| The National – Slipping Husband Lyrics | 13 years ago |
| i wondered the same thing, but they refer to his wife as "her" in the part before that, and there are no other hints at any kind of affair. i think the tone of the song is way more "you're going to fuck up what you DO have being stuck in your own head" - it's about what's happening internally, not an affair. | |
| Sun Kil Moon – I Know It's Pathetic But That Was The Greatest Night Lyrics | 13 years ago |
| pretty straight-forward... an attempt to romanticize a one-night stand with some crazy bitch. | |
| Seal – Kiss From A Rose Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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snow = cocaine, not pot silly. light that you shine can be seen = when you use coke for a long time your vision blurs in the presence of light |
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| Okkervil River – A Stone Lyrics | 16 years ago |
| i think "being alive" goes much better with how the stone is "hard grey"... i.e. unfeeling, not alive in the sense that it is emotionally distant ("cold"/"hard") and incapable of responding to the girl's affections. it would be uncharacteristically rude of will to be speaking ill of the dead. | |
| Okkervil River – A Stone Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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i think that this explanation is not plausible at all... for one thing, it doesnt apply at all to the second half of the song , and for another, picking pebbles out of the drain is just an extension of the main idea (she's looking for pieces the metaphorical "stone" she loves). |
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| Have a Nice Life – Hunter Lyrics | 16 years ago |
| of course it's SAD, but that's the way it is | |
| The Avett Brothers – Salina Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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i think he's referencing people (possibly girls) of his past through their city names. There are a lot of musicians who do that. "From town to town and state to state There�s people everywhere that try to capture us" are you picking up what i'm puttin down? |
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| Megafaun – The Fade Lyrics | 16 years ago |
| luka, i'm pretty positive this isn't about someone who is actually dead, just someone who has changed drastically. | |
| Woods – Broke Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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this might be the saddest woods song i've ever heard. if not the saddest falsetto song i've ever heard. |
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| The Owls – Luck Lyrics | 16 years ago |
| this is their best songggggg | |
| The Wrens – Boys You Won't Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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ah you messed up my favorite line "hiding in new places getting wasted singing i guess we're done" |
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| Junior Boys – FM Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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he's on tour. he left her behind. the hotel radios are form him staying in hotels on the road. he's speculating about what happens when touring takes him back to where she is, the bit about forgetting the hotel radios and driving home is exactly what it sounds like - part of him at least wants to ditch the road life and go home with her. clarify things at all laffz? |
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| Best Friends Forever – i think it would be great Lyrics | 16 years ago |
| this is called tape song you turd. | |
| Best Friends Forever – Tape Song Lyrics | 16 years ago |
| the best oneeee | |
| Death Cab for Cutie – Death of an Interior Decorator Lyrics | 17 years ago |
| i feel like you misunderstood both this song AND that piece of shit book. | |
| Woodpigeon – Piano Pieces For Adult Beginners Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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i love this song. no analysis needed, simple, straightforward |
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| The Good Life – O'Rourke's, 1:20 A.M. Lyrics | 17 years ago |
| so good | |
| Mother Mother – Body Lyrics | 17 years ago |
| love this song. | |
| Why? – These Few Presidents Lyrics | 17 years ago |
| read that interview and completely agree. yoni wants to choke a bitchhh. | |
| Chairlift – Evident Utensil Lyrics | 17 years ago |
| yep. all about writer's block. | |
| Talking Heads – This Must Be the Place (Naive Melody) Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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do you really think someone who was in love would say "I'm just an animal looking for a home Share the same space for a minute or two" and he's not saying "i'm already there" he's saying GUESS I'M already there. he doesn't know what home is and he doesn't know what love is. the "never for money always for love" is tongue in cheek. thats why it is followed by "cover up and say goodnight" as in i've fucked you peace out. why don't you research the band a little bit. one of the best known facts about byrne is that he does not believe in the existence of love. |
