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| Cobra Starship – The Scene Is Dead; Long Live the Scene Lyrics
| 16 years ago
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The "I can love you like a sailor" line is basically Gabe alluding to the "impermanence" of what a sailor does. A sailor comes and goes from port to port, with no permanence to where they are or what they are doing there. They do the job, and then move on to the next place. He's saying he's here now, he's going to do what he loves, he's going to make other people love what he's doing, and then when the time comes he'll go along to the next thing. He will "leave the port" so to speak.
It's pretty much saying live for the moment and love what you have, because things change and nothing lasts forever. |
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| Cobra Starship – The Scene Is Dead; Long Live the Scene Lyrics
| 16 years ago
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fueledbyrebecca is pretty much on point. Some time ago I wrote a blog expressing my current thoughts on the "scene" or whatever you would like to call it. Long story short, it was a comparison from how things are now, compared to how they used to be. Image versus sincerity. Gimmick versus talent.
That was a fair amount of time before Gabe wrote a blog defending the Millionaires issue. Gabe made some comments that upset a lot of people saying things like "I'd rather listen to this than guys cry about their girlfriends" or something along those lines. This, coming from the former lead man of Midtown, was ironic, and a real slap in the face to the people who had supported him for many many years. So I wrote him a reply, and the last line I wrote was indeed "but hey, it's just rock 'n roll, right?" in an obvious reference to the Midtown song. He replied to me, ending with, "but hey, the scene is dead, right?" He even invited me to participate in the absolutepunk.net interview, which I did, and it was very interesting, but has yet to be published.
The song is about all of that, as well as how we as listeners don't know everything we think we do about Gabe, his life, or his career. It's also about how he absolutely hates giving interviews and answering the same questions over and over. It's tongue in cheek to the people who don't give him any credit. It's a song about his attempt to move on, to be the person he's always wanted to be, and to separate the "old Gabe" from the "new Gabe." |
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| Jimmy Eat World – 23 Lyrics
| 18 years ago
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I adore this song. I'm at a really difficult point in my life, and this song just speaks volumes to me. Beautiful. |
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| The Pilot – Miss Mirage Lyrics
| 18 years ago
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this is a great song. the whole "i never want to see you again" part is incredible.
i can't wait to see this live. |
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| Sparta – Collapse Lyrics
| 18 years ago
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this song is beautiful. i can't believe this album came out 5 years ago.
"you know when he falls apart
he listens in the dark to records turn
i'll never learn"
to anyone who's ever been alone, dwelling on something, just listening to music, they know what that line means. |
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