| Beck – Hollow Log Lyrics | 15 years ago |
| I think that this song is about the vulnerability of being in love. | |
| Beck – Painted Eyelids Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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I love the line "the world is your oyster and the trashbags are your kids." That line reminds me of those parents you see who will not make any sacrifices for their kids. They are so selfish, they only care about themselves. While they do everything to make sure that they get the oyster, their kids get the trash. I also like the "degredation of civilization" theory. As the generations go by, people get inherently less good on the inside. Our souls are becoming more void of meaning and reason for life. Our parents had pearls and we have trash. |
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| Yo La Tengo – You Can Have It All Lyrics | 18 years ago |
| It's about having been hurt in the past. When you fall in love, you give yourself up to the other person. You make yourself completely vulnerable at the other person's expense. He has been hurt in the past, and is deciding "screw it, I love this person too much to care about how I got hurt in the past." To me, it sounds like there is a bit of hesitance in the song, like he somehow knows that he will be hurt again, but he is too smitten to care, so he hopes for the best and takes down all of his walls. | |
| Ween – Exactly Where I'm At Lyrics | 18 years ago |
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Also, the lyric "Let's begin with the past in front And all the things that you really don't care about now It'd be exactly where I'm at" makes me think that he resents his girl because of something that she did in the past, and she is "over it." There is complete disregard on her end. Perhaps she spilled some beans? Maybe she cheated on him, and by "coming clean," she feels relieved. The monkey is off of her back, and she can move on and move forward still loving him. However, he's still dwelling on what happened and isn't quite ready to forgive her and move on. Sounds like a breakup song to me. |
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| Ween – Exactly Where I'm At Lyrics | 18 years ago |
| "Let's begin with the past in front" reminds me of a way that a terrible, depressing conversation would begin with a significant other. There's probably some resentment involved. | |
| Ween – Roses Are Free Lyrics | 18 years ago |
| To me, it's pretty simple. The lyrics make me think of skepticism. "Always be skeptical" is the bottom line to this song. When someone tells you that they "love you," do not take it as fact because they may be "pretending to still love" you. The florist is lying when he tells you that the roses are free, etc. | |
| Owls – I Want The Blindingly Cute To Confide In Me Lyrics | 18 years ago |
| I always thought that it was a song about anxiety one faces about a relationship and how truthful the significant other is about things. | |
| Ben Folds Five – Don't Change Your Plans Lyrics | 18 years ago |
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"That works, but I'm going for the death issue just because Ben Folds Five seems to cover those REALLY hard issues. I don't actually know tho." Having been someone who seems to always be in a geographical problem with relationships, I must say that this is definitely a REALLY hard issue. Geography has been the cause and effect of so many anxious nights, tears, lost love and heartache for me. |
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| Peter Bjorn and John – Young Folks Lyrics | 18 years ago |
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Also, the song asks whether or not it is better to left things better unmentioned or talked about in a frank and open matter. Overall, I think it is better to be open about things in your past, but there are things that current lovers do not need to know. |
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| Peter Bjorn and John – Young Folks Lyrics | 18 years ago |
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I agree 100% with DrPanda97. I am one of those unfortunate souls who take people's pasts way too hard. I have a theory for why. When you first begin dating for the first time, and fall in love, I really think that your first serious relationship will forever dictate what kind of person you will become as a significant other. My first girlfriend was literally JUST 18 when we began dating. I was 20. I had never as much done anything sexual besides kiss a few girls. She had a very checkered past, and it slowly began unveiling itself. Dirty, dirty sex, threesomes, all drugs besides heroin, getting high on crack and cheating on her boyfriend at the time with two different guys, cheating on the same boyfriend a week later with his heroin-addicted friend, a messy rebound sexual relationship and other things which I am sure I do not know about. This was all done before the age of 17 1/2. It killed me to think about her doing these things, especially since she showed absolutely no remorse and had actually cleaned up her act. It was the cause of much anxiety. Still to this day, I am VERY afraid of what kind of past a girl I date will have. It is to the point that even hearing a single word will trigger an anxiety attack that will last for days. Luckily, the girl I am with now has told me everything about her past, and it really isn't that bad. Not much worse than mine, but there are still some things that really bother me. We talk about it sometimes, and are in a very good relationship with good communication. This song has helped me through some rough times. It is so catchy, happy, positive yet somehow sad at the same time, that it is easy to escape reality for a minute and realize that I am absolutely lucky to have such an awesome girlfriend who has such a (almost) squeaky clean past. They do not come around often, and that is the point of the song. |
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