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| The Apples in Stereo – You Said That Last Night Lyrics | 17 years ago |
| the gerbils should cover this. | |
| Headlights – Some Racing, Some Stopping Lyrics | 17 years ago |
| this is from Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close by Foer. | |
| Menomena – Polo Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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i hear the distorted vocals saying: why'd you kill the lights why'd you kill the lights even when it's dark you don't like the dark so now i am too bruised now i am too bruised giving up giving up on me why'd you kill the clock why'd you kill the clock now i can't breathe now i can't breathe now my legs are bruised say now my legs are bruised giving up giving up on me ....and then the whole first part again. |
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| Menomena – Duel Lyrics | 17 years ago |
| i think it's "who would i FAWN over the most" | |
| Talking Heads – This Must Be the Place (Naive Melody) Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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this is not a love song. he's partying and having a random fuck do you honestly not notice that he's saying "i guess i'm already there" and characterizes himself as an animal? this song is horribly, horribly depressing. |
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| Mount Eerie – The Moon Sequel Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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favorite song off of this 08 album. some of the lyrics are wrong though... "where the novelty has worn off your light should be "where the novelty has worn off in the blue moonlight" also at the end "what gives" and "who cares" need to be switched. |
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| The Acorn – Flood pt.2 Lyrics | 17 years ago |
| KICKING LIIIIKE A MOTHERFUCKERRRRRRRR | |
| The Walkmen – I Lost You Lyrics | 17 years ago |
| best walkmen song | |
| Menomena – Let's All Unite! Lyrics | 17 years ago |
| where are the comments?! this song is awwwesome | |
| She & Him – I Thought I Saw Your Face Today Lyrics | 17 years ago |
| best song. | |
| New Buffalo – No Party Lyrics | 17 years ago |
| one night stand with an ex? | |
| Sparklehorse – Some Sweet Day Lyrics | 17 years ago |
| i think it's the other way around- she drowned and he's waiting to join her.. it's a lot more consistent with the lyrics | |
| The Microphones – Something Verse 2 Lyrics | 17 years ago |
| dirty. | |
| Headlights – Everybody Needs A Fence To Lean On Lyrics | 17 years ago |
| i think maybe laura123laura is An Retard. | |
| Electric President – Dotted Lines Lyrics | 17 years ago |
| ohhh electric president, you're so jaaadddeeeddd etc etc. | |
| Richard Swift – Buildings in America Lyrics | 17 years ago |
| favorite. | |
| Richard Swift – Most of What I Know Lyrics | 17 years ago |
| i can't listen to this anymore. | |
| Menomena – Air Aid Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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dbsabres06 i completely disagree. this fits in seamlessly with the rest of the album. i think that the songs on friend and foe are about dealing with some sort of internal struggle. in this song, he is not talking about some literal air raid, but a concern about the way people are remembered. specifically, he mentions a girl who commits suicide being remembered as having her fate "brought upon herself." he also mentions ben franklin as being remembered as an inventor. i think the song is talking about how after people die, "people of the future" ignore (Cover your ears, cover your eyes, cover your mouth silence, blindness tasteless) the important things about the deceased ("people of the future won't remember names) but instead define them by one action. in the song, the decision to commit suicide, the discovery of electricity and "betrayal" are all specifically defined traits that people are remembered for. throughout the rest of the album, songs like "muscle 'n flo" and "running" deal directly with mortality, the subject of "muscle 'n flo" feels life is too long and he has already met his goals and the subject of running is dealing with mortality as well, but in a far more direct way. my, my continues with a similar line of questioning, except instead of talking about other people's pasts he's asking am i defined by my past? and he interjects various reasons that his past is important. so many other themes unite this song with the rest of the album... i just don't understand how you could possibly make that statement after having heard a single other song on this album. having said this, i will say that though there are uniting themes (religious references, mortality, the past, burden of success, etc) the lyrics for these songs are not all written by one member of the band, i have read in interviews that the members write chunks of lyrics and put them together later, so don't worry, i wouldn't dare suggest this is anything as simple as a concept album. it's a clever idea, really- by putting together their lyrics in each song, they have a sense of flow between songs, but don't close themselves off into one niche of writing. |
