| Casiotone for the Painfully Alone – I Love Creedence Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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we laughed like we were queens & split our ballgowns at the seams or creedence is gay. just like the character in nashville parthenon. once i realized that the lyrics make no reference to the narrator's gender I decided that they were basically BFFs. & did I mention I moved out I got my own place off of South & I've been living hand to mouth for going on a year by now & yes I still see El around it's different but I can't say how she cut her hair it's back to brown she's living with her boyfriend now it's very hard for me to imagine a woman living 'hand to mouth'. not that women don't live in the moment, or paycheck to paycheck. But you just don't see very many women who treat themselves so poorly (especially not women who have the wherewithal to work for a lawyer...) secondly from this passage "it's different but I can't say how". I think this implies that they were not dating. if I see an ex around, it's quite clear how it is different from before... and now - I LOVE THIS SONG. if it were about a romantic relationship, it would be disturbingly similar to my own recent romantic history, including moving to philly after college. also, i love that CFTPA blurs gender lines, and also the lines between romance and friendship so casually. I'm really sad I wasn't able to see him on his final tour this fall... |
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| Voxtrot – Raised By Wolves Lyrics | 18 years ago |
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I think it's about the end of a relationship, obviously. I don't think the other person off. I think he is saying that they both screwed things up (i'm a bitter man, I know, but listen, honey, you're no fun). Really though, the overall point, as indicated by the title, and various lines, is that they are young and stupid and totally uncivilized. Nobly uncivilized perhaps, but definitely cruel and unjust and full of contradiction. After that, I think the song is about the dichotomy of the freedom of the single life versus the weight and worry of coupling. I think Ramesh is tearing it all down. He loved this person, calls them reckless, hungry, and uptight, and then says they get nothing good from each other, from life, only the hate and the death. It is very pessimistic and sinister. I always heard it as "Loveless, free, and empty." It rhymes better, and is less direct in an artful way, but I'm not sure what I hear now. |
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