| Augie March – The Slant Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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It's about a tasmanian convict. The key phrase is "huon pine", the convicts used to be forced to harvest these trees under horrifying conditions. The convict is saying that living his life harvesting huon pine is not for him, nor is the ankle iron of captivity. The convict would prefer to be dead ("Arresting in the rope will do me fine"). The first paragraph is, I believe, a kind of suicide pact between him and this other convict. One person would kill the other (with an axe since that is what they used for the trees), and then they would be hung for this crime (the song says he was sent to Bellerive to be executed). That way, both get to die. It is a really sad song. The death of the 16 year old, the fact that he was thrust into this horrifying existence from petty theft, and wanting to remind his sister of the day they drank wine (most likely the only experience of luxury for this man, since he was of no account). Glenn has also added a unique quality to his voice that adds to the sentiment of this song tremendously. |
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| Radiohead – Packt Like Sardines in a Crushd Tin Box Lyrics | 17 years ago |
| I can't believe noone has mentioned this yet (maybe it's because im totally wrong, who knows). It sounds like a song about realising you're in an empty relationship with a controlling partner. After years of being with them, nothing changes, and you realise you're looking for happiness in the wrong place. After all, you're a reasonable man/woman, tell her/him to get off your case. | |
| Death Cab for Cutie – What Sarah Said Lyrics | 18 years ago |
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Also, related to Spazz's comments above me. I interpreted the line: "As each descending peak on the LCD Took you a little farther away from me" To mean the LCD monitor beside the hospital bed observing her heart rate. So every descending peak means that she's closer to flatlining, and hence closer to death. |
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| Death Cab for Cutie – What Sarah Said Lyrics | 18 years ago |
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I always interpreted the first two lines: "And it came to me then That every plan is a tiny prayer to Father Time" As meaning that after talking to the doctor, he now realises that every medical option they have is now only a small chance to slightly increasing how long she has to live. So every plan the doctor's have is a 'tiny' prayer to father time, to give sarah some more time. So in the start of the song he realises that she's going to die, and very very soon. Such an amazing song, it not only captures the imagination with powerful metaphors and strong imagery, he takes you there emotionally. And very few songs are ever able to do that. |
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| Porcupine Tree – .3 Lyrics | 18 years ago |
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pw: I'm 99.999% sure that the phrase "lay them waste" means to kill on a large scale. The two lines of lyrics sound like a general commanding technicians to let the nukes fly. If the weapons are plentiful enough, I suppose they could black the sky. "for your race" draws attention to how many soldiers kill many people for the good of their nation, or their race. They don't know these people, nor have these people done any direct ill towards them, yet the soldiers have to kill them. Amazing song.. |
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| Porcupine Tree – Way Out of Here Lyrics | 18 years ago |
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Just as an aside, I like how in the first verse steve sings the words very softly, forlornly, and regretfully, as if this teenager is still just a kid, and does not know how to deal with his problems. The second verse is still delivered with some innocence, but adds a sense of urgency and anger. Like he's made a final decision, out of hatred for himself or that girl who killed herself/left him, whatever, and is going to kill himself. Perhaps im overanalysing, just something i noticed. |
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| Porcupine Tree – Way Out of Here Lyrics | 18 years ago |
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I agree its definentely about suicide, but ill try and go a bit further: At the start the teenager is at the train tracks, where alot of people go to commit suicide, dreaming about killing himself. The second verse contains a "you". This could either be a girlfriend leaving him, or even a girlfriend who committed suicide, and left him alone to face all of his problems (problems explored in the other songs). The teenager could also be referring to himself, and how much he hates himself, to the point where he cuts his face out of photos. Both interpretations explain why people stare at him with sympathy, and how he hates sympathetic adults trying to help him. "The shutters are down And the curtains are closed And I've covered my tracks Disposed of the car" These lines are probably about how he went home and at a future date is preparing to kill himself. he's made sure noone is looking through the windows, and he's covered his tracks. I take that to mean he's tied up all of his loose affairs so his family dont have to worry about them after. Such as selling his car so his parents dont have to sell it after, and stuff like that. |
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