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| Menomena – Air Aid Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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dbsabres06 i completely disagree. this fits in seamlessly with the rest of the album. i think that the songs on friend and foe are about dealing with some sort of internal struggle. in this song, he is not talking about some literal air raid, but a concern about the way people are remembered. specifically, he mentions a girl who commits suicide being remembered as having her fate "brought upon herself." he also mentions ben franklin as being remembered as an inventor. i think the song is talking about how after people die, "people of the future" ignore (Cover your ears, cover your eyes, cover your mouth silence, blindness tasteless) the important things about the deceased ("people of the future won't remember names) but instead define them by one action. in the song, the decision to commit suicide, the discovery of electricity and "betrayal" are all specifically defined traits that people are remembered for. throughout the rest of the album, songs like "muscle 'n flo" and "running" deal directly with mortality, the subject of "muscle 'n flo" feels life is too long and he has already met his goals and the subject of running is dealing with mortality as well, but in a far more direct way. my, my continues with a similar line of questioning, except instead of talking about other people's pasts he's asking am i defined by my past? and he interjects various reasons that his past is important. so many other themes unite this song with the rest of the album... i just don't understand how you could possibly make that statement after having heard a single other song on this album. having said this, i will say that though there are uniting themes (religious references, mortality, the past, burden of success, etc) the lyrics for these songs are not all written by one member of the band, i have read in interviews that the members write chunks of lyrics and put them together later, so don't worry, i wouldn't dare suggest this is anything as simple as a concept album. it's a clever idea, really- by putting together their lyrics in each song, they have a sense of flow between songs, but don't close themselves off into one niche of writing. |
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| Menomena – The Pelican Lyrics | 18 years ago |
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the government? really? ...REALLY? and we're bringing in finding nemo and 300? gtfo people. |
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| The Magnetic Fields – The Luckiest Guy On The Lower East Side Lyrics | 18 years ago |
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depresses the shit out of me. i wish he weren't flat on the last note, but then that's rough isn't it. |
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| Electrelane – After The Call Lyrics | 18 years ago |
| ha good one. | |
| Junior Boys – In The Morning Lyrics | 18 years ago |
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^ that remix is good, has anyone heard the alex smoke one, though, i almost prefer it. |
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| Stereophonics – The Bartender And The Thief Lyrics | 18 years ago |
| necrophilia? | |
| Bright Eyes – The Calendar Hung Itself . . . Lyrics | 18 years ago |
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i don't think she kills her dad chef groovy. it's probably just another sexual abuse reference where the said abuse takes place in a tomato field, oberst seems to love those. sexual abuse references that is, not tomato fields. |
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| Damien Rice – 9 Crimes Lyrics | 18 years ago |
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gun metaphor is hilarious. "if i don't shoot it how'm i supposed to hold it" ...hahahhaha. |
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| Hot Chip – One One One Lyrics | 18 years ago |
| the name is one on one tard legs. | |
| Mindless Self Indulgence – Straight To Video Lyrics | 18 years ago |
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i really don't think this is about porn. it's about the music industry, like alot of jimmy's songs. the first part talks about going "on the road," as in touring, then he discusses the difficulties he's had with radio play ("a failure played in stereo") and selling tickets (the "box office" reference). he says he wants to "go to video" as in make music videos, which is a common way for artists to gain more exposure, but also tends to be one of the first steps in the transition to mainstream music. he says "like a bad girl" merely as a synonym. also, the music industry is often personified as a female who is a "bitch" or "whore" by musicians and lyricists, so the beauty fading/suffocating could easily be jimmy talking about his "relationship" with the music industry. |
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