| The Dodos – The Season Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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This is a brilliant song by a brilliant band. Specific parts that I love are the contempt I hear in the way "I hope you're well as I am fine" is sung, the little ending of the first part "I miss you on certain days". I think IsitLuck is pretty spot on with his/her interpretation of that part. and to be honest one of the most intense parts of this song (and the album) is not even in words - the part in the middle with the screaming and muttering. Don't really know how to interpret it. I think it is somebody screaming at themselves and all the separate parts of their brain, which are all trying to give advice and talking about their own problems. |
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| Bodies Of Water – I Guess I'll Forget the Sound, I guess, I guess Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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This song has always seemed very sad to me. I just put up a tab on ultimate-guitar.com if anybody wants to play it. |
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| Arcade Fire – My Body Is a Cage Lyrics | 18 years ago |
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Well, I got two theories and a tip for singing this song. First theory is: There's a belief common among Buddhists and sections of a lot of other religions (Franciscans, etc) that the physical body is an inadequate vessel, with desires and attachments, and is to be shunned in favour of the soul and mind. In this case, his body is a cage, that keeps him from dancing with the one he loves (God). Yes, there it is. I didn't actually think about it being God-related at all till I started analysing it but it seems very probable now. Well, I do like the idea of dancing with God. The part that always messes up my theories, though, is: "I'm living in an age, still turning in the night but when I get to the doorway, there's no-one in sight" Because my mind goes blank. All I can think is that in combination with the next verse, "I'm living in an age, realising that I'm dancing with the one I love, but my mind holds the key." He's saying that the only God is inside you, and that's a realisation he's made after looking for an outside God and not finding one. Another widely held belief. Very neat way of combining the two. My other theory is simpler: There's someone that he loves, but his body keeps him from dancing (literally) with the person. Very nice and simple. My third (surprise!) theory is that it's a synopsis of the entire album, and the entire trainwrecked situation that the album's looking at. This is probably the easiest to swallow, just because both the song and the album swing through so many different topics. And throughout it all, his mind holds the key. My singing tip is this: If you're playing this and you don't have any murky heartbeat drums or torturous raging organ, but instead just a guitar or piano.. after the second chorus, it's infinitely more satisfying to sing "my body is a.." then, with all the anger, gusto, and spit you have, scream a long drawn-out "CAGE" over the chords. I could see Win Butler doing it, too. |
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| Arcade Fire – No Cars Go Lyrics | 18 years ago |
| To tell the truth.. I think we all know a place where no cars go. Win Butler is just saying that for them, it's between the click of the light and the start of the dream. | |
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