| The Blow – True Affection Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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For me the entire song is the speaker in the song looking at a person and realizing that she was too good for the object of her affections. Maybe the speaker had previously ignored her typical standards/criteria for the person because of a particular connection, and when she says "I wish the distance was nearer) she was wishing that the other person was in her league (Right now I think of the leaugues as maturity I guess?), but the fact is they aren't and I think thats how the words "Just because its real doesn't mean its gonna work" come into play. You can feel something real for almost anyone. But if they deserve it, if they can treat you the way you deserve is something else. But the only reason I interpret it this way is because I just fell hard for a boy who isn't quite mature enough to treat me right and a part of me wants to keep making excuses for me, but I feel myself and my friends respecting me less and less. And I still believe in the phrases that we breathed But I know the distance isn't fair to cross How I translate it: I know you stayed up till 2 in the morning with me on a school night to talk me down from my hysteria, and kept me company through my insomnia but I can't stay with you because it isn't fair to disrespect myself. The I never felt so close/ I never felt so alone I think. when you love someone like that being with them is in a diffrent world, it was for me. It was a world of pillows and blankets and hushed voices over the telephone. So when I was there I felt safe but when he hung up I felt alone. I kinda hated myself for being suckered in. oh and the full story: I (female) meet boy. Boy leads me on for about 3 months. Each night he called me and we talked for an hour or more. Girl finds out after three months of talking on the phone for up to 2 hours every night, that boy is in a THREE YEAR relationship with another girl. Girl feels like shit for hitting on another girls boy and getting played. But girl doesn't really like the other girl, and her best friend is in germany, and her grandmother tried to cut off her fingers with a knife in front of her. So she doesn't change the situation. Boy continues to lead on and starts making plans to hang out with girl frequently, but ditches girl everytime. Girl feels shittier and pathetic. She lets herself be led. She makes up excuses when she gets stood up. But now. My grandmother isn't crazy. My best friend is home. I haven't talked to him in two weeks. and. no I don't expect people to read this, but I think I need to talk about this. And what better place than the internet? |
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| The Moldy Peaches – Nothing Came Out Lyrics | 18 years ago |
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Ah, this one describes my first relationship. Online, through texts we were overflowing with words for each other to read, but in person it was filled with awkward silence. It was terrible. It killed my self esteem. So when I heard this song it felt like home. |
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| The Moldy Peaches – These Burgers Lyrics | 18 years ago |
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I always thought that it was about individuality. This line especially cements my beliefs "They don't like you, never will" It reminds me of middle school cliques, where people don't like others for miniscule reasons, and often times people are pressured into drugs. Also in the first verse the describe the "hipsters in the park" as people who have calculated appearances. I also thought that burgers meant people, cliques, or stereotypes. |
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