| Straylight Run – Existentialism on Prom Night Lyrics | 10 years ago |
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There's a duality in the first two verses the song between the relationship of the high school Couple in the bed and the Youth of that year. "We were dreaming... there are moments when I know it" refers to the Couple's moment together that night, and it being but a dream as there's a good chance it will not continue after high school depending on how their lives are destined. Also the dreaming aspect can reflect a greater ignorance of life up until that point. "the world revolves around us, and we're keeping it going" refers to Youth being the next generation of doers, creators, thinkers, workers making the world go round. But it can also reflect the possibility of the Couple staying together even after high school graduation, as the next lines read "this delicate balance, vulnerable" The vocalist propositions the audience with "you would kill for this, just a little bit", referring to the feeling of finally "getting it", realizing your place in the world, how small us individual humans are among the human species as well as on this massive planet. The vocalist then asks the significant other to sing him something "sad and delicate" or "loud and out of key" deepens this duality between the couple and tomorrow's generation. It could be a reaction to them possibly breaking up. Or it could be about their feeling on getting closer to adulthood/independence/autonomy and how scary/exciting that might be before graduating high school. "we're glad for what we've got done with what we've lost our whole lives laid out right in front of us" |
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| The Blow – True Affection Lyrics | 15 years ago |
| She really wishes the guy has more to offer (hence the thirst part) but all of his fluid (the ocean) wasn't enough to satisfy her thirst. And everything he did have to offer wasn't either painful (just not for her) since she had to be so deep down under where the pressure is high just to be at his "league" (in this case, his world). | |
| The Blow – True Affection Lyrics | 15 years ago |
| This song, to me, is about a person being out of league with the singer. It doesn't necessarily have to be only in terms of superficiality or vanity; it probably includes lots of interests/chemistry which they don't share in common. They do have some things they share, however it's not enough for her to want to be with this person. She likes him, though and there probably is, a little bit of a connection, but it's not enough. And although she says that "you were out of my league" this whole song is a play on the term "league" with him being "20000 leagues" beneath her, simultaneous as a unit of measurement and her being better than him. He is only out of her "league" because she's at 0, the surface of the earth and he's at 20000 under. They are not equals unfortunately, but she really wishes that this guy (or girl) was better than he is now so that he was good enough to be with her. Sounds kinda fucked up but sometimes ppl are losers. You like them and you wish they weren't, but since they are you can't really expect to have a real long term relationship with them. And this is a song about that. | |
| Rocky Votolato – White Daisy Passing Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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I disagree with trentonite and argue that this song is most definitely about nostalgia of a past relationship with someone, if not fully then at least partly. The biggest clue is the line “all those evenings on the back deck of OUR first apartment”. Getting an apartment with someone is kind of a big step in most relationships - it’s very special feeling to finally call a place “ours” apartment instead of “mine”, which is why he mentions it. So, unless Rocky is gay, I don’t think he’d be reminiscing about the time he first became roommates with his best friend or whatever. Moving on, this song is very beautiful and sad in its lyrics. It is not about how sweet it is to reflect on life’s memories or about enjoying the moment because reminiscing never brings back the past. The guy is obviously nostalgic about a significant other to say the least, and also perhaps nostalgic for the good times with him/her and/or good/simpler times in the past in general. I could be wrong, but the “please slow it down” line of the chorus seems to me that he’s trying to talk things out with his ex or soon-to-be ex, telling her to calm down her hysteria or her trash-talking from the fight that their having or her walking out on him, basically to slow her momentum towards leaving him/things turning sour. Or also it could be Rocky just stating his thought of wanting time to slow down just a bit because he’s not over this girl and/or the good ol’ times and wants to be closer to this past than keeps getting farther away as time passes. The first one fits better because, although trentonite thinks otherwise, the “secret magic past world” line is probably Rocky trying to tell his girlfriend to perhaps reflect on their relationship and think about the good times before doing anything drastic, or even post-break-up trying to win her back, because in general you forget about ALL the good times with someone when not being existential every once in awhile. That she just keeps focusing on the bad when there is/was so much good in their