| Augustana – Lonely People Lyrics | 18 years ago |
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It seem to me as if Holly is his ex. He misses her badly and in his lonely, drunken nights he is reflecting on his current lonely lifestyle without her..."Well Holly, she makes me sad Forgive me if I look so lonely It's not that bad". I'm not quite sure bc it gets a little hazy around the middle of the song but based on other songs (Wasteland, Sundays Best) and portions of this one it seems as if he has seen her since the break up "I ain't seen you look so good" and it has only made him long for her more. It seems as if he may even suggest her coming back to CA "California might be warm this time of year we should go". (Since she has left for Boston to start a new life and left him behind). Whether or not she did or did not eventually come back with him for a bit is hard to say but the bottom ine to the song (as in many of the other if not all of the songs is that he is so lonely...with or without her but especially without her. "Sometimes it's just the sound of the TV that gets me always wondering why Sometimes it's just a conversation that makes me cry It makes me cry" ....these lyrics seem to only further emphasize his lonliness and depression. Sometimes it is something as innocent and simple as the TV or a conversation that get him spiralling downward. He so sad and alone that sometiems that's all it takes. |
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| Augustana – Either Way, I'll Break Your Heart Someday (Live version) Lyrics | 18 years ago |
| This is a new song and I've never heard anywhere but in concert and on a demo live cd (i bought at teh concert) but Dan said it was about "the love of his life". It seems like he's not very happy with himself, maybe something he's done in their relationship or in a past one while he's been out on the road. He loves this girl and doesn't want to do anything to jepordize their realtionship "leaving you is the last thing on my mind" but he knows how he is and he is just fearing the worst... that he'll inevitably break her heart someday. | |
| Augustana – Bullets Lyrics | 18 years ago |
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I've always thought the bullets were metaphoric. Does it say anywhere that they may be literal? I don't know where all of this about a one night stand and a witness to girlfirend's suicide is coming from but hey, maybe i haven't looked into this much. I thought the song is tough to crack but in a nut shell about a love breaking his hard as suddenly and painfully as a bullet to his head. Maybe she broke the news to him in the car? and the rest of the song seem like a mixture of possibly good memories (Please take off your coat Come and smile Please stay here awhile Come and dance) and sad ones ("No, you’re not to blame Holly sweet Put me down to shame"). Some are more self explanitory than others. I love this song. Such passion and angst! |
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| Augustana – Stars and Boulevards Lyrics | 18 years ago |
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i dunno?? heres what i think.... I watched an interview with the lead singer and he said that he was sitting at his window all alone and saw literal white horses walking down the road that sparked him to write this song. the whole song said is basically about him being lonely while he was on the road...."Seems like I'm always on my own, seems like I'm never coming home". and as for the rest of the song, more specifically? here's what i think...it seems pretty obvious that its a break up song so i think his longing to be home is also his longing to be with his gf (this holly chick). -Wait, dear White horses walking down my street here Your words are creeping at my feet I fear The sunrise will come too soon And you’ll disappear To the haze of the city and yourself Oh yeah This is obvisouly the same girl that wanted to go to Boston and get away from it all and as he's sitting there and dreading her departure he's thinking "all the stars and blvds. aren't close wnough for you" (all the celebrities and CA blvds) -Look out They’re coming after us with big guns They’re only gonna tell you all the bad things I’ve done Even if the words they say aren’t true, They’ve won Now I’m left here dying in the sun Now he seems to be looking into the past to the route of their failed relationship. Much like most everyone else said someone started rumors or lies of some sort and the already stripped trust between the two of them has been left bare by this. So, "they've won" and he's once again left...alone. -Late nights Won’t do me justice ‘cause when I drink I Just get so damn depressed and it’s it’s not like I ain’t trying to get over you it’s just hard to look at all the seasons pass me over too and I said It's been a awhile and he still can't seem to let her go so he drinks away his sleepless nights and thinks of her but as expected, the drinking only plumets him into further depression. Now he's just sick of watching the rest of the world pass him by too....once again, lonliness. -One last Phone call from you It wouldn’t hurt much Just like to hear your voice And pretend to touch Any inch of you that hasn’t said it all or read it all I sung my life away And I said Lastly, he just wishes he had closure. He still thinks of her and longs for her but more than anything he misses what they had. He wishes they were like they used to be and she was like she used to be before she let her own insecurities and everyone else get to her(with teh rumors and such) , before she "sung his life away". I love this song....i could listen to it and analyze it all day but i guess nobody will every really know but it's fun to guess. |
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