in the middle of a cloud" - which sheensha correctly identified as heaven) it's a true shame that john and yoko never got the dream stage. | |
| Regina Spektor – Field Below Lyrics | 18 years ago |
| i think wishing to see a field below means that sometimes when she looks out of her apartment building in noisy, crowded nyc she wishes she were looking at a quiet, green, peaceful field instead of the concrete, smoke filled, industrial world she probably sees | |
| The Shins – Australia Lyrics | 18 years ago |
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this is just my opinion This song is about never giving up on your dreams, or at the very least what a sad, pointless, circuitous life you might live if you do. Australia is a very remote place to most people in the world, a place I think many of us would be overwhelmed to be lost in. Similarly a life without dreams, or at the very least, without difficult, maybe unrealistic goals is a more real, visceral plain we wouldn’t want to be stuck on. Born to multiply signifies pointless existence, life as merely a way of preservation, of keeping the human race alive. Once you realize this, you want more out of life and become born to gaze into night skies, meaning you dig deeper into life’s mysteries, even though you might not find anything. At the very least you are aware of the mask of merely being alive to reproduce, and you’re doing something about it by searching the skies and thinking and as a result forming dreams and creative, expressive plans. Saturday represents your dreams. We always want more Saturdays, we always want more freedom, more time for ourselves. And our dreams, goals, allow us to be distracted in the present, through school or work or even family and religion at times cuz we know that what we are working for is that glimmer at the end, that light that will make all of our efforts seem relevant and worthwhile. Which is why we sell ourselves (to people willing to “Buy your life’s time”) through work. Mercer advises us to ” keep your wick in the air and your feet in the fetters” - your dream (here the metaphor is a burning candle) alive and in the air while you work (fetters are foot restraints, so he’s saying that while you’re tied down by your job, you still have your dream glowing brightly). Here’s where the trouble comes. You cant keep up your dreams and live the happy, normal existence that is expected of you by your family and friends. They all expect you to be a lawyer, so what are they going to say when you express desire to be a songwriter? Or a dancer? Or a painter or artist or freelance writer?? Whatever your dream is, it’s completely incompatible with what they want and expect out of you. You cant have both, it’s either one or the other. I think Mercer is saying you should go with your dreams and not what’s expected of you or you’ll only live to regret it. The lyric “your shape on the dance floor will have me thinking such filth I'll gouge my eyes” means you’re seeing someone beautiful, someone free and wild that might tempt you to settle down and start a civilized, normal life, (and in doing so trick you into thinking you can have both) but you quickly gouge out your eyes, forget what you’ve seen, because that’s just a challenge you need to overcome. Because if you settle down, “You’ll be damned to be one of us faced with the dodo’s conundrum” (of being a flightless bird), and every time you try to fly away to go realize your dreams, nothing will happen. “Will you be pulled from the ocean?” means will you be rescued from settling down, but find that it’s just a minute too late and you can no longer dream, or maybe be “changed by a potion” that’ll find you “a handsome young mate to love” and thus you’ll be settled with nothing to dream about. You don’t want that., cuz if that’s what you choose, then “You’ll be damned to pining through the window panes” and you’d “trade your life for any ordinary joe’s,” realizing what they have is so much more valuable and important than what you have and it’s not something you want to lose. The last paragraph is the character (Mercer? Probably not) thinking over the fact that he chose to settle in what’s expected instead of following his dreams and now he’s faced with the “android’s conundrum” of living but not being alive (How you can really be alive if you have no dreams??? They’re what keep us moving from one day to the next) and he cant even cry about it, all he does is sit there “watching the lantern dim” and being “starved of oxygen,” meaning growing older and more upset and feeling more trapped like he’s running out of oxygen until he cant take in any more and just jumps out the window, leaves his stifling life of routine to follow his dreams. |
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