| Rufus Wainwright – Hallelujah (Leonard Cohen cover) Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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I think this song is sung by a generally cynical person to 4 different people about there take on/experience with love. The first person isn't really interested, "you don't really care for music, do you." The second person was drawn to it, "her beauty overthrew you", then destroyed by it, "she cut you hair." The third person I think is wanting a relationship with the singer, they think love is great, the flag on the marble arch metaphor I think is saying they think they should be proud of kinda reaching the summit of a figurative "heaven". But the singer has had this sort of love affair "I've been here before", and knows it isn't some great acomplishment, "love is not a victory march" so isn't as keen. The forth person is someone the singer has been in love with, but the love has kind of gone from there relationship. I think in the end the singer is saying maybe there is something divine about love, "maybe there's a God above," but has only ever seen the realistic ugly side, and it has only taught him/her how to hurt someone back when they hurt you "shoot someone who outdrew you. Although, I'm not completly sure what the duel metaphor means... Anyway, that's my take:) |
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| Pink – Dear Mr. President (feat. Indigo Girls) Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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I love the lines: "What kind of father would take his own daughter's rights away? What kind of father might hate his own daugther if she were gay?" They're so powerful. I think they do more than support gay rights. To me, they question religion in a very blunt way. For example, how can the christian God, our supposed "heavenly father" send one of his "children" to hell because the are attracted to and/or romantically love someone of the same sex? (he says homosexuals will not inherit the kingdonm of god, aka, heaven) That is so stupid it makes me want to shake this God and yell "wtf is wrong with you!??" because seriously, what kind of father would do that? It also makes me think of the way women were treated in history, and still are treated in some places. I wonder what their father's would have to say for themselves? |
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| Bruce Springsteen – Born to Run Lyrics | 17 years ago |
| Love this song:) I think the slow acoustic version is far more powerful than the normal one for some reason. But could someone please explain what the line, "Just wrap your legs round these velvet rims and strap your hands across my engines." actually means, cause I don't think it's literal? Thanks! | |
| Pink – Sober Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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When I heard this song, I thought it was about an alchoholic, or possibly a drug addict, saying how she feels great when stoned ("I'm safe up high..", "Your my perfection.."), but knows it's bad ("so why do I feel this party's over?") but doesn't know how else to feel good, ("how do I feel this good sober?") The rest of the song I think is about her struggle with this, and how she doesn't want to be the girl she is. I don't think it's got anything to do with romantic love. I know P!nk wrote this and all, but her explaination of its meaning (or at least the one I heard) makes no sense to me. She says it's about how she doesn't need to drink to feel good, unlike everyone else. So what's with the present tense lines like "I stayed up again," "Night is calling..,come and play" "I am falling.."? Just my 2 cents:) |
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| Damien Rice – 9 Crimes Lyrics | 18 years ago |
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Uh...okeeey DieKaede. But then why is she(lisa) singing the same thing? I'm confused about the "small crimes" thing. Do they mean what they do is so bad it's becoming a bit of a crime, or do they mean what they do isn't that bad, it's only a "small" crime?? Insight anyone? :) |
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| Alanis Morissette – Uninvited Lyrics | 18 years ago |
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I'm completly confused as to how anyone could think this song is about rape, as it doesn't relate to the song at all:? I think it's probably about an unwanted admirerer. However, I thought it might have some religous undertone instead. This idea comes from the "shepered" bit, which makes no sense unless it had something to do with christianity, and the fact that, from what i've heard, Alanis "found God" around the time of writing this song. Maybe it's about accepting Jesus or something. Just an idea... |
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| Alanis Morissette – Doth I Protest Too Much Lyrics | 18 years ago |
| I always thought she was being sarcastic in this song. Like everything she says she knows is toatally not true. I mean, from most of her songs it's pretty clear she's has a few..issues:? I think maybe the "doth I protest to much" has more of the older meaning. (Like in Hamlet when Gertrude is watching the actor queen making all these over-the-top public declarations about her love for the actor king, and hamlet says the actor is just like gertrude, and then gertrude says the actor "doth protest to much," as if she(gertrude) would know better than to make "to much" over-the-top declarations as it only makes it seem unrealistic) I think it's kind of like Alanis is loudly declaring "I'm not this! Or this! Or this! Or this!" and then saying, "And I don't make lots of unrealistic declarations at all, do I?" And that she's trying so hard to prove that "oh no, I couldn't possibly be like that!" when in so many of her other songs she is pissed(Right Through You), jealous(You Oughta Know), out of touch(MaryJane), depressed(Who), insecure(So Unsexy), irrational(8 easy steps) going insane(Joining You) (and that "It's hard to get a rise out of me" thing covers to many to name...) so she knows no one will really believe her. Gosh I ramble! Anyhoo, thats my take on it.. | |
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