relationship. Rocky really wants her back, or really wants to bring the relationship back to the way things used to be, those better, simpler times - “all I want to do is turn around”. But he can’t let go of this ideal as these good times are coming to an end or already ended - he couldn’t let go of the “setting sun”. And when you look at a sun setting on an ocean, it seems like it’s sinking to the bottom of the ocean as it disappears, and Rocky is down their latched onto it, essentially drowning. So yeah the two verses with him/them “passing white daises” is easier to interpret. It’s just two different memories of the good times that once were - very innocent, simple and beautiful like white daisy. And walking past daises is also very care/worryfree in it of itself. Catching raindrops on your tongue? I mean, who does that shit anymore? I wish people were still that romantic but you might be called kitchy for doing. Rocky also wants to die thinking about all this crap, “dig a grave out and climb underground for good”. Drama. I wouldn’t go that far. But yeah, the events where it stops raining because time stopped it because it can’t rain forever, and the wind metaphorically blowing away the memories on the back deck are significant in that they are both very or relatively unstoppable forces. The sun setting too is pretty unstoppable. Rocky knows this. But he can still at the least be in denial and long and mourn about it all. This guy’s hurting. Sorry if i ruined the magic of this song, but that’s what I think it’s about, and why. |
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| Rocky Votolato – White Daisy Passing Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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I disagree with trentonite and argue that this song is most definitely about nostalgia of a past relationship with someone, if not fully then at least partly. The biggest clue is the line “all those evenings on the back deck of OUR first apartment”. Getting an apartment with someone is kind of a big step in most relationships - it’s very special feeling to finally call a place “ours” apartment instead of “mine”, which is why he mentions it. So, unless Rocky is gay, I don’t think he’d be reminiscing about the time he first became roommates with his best friend or whatever. Moving on, this song is very beautiful and sad in its lyrics. It is not about how sweet it is to reflect on life’s memories or about enjoying the moment because reminiscing never brings back the past. The guy is obviously nostalgic about a significant other to say the least, and also perhaps nostalgic for the good times with him/her and/or good/simpler times in the past in general. I could be wrong, but the “please slow it down” line of the chorus seems to me that he’s trying to talk things out with his ex or soon-to-be ex, telling her to calm down her hysteria or her trash-talking from the fight that their having or her walking out on him, basically to slow her momentum towards leaving him/things turning sour. Or also it could be Rocky just stating his thought of wanting time to slow down just a bit because he’s not over this girl and/or the good ol’ times and wants to be closer to this past than keeps getting farther away as time passes. The first one fits better because, although trentonite thinks otherwise, the “secret magic past world” line is probably Rocky trying to tell his girlfriend to perhaps reflect on their relationship and think about the good times before doing anything drastic, or even post-break-up trying to win her back, because in general you forget about ALL the good times with someone when not being existential every once in awhile. That she just keeps focusing on the bad when there is/was so much good in their relationship. Rocky really wants her back, or really wants to bring the relationship back to the way things used to be, those better, simpler times - “all I want to do is turn around”. But he can’t let go of this ideal as these good times are coming to an end or already ended - he couldn’t let go of the “setting sun”. And when you look at a sun setting on an ocean, it seems like it’s sinking to the bottom of the ocean as it disappears, and Rocky is down their latched onto it, essentially drowning. So yeah the two verses with him/them “passing white daises” is easier to interpret. It’s just two different memories of the good times that once were - very innocent, simple and beautiful like white daisy. And walking past daises is also very care/worryfree in it of yourself. Catching raindrops on your tongue? I mean, who does that shit anymore? I wish people that romantic still but you might be called kitchy for doing. Rocky also wants to die thinking about all this crap, “dig a grave out and climb underground for good”. Drama. I wouldn’t go that far. But yeah, time stopping the fun had in the rain and the wind metaphorically blowing away the memories on the back deck significant in that they are both very/relatively unstoppable forces. The sun setting too is pretty unstoppable. Rocky knows this. But he can still at the least be in denial and long and mourn about it all. This guy’s hurting. Sorry if i ruined the magic of this song, but that’s what I think it’s about, and why. |
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| Manatee – Nebutol Lyrics | 17 years ago |
| I feel like this now more than ever. | |
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