| Owen – A Trenchant Critique Lyrics | 16 years ago |
| Correction: "One said", not "Once said". He's referring to one of the voices. That's why he says "another vaguely remembers" later in the song. If I'm not mistaken, the lyrics to the overanxiously named "The Anthropology Song" on this site are perfectly correct. | |
| The Appleseed Cast – Peregrine Lyrics | 18 years ago |
| I just realized something else kinda cool. I'm sure it means nothing, but in the 4th line "so alone, come back", the left channel says "come back" but the right channel says "contact" again. Woo! I was the first one to find out this amazing discovery. What secrets have I uncovered? Who knows the truth about preregrine?! WHO?!!!!! | |
| The Appleseed Cast – Peregrine Lyrics | 18 years ago |
| Wow, I am appalled to be of a class of music listeners that is made up of such incredible dicks. And that can't speak English for crap (interpritates? Come on. Even if it WAS a word it would be spelled wrong) On that note, I'm thinking this song is about the sole survivor of a horrible war, and he's trying to make his way back to civilization, but he is hindered by his wounds bringing him nearer to death. At the same time, it sounds like a person who is pondering suicide, and someone is trying to tell them how bad death really is. These both make more sense if you can hear the the third line is actually "stay alive". I'm thinking the narrator might be God. Who knows. I'm an incredible dick. Oh yeah, peregrine means "Roving or wandering; migratory." Kind of makes sense with the song and whatnot. | |
| They Might Be Giants – Withered Hope Lyrics | 18 years ago |
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Great song. This is probably my favorite from the album. Here is my literal interpretation: This is a song about a crazy love pentagon between a sad bag, a 'withered hope', a soul mate, a picture in a book of a beautiful crook, and a brand new motorbike. But here is my real interpretation: The first half is about how Sad Sack is trying to tell Withered Hope that he is love with her, but she won't listen and just wants to be friends. Sad Sack can't believe that he has been turned down by Withered Hope. The second half follows a line of people (things?) back to Sad Sack, and it turns out that Sad Sack is doing the same thing to the brand new motorbike, hence the same lines repeated with Sad Sack replacing Withered Hope. I think what they are trying to say is that when someone turns you down, or when you are turning someone down, you always have to view it from the other perspective. |
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| They Might Be Giants – Sleepwalkers Lyrics | 18 years ago |
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I think this song is about how people get into a routine and do the same thing day after day without thinking. They are, in essence, sleepwalking. The song is sung from the perspective of someone that has either broken from the routine or was never entrapped in this sleeplike state at all. "see them moving down the road": I imagine a bunch of people in their cars during rush hour "their arms held out ahead": to hold the steering wheel. The narrator ponders what would happen if you would "wake" them AKA point out the trite nature of their actions to them. Perhaps they will say "Man, what a waste of my life", but the narrator is quick to remind us not to wake them, maybe because the narrator wants to keep the exclusive quality of consciousness. Either that, or it's just about people sleepwalking. |
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