| Paint It Black – exit wounds Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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"This song is about a broken home. My broken home" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7et9_hKM-WQ |
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| Propagandhi – This Might Be Satire Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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"We're taught in out society that it's ok to succeed at the expense of others and that's called capitalism." http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tgejEiIAm-A |
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| Q And Not U – A Line In The Sand Lyrics | 16 years ago |
| I could be way off on this, but I think this song is about the war(s) in Iraq. If I remember correctly, when George W. was trying to rally support for the invasion/occupation of Iraq he said something like "It's time to draw 'A Line in the Sand'." Also George (H.W. who attacked Iraq in 1990) and George (W. who attacked it in 2003) could be a reference to "the first time. the second time." Other than that its pretty abstract to me. Just a thought. | |
| The Lawrence Arms – Demons Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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Brendan explained the meaning of this song in his blog (www.badsandwichchronicles.blogspot.com) on 10-26-09: Okay. Well, to me, the song is about the desperation that people succumb to in order to cling to their youth and the general despair and malaise that informs their desperation when faced with the irrevocable truth of fading glory. Whether it’s an aging skank sucking wangs to keep her name out there or some old washed up dinosaur rocker becoming impotently enraged at his sudden irrelevance and picking fights with people he doesn’t know for no reason in hopes of staying in the public eye, or whether it’s me, trying to behave like I did when I was twenty one, even though I’m thirty three with a kid and all sorts of bruises and aches and I can no longer hang like I used to, or nader, shirtless and picking fights at a wedding. That’s the demon, right?. The specter of youth and the inevitability of coming face to face with its disappearance and your perceived subsequent irrelevance no matter how hard you try to ignore it. It’s a tough thing to look in the mirror and see. That’s what that song is about to me. The demons of youth and the trappings of adolescent personalities and how those things don’t necessarily make for adult personalities and also, and perhaps most importantly, this song is about how even when that shit fades, there’s still time and room and a place to look over at someone across the room and just absolutely fall in love, for the first time or all over again. How there are still nights of amazing whiskey shots and laughter and kisses and fights and sure, shit’s not the same, but it shouldn’t be. Change is important and you gotta change. Without it, you’re no better than that pathetic cokehead buddy of yours that still lives in his parents house. You gotta look ahead, no matter how hard it is to never look back. I saw this slideshow on the internet a while ago, of a guy who took a picture of his face every day for five years. It really highlighted the brutality and unflinchingness of the passage of time. The completely reckless disregard that time has on the bodies and spirits that it inevitably ravages. That movie was a huge inspiration for this song. Of course, it’s all up to personal interpretation, so I’ll leave it to you guys to make your own opinions |
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| The Lawrence Arms – Warped Summer Extravaganza (Major Excellent) Lyrics | 18 years ago |
| I think they're poking fun at specific bands. Obviously "A Fire Inside that I just don't believe" is pertaining to AFI. Also the part "when i woke up in hawthorne, i took ocean down to the fairground," I think could be calling out Hawthorne Heights and Yellowcard (who's CD is titled Ocean Ave.) for being such shitty bands. Lawrence Arms were also kicked off of Warped Tour because they were constantly shit talking it during their set according the fat wreck chords. Bottom line: larry arms rule. | |
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