| Atmosphere – The Abusing of the Rib Lyrics | 18 years ago |
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unless cheeseburgers' right, here's my take guy loves girl. really loves girl, doesn't give a shit that she's chaotic and that shit's gonna hit the fan. but it's not about a drug addiction, it's about a chaotic girl with addictive tendencies. he's the addiction she's picked up this time. in that, he can read all her patterns and has seen what she's gonna do, but can't grasp the reasoning behind it as he's still holding back (i.e. both of them have been hurt before). this brings in the chorus, where the lyrics above have a line wrong. at the end of each chorus "it" changes to "me." a sort of, "if i be completely honest with you, you would never leave me" but the parallel being "if i opened up, you would tear me to pieces and it would be the end of us." ...so he wants to understand her better. the end, the "train coming" is the final collapse because it's a chaotic relationship. anyone here who's been close with someone with an addictive personality knows exactly what i'm talking about. this song is abuot the conflicting pair of impulses, one to run as far as you can and the other to see close you can get. "how close can you get to the flame before you get burned?" |
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| Spoon – Paper Tiger Lyrics | 18 years ago |
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basics: guys wants girl there's an atmosphere line, " but seein these different footprints got me needin to show my weakness" it's a song about a guy who's got a big front (clearly, he's in a band, he's big shit), and a girl who's got options, who's flirty and um, for lack of a less cliche word, freespirited. i won't hold you back/never force my will clearly, won't tie you down, 'have fun babe' devil's wishes, etc you can have fun, i won't stop you, but that's not the direction i'm goin, hopefully you'll come round dollar bill line serves two purposes, one to suggest that the preceding line wasn't meant as a stab, and second to connect a visual to the word 'paper' paper tiger line -> got me wantin to show my weakness, dropping his cool and acknowledging his humility. then the rest seems talk of where things could go and finally the end pulling it around, she can do her thing, he's still gonna be in a band, but at the end of the day it wouldn't come between them ...at least, that's my take |
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