| Joanna Newsom – Monkey & Bear Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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I think the story in this song conveys something much stronger than being able to cast off the shackles of society. It is only after the gate is open and the horses are gone that monkey is overcome by the sensational idea of freedom, and all that it brings. Monkey wraps this up in tempting words for Bear, who never doubts Monkey's wisdom for a moment. Monkey does not really see the true nature of freedom. It doesn't matter how far they are from the confines of the gate- it is the freedom in oneself that counts, and the inner freedom Ursula herself comes to discover. Monkey is too frightened of true freedom, hence his dependability on Bear. "but still; they have got to pay the bills, hadn't they?" This kind of thinking is utterly backwards. There is no way for them to achieve Monkey's vision while simultaneously bowing to the needs of the world around them, which Monkey so hypocritically spurns and calls perverse to their "shared" cause. Monkey truly thinks that he is doing this for the both of them, and Bear's love will not let her think otherwise. But Bear's inner freedom, the freedom that so puts Monkey's interpretation to shame, threatens Monkey. The song hits a pitiful climax, here, as he trundles along with his lamp. "and the thought troubled the monkey for he was afraid of spelunking down in those caves also afraid what the village people would say if they saw the bear in that state" We see here Monkey's true visage, how Ursula's freedom away from him is not something he wants, or something he is willing to understand. In the next couple of lines, he mocks her, laughs at her, finds something to hold over her, and claims he would ridicule her the next time he sees her for doing something that he cannot find it in himself to do. The intricate web of artistry that someone brought up is not so clearly cut between a business relationship. It is the relationship between two people who are very unique in their own ways, but Ursula, who is beautiful and true to herself, suffers Monkey's foolish mirage, unaware that she has the power to do more than she ever imagined. |
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| CocoRosie – The Sea Is Calm Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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I am French... KEEPLIVINGIT had them right, except for a few things This is the story of a man With a heart of wood (coeur de bois is a place in haiti!) The sea is calm On the camera screen Like a burnt-out electric light bulb In a pail of water He's under the spotlight Of a broken sun He threw his body like an anchor Like a sugar cube And dissolved |
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| CocoRosie – Werewolf Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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i think these lyrics need to be corrected... Wielded darkness when he was wilein on his mom's AN UNBORN child and he was the bastard that broke Oh in a dream My FATHER came to me And made me swear That I'd keep what's sacred to me And if I get the choice To LIVE in his name I'll pray my way through the rain Singing, Oh happy day |
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| Antony and the Johnsons – The Lake Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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i think it's about being able to appreciate the beauty in something totally, utterly depressing; and that happiness can take on many different forms. the lake embodies the part of the author who finds pleasure in reflecting about death and dark thoughts, and how he becomes aware of his pleasure, and is at once saddened and fufilled by this realization. |
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| Animal Collective – My Favorite Colors Lyrics | 18 years ago |
| those are my favorite colors, too. | |
| CocoRosie – By Your Side Lyrics | 18 years ago |
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I feel it's understanding the limits and confines of domestic life, but falling in love with it anyway, and fantasizing of the possibility despite what she may have thought before. Either way, the plea is very cute. |
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| CocoRosie – Butterscotch Lyrics | 18 years ago |
| such a sweet song. | |
| CocoRosie – Raphael Lyrics | 18 years ago |
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'Tears fall in the kitchen sink O Don't speak I can hear you' Haunting. Understanding someone without needing them to express themselves aloud. |
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| CocoRosie – Rainbowarriors Lyrics | 18 years ago |
| The name Rainbow Warrior comes from the book Warriors of the Rainbow by William Willoya and Vinson Brown, (1962, Naturegraph Publishers). The book describes what the authors say are Hopi prophecies of warriors who would be mankind's key to survival. The legend says these warriors would appear at a dark time when the fish would die in the streams, the birds would fall from the air, the waters would be blackened, and the trees would no longer be; mankind as we know it would all but cease to exist. Widely repeated accounts of the legend recorded in the Naturegraph book say "They will be called The Warriors of the Rainbow, Protectors of the Environment." Other accounts attribute the legend to a Cree woman, as told by a non-enrolled Oklahoma woman who says she is of Cherokee heritage. | |
| Bloc Party – On Lyrics | 18 years ago |
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'You make my tongue loose You make my tongue loose I am hopeful and stutter-free' This is my favorite line. Cocaine or not, it fully expresses how I feel when I admit to something while realizing it myself. Though it doesn't seem to be a love song, I am crazy about the way it still portrays the underlying feel of one. Even then, you can almost get the sense something more than just a fucked up friday night is going on. This is just my interpretation, but it almost seems like the drug itself helps him to admit the things he would never had liked to admit, hopeful to see what others' reactions will be. 'You make my tongue loose You make my tongue loose I am hopeful and stutter-free' |
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