| Amanda Palmer – Blake Says Lyrics | 17 years ago |
| The song sounds like it's about a boy/young man who comes alive at parties with a few pills or a dose of PCP (also known as "angel dust"), but is otherwise socially awkward and desperately lonely. He prefers animals to people (the fish), and cannot connect with others. He would rather talk to an answering machine than have that "connection" with someone else on the phone. The first two lines of the song sum up his emotional/social state: He feels he is fundamentally unlovable, and is only cared about when the other person in the relationship has something to gain, such as money from the government. He is afraid of trusting anyone and steadfastly refuses to do so. And just as "the globe gets warmer", or as people connect with one another and form relationships, he believes that it will still be "cold in Alaska", that he can still remain alone. | |
| Moxy Früvous – Down From Above Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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A great song, by a great band...which seems to be about how children and families in general are lured into cults. Examples: "You don't know her at all" The child that was once cared for by a loving parent doesn't recognise that part of their past. "Daddy's voice like an intercom connected to a hidden room" The child's father is constantly referencing things that seem secret and possibly frightening. Or the "hidden room" could be a surveillance tactic like "Big Brother is watching". "...they swallowed Mom" The mother that the child "didn't" know has now been swallowed by the doctrines of the cult, and is now recognisable. "Make you run up and down the same hill/ And they'll break your will" The repetitive and tiring nature of the tasks given to the family break them down emotionally and psychologically, submitting them to the cult's will. "...your friends turned to shadows/ And they dragged you away/ Tell nobody that you've been here, don't breathe a word that's been said/ (Now there's a scar)/ upon your forehead" By now, the child and the family are no longer able to function outside the cult, and when they do go out, they are forced into silence. The "scar" could be referencing a brand made on cult members, or the emotional scars of the people who do leave and are forced to hide what happened to them. In that vein, the scar on the forehead could also reference Harry Potter, though that doesn't seem as likely. "...the threat of God's love/ There'll always be something that's raining/ Down from above" This line reminds the listener that the threat of cults is not just a story in the song, but a real and insidious problem. |
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| Amanda Palmer – Leeds United Lyrics | 17 years ago |
| On the gay rights interpretation...the line "they know you at the mac store" would more likely be referring to MAC makeup, as the company was founded by two gay men. | |
| The Dresden Dolls – Dirty Business Lyrics | 17 years ago |
| The screamed-out lines sound like "Take aim!" and "Make your mark!" as if the comments (about what kind of girl the song's narrator is) need to be direct and deadly to her self-image...but in the end her being the outcast "poster girl" got her somewhere, unlike the ones who hated her the most. | |
| The Dresden Dolls – 672 Lyrics | 18 years ago |
| Maybe the "they" are in fact "us". If 666 represents the devil and his minions, maybe the added 6 represents something far worse than he...humanity. | |
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