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The Strokes – Automatic Stop Lyrics 15 years ago
thought it was "how am i gonna give it a break"

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Soundgarden – Black Rain Lyrics 15 years ago
If I could, Hawk my love
Could I trade, For your wings
To cover me, Unless I fall
Half alive, I heard the most
Brilliant lie, Sleep is eyes
Closed to light, Deaths the mind
Wide open...

You can't stutter When you're talking with your eyes
Like cutting out your tongue to save face
Or feeding on the blood That's running from a black rain

Cry on Black Rain

If I could, Hawk my love
Could I trade For your wings
To cover me, Unless I fall
Sleep is eyes, Closed to light
Death's the mind, Wide open.



Directly from the Box Set Lyric sheet...

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Soundgarden – Incessant Mace Lyrics 17 years ago
great lyrics.
regarding the stacks of magazines...

"Magazine stacks and broken backs
Are what you get for piling stacks
Beneath your treasure chest
You wonder why you're under stress"

i think he's saying that all you get from living for money and material things is useless shit (magazines stacks) and broken backs (from working too hard), resulting in being very stressed and confused about the meaning of your seemingly wasted life.

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Chris Cornell – Your Soul Today Lyrics 17 years ago
this lyrics are great! what a lyrical idea! its like a soul singing to a person! definitely a highlight from an album that has still never truly grown on me like cornell's other albums did.

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Pink Floyd – Take Up Thy Stethoscope and Walk Lyrics 17 years ago
my interpretation...

I'm in bed, aching head
gold is lead
choke on bread
underfed
gold is lead
jesus bled
pain is red
dark doom

he seems to be talking about dark times here, perhaps suffering from depression. the person doesn't appreciate the great things in life, hence.. gold is lead, dark doom

gruel ghouls, greasy spoons
used spoons, June Bloom

this part seems to be about the transition out of that depressive episode, going from something horrible like gruel ghouls to june bloom. metaphorically, the flowers are coming out finally!

music seems to help the pain
seems to contemplate the brain
Doctor kindly tell your wife that I'm alive
flowers thrive
realise
realise
realise!

music can help one get through tough times. as for the doctor tell your wife line... i think its just a way of saying don't worry about me anymore i've figured things out, i've realized i need to appreciate life now instead of worrying and dwelling on the bad things.

to me, the title, "take up thy stethoscope and walk," has the same type of meaning too: stop looking for problems within yourself (take up thy stethoscope), get up and live your life (walk) because its a beautiful thing

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Soundgarden – Beyond the Wheel Lyrics 18 years ago
^^^
no need for this to be a guilty pleasure.

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Soundgarden – Mailman Lyrics 18 years ago
A quote from Chris Cornell in concert back in 94... "This next song, its meaning is about killing your boss, it's called mailman. its about coming to work early one morning cause you have a special agenda and your going to shoot him in the fucking head."

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