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The Velvet Underground – That's The Story Of My Life Lyrics	18 years ago
nobody's ever written such a distantly depressing song in only four lines.

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Tom Waits – Step Right Up Lyrics	18 years ago
does anyone else have the feeling that this was completely improvised?

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Television – Guiding Light Lyrics	18 years ago
this is the soundtrack to the direct aftermath of a divorce.

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Joy Division – The Kill Lyrics	18 years ago
both versions of "the kill" are really good.

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Joy Division – Decades Lyrics	18 years ago
In this one, a group of people are shown all the bad things that they did when they were younger. They realize how they used to be, and then conclude that it was only fun then.

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Joy Division – Atrocity Exhibition Lyrics	18 years ago
It's about (possibly unwillingly) being shown horrific acts committed on people but then becoming entertained by them.

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Television – Elevation Lyrics	18 years ago
it sounds like it's about about trying to escape fame by lying back and not letting it affect you. and as a note to bkat004, the second chord is hit a 16th note after the downbeat. if you listen it closely, it hits on the exact same point in the measure every time

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Television – Friction Lyrics	18 years ago
nothing is exactly as it seems

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Television – Venus de Milo Lyrics	18 years ago
This one is about a young Tom Verlaine and Richard Hell, but here's a new point--Tom is drifting away from reality throughout the whole song when Richard brings him back to earth. Tom, in a daze, just goes "nah that's a bad idea" and drifts away again.

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