| The National – Baby, We'll Be Fine Lyrics | 18 years ago |
| Im loving the way the first half is addressed to himself and the second half to his partner. That image of someone looking in the mirror and justifying themselves is so powerful, we've all been there. | |
| The National – Fake Empire Lyrics | 18 years ago |
| What made me think it was about America is the first few lines relation to the phrase "as American as apple pie" | |
| The National – Murder Me Rachael Lyrics | 18 years ago |
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The Sisters of Mercy have a similar lyric: I'm lying on my back now The stars look all too near Flowers on the razor wire I know you're here We are few And far between I was thinking about her skin Love is a many splintered thing Don't be afraid now Just walk on in (Flowers on the razor wire) (Walk on in) Her eyes were cobalt red Her voice was cobalt blue I see no purple light Crashing out of you So just walk on in (Flowers on the razor wire) (Walk on in) Her lovers queued up in the hallway I heard them scratching at the door I tried to tell her About Marx and Engels, God and Angels I don't really know what for But she looked good in ribbons So just walk on in She looked good in ribbons So just walk on in Tie a red red red red red red ribbon Love is a many splintered thing Tie a red red red red ribbon Don't be afraid Just walk on in |
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| Leonard Cohen – Everybody Knows Lyrics | 18 years ago |
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This song sort of sums up the 20th century for me - for all the alleged advances made in western society, all these things (in the song) are still true. We arent really better people than we were, even though we like to think so. That either quite depressing or hilarious, depending on how you look at it. I choose to believe Cohen sees the funny side. There's a few topical references to the 80s as well - the obvious one being the verse about AIDS (the plague's coming). I think he's talking about the end of the sexual liberation of the 60's when he says "the scene is dead". |
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| Leonard Cohen – Everybody Knows Lyrics | 18 years ago |
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This song sort of sums up the 20th century for me - for all the alleged advances made in western society, all these things (in the song) are still true. We arent really better people than we were, even though we like to think so. That either quite depressing or hilarious, depending on how you look at it. I choose to believe Cohen sees the funny side. There's a few topical references to the 80s as well - the obvious one being the verse about AIDS (the plague's coming). I think he's talking about the end of the sexual liberation of the 60's when he says "the scene is dead". |
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| The Sisters of Mercy – Under The Gun Lyrics | 18 years ago |
| Abrasive wheels are an Eighties Leeds band, contemparies of the Sisters. I think the whole thing is some sort of summary of Eldtrich's career and the Sisters but its all very abstract. I think its his way of tying things up for the greatest hits. The fact half of its a Berlin song is the Sisters long tradition of innappropriate covers coupled with Eldritch seeing what he can get away with. | |
| The Sisters of Mercy – Something Fast Lyrics | 18 years ago |
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Another example of that is the line God knows every body needs a hand in their desicion. When you first hear it you naturally think he means the expression "god knows" until he actually mentions Gods hand a few lines later, which means he was being literal. Fuckin smart writing |
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| The Sisters of Mercy – Something Fast Lyrics | 18 years ago |
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I love that lyric - the way a lot of the lines can be read or heard in different ways. Gimme something fast! or ... Gimme Something....Fast! Its very clever, I don't know of many lyricists who do this, sometimes Michael Stipe does. |
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| The Sisters of Mercy – Lucretia, My Reflection Lyrics | 18 years ago |
| Its a classic "we rock harder than you" song, made up of decadent imagery, rock'n'roll rebellion, revolution, a statement of intent, them against the world - and it describes the different elements of the Sisters. The big machine is Doctor Avalanche, Lucretia is new member Patricia Morrison, and there are a few references just for Sisters fans (Long Train being a rare b-side). This is one of Eldricths most direct songs, despite every line being basically a metaphor. | |
| The National – Mr. November Lyrics | 18 years ago |
| I like impacts explanation, about it being about his pressures of doing the record, I had a similar take on Secret Meeting. The first verse could be describing the song writer thing of composing alone in a room with close emotions and comfort and then having to translate that emotion night after night in front of loads of people in a totally cold atmoshphere. The rest of the song is living up to this responsibility - "I wish I believed in fate" is a classic way of desribing his doubts and insecurites, as in he wishes he could just pretend everything was out of his control. | |
| The National – You've Done It Again, Virginia Lyrics | 18 years ago |
| Its not the most compliacted lyrics, but its one of those where you really need to hear the way he sings it. It has this amazing detached vocal, he sings it in such a resigned way, you really feel the meaning of the song better than if your read it. To me its a song about one simple emotion - that of being in a relationship that was once close and has now drifted apart | |
| The National – Secret Meeting Lyrics | 18 years ago |
| I thought this might be a song dealing with the pressures of becoming recognised, and also the record industry. He could be talking to the music industry itself - "you put in teh hours to keep me in sunglasses" (as in a lot of singers are forced to hide in public), "this rivers full of lost sharks". It could deal with the paranioa of people you dont know recognising you, and also the duplictious nature of the record business. | |
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