| Passion Pit – Sleepyhead Lyrics | 15 years ago |
| The first time I noticed the lyrics to this song was when I looked up the guitar chords for it. Immediately, the second verse made me think of Marilyn Monroe's death. The part that instantly reminded me of it was "They crowd your bedroom like some thoughts wearing thin". It made me think of all the reporters and people that were gathered outside her room when they wheeled her body out on the stretcher. "They couldn't think of something to say the day you burst/ with all their lions and all their might and all their thirst" reminds me of how America turned Marilyn into an object that fed their own thirst for sexual stimulation, and no one really considered her a human with real human emotions. It wasn't until she committed suicide, that people began to realize that had pushed her over the edge. "You were one inch from the edge of this bed" reminds me of how she died in her bed, with the phone in her hand. | |
| Them Crooked Vultures – New Fang Lyrics | 16 years ago |
| new fang when you notice the stripes | |
| Death Cab for Cutie – I Will Follow You Into the Dark Lyrics | 17 years ago |
| He would follow her into the depths of oblivion just to be able to spend eternity with her | |
| Dusty Springfield – Son Of A Preacher Man Lyrics | 17 years ago |
| On the office, Jim said the song was about losing your virginity next to a church. It was in the episode "baby shower" | |
| Gorilla Zoe – Juice Box Lyrics | 17 years ago |
| this song is the most disturbing thing I've ever heard. "tryna drink my unborn"??? What the fuck. That's disgusting termanology. | |
| The Smashing Pumpkins – Today Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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My interpretation of this verse: "Pink ribbon scars" self inflicted wounds "That never forget" they are actual physical scars that serve as a reminder day after day "I tried so hard To cleanse these regrets" Cutting is a subconscious form of self punishment and an attempt at symbolic redemption for those with extreme guilt complexes who have trouble forgiving themselves for past mistakes. "My angel wings Were bruised and restrained" His innocence has been tainted and compromised, and although it is severly damaged, it is not completely destroyed. "My belly stings" Anyone whos ever dwelled on their past mistakes knows this feeling. |
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| The Doors – Hyacinth House Lyrics | 17 years ago |
| Well I guess you can't really know the answer to that unless you went to the pierre lachaise cemetery, unearthed the remains of the corpse that is burried in the plot that reads "James Douglas Morrison", and performed DNA tests to make sure it's really Jim. But I do believe that the common understanding of how Jim actually died is not the real story. His death certificate states that he was found dead in his bathtub, cause of death being heart failure. But Sam Bernett, a friend of Morrison, claims he died of a massive heroin overdose in the bathroom of the Rock n Roll Circus club in Paris, and was then moved to the tub to deflect blame from Morrison's posse of drug dealers. I don't really care if they ever discover exactly what happened that night, because the unclear demise of the lizard king just makes him that much interesting. | |
| Josh Todd – Lovely Bones Lyrics | 17 years ago |
| This song is obviously based on the alice sebold book "The Lovely Bones". | |
| Third Eye Blind – Jumper Lyrics | 17 years ago |
| I think the ledge is metaphorical. I think "jumping" means commiting suicide, but not neccisarily jumping from a building, or jumping at all. | |
| Linkin Park – Shadow Of The Day Lyrics | 18 years ago |
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oh and another thing.... Pink cards and flowers on your window, Your friends all plead for you to stay. People are usually in shock when someone commits suicide. They are in disbelief, so it's not unusual that they would write letters and cards to the deceased asking them why and telling them they love them as if they are going to read them. Every line of this song seems like a suicide metaphor. |
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| Linkin Park – Shadow Of The Day Lyrics | 18 years ago |
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It seems very clear that this song is about commiting suicide. VERY clear. |
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| Burden Brothers – Beautiful Night Lyrics | 18 years ago |
| It's so bittersweet. It's the kind of depression and solitude you want to revel in. This song is so strange for me. I used to love it eigth grade, but I never thought about the lyrics. Randomly, the other day, it popped into my head. Now I hear it and it brings me back to a time in my life when I was so optimistic and I couldn't wait for all the good things the future would bring. | |
| The Smashing Pumpkins – Today Lyrics | 18 years ago |
| I've been a fan since I was 14 and I finally saw them in concert last night and I'll never forget it. This song literally pulled me out of a depressing state of mind that had consumed me for months. He played the acoustic version last night and it was amazing because last night probably was the best night of my life. This song is perfect. | |
| Snoop Dogg – Riders on the Shit (Wach Owt feat. P.O.O.N.) Lyrics | 18 years ago |
| When I first heard this, I was pissed. But eventually I started to like it. It has a cool beat, and it's just a fun song...and Jim was all for having a good time. I doubt Jim would even give a fuck anyways. At least snoop gave him credit. | |
| Eagles – Hotel California Lyrics | 18 years ago |
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This part reminds me of tripping on strong Salvia... And she said 'We are all just prisoners here, of our own device And in the master's chambers, They gathered for the feast The stab it with their steely knives But they just can't kill the beast Last thing I remember, I was Running for the door I had to find the passage back To the place I was before 'Relax,' said the night man, We are programmed to receive. You can checkout any time you like, but you can never leave! Salvia has little effect on some, and extremely strong effects on others, like me. If anything could come close to describing the visions, realizations, and pure terror of a trip I had, it would be those lines. |
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| The Doors – Hyacinth House Lyrics | 18 years ago |
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Jim was interested in Greek mythology, so he was probably familiar with Hyacinth. Even if this song had nothing to do with Hyacinth, I still see similarity between the myth of Hyacinth and Jim's death. The flower that sprang from the beautiful youth's blood could be compared to the legacy and mystery that is associated with Jim. Jim's mystique sprang from his blood, because his untimely death immortalized him. His death made him a legend, because it created an interest, even generations later, towards his life and his music. Had Hyacinth not died in the myth, no flower would have been produced from his blood. Had Jim not died, their would be no legend. I was drawn to the doors because of the mystery surrounding the life of Jim Morrison, and I stayed interested in the doors because of the music. In my personal experience, Jim's death not only preserved him, it preserved his music. Apollo would not allow Hyacinth to enter the after life. I don't think the world will allow Jim's legacy to die. However, it is most likely that the Hyacinth house Jim was speaking of was Ray Manzarek‘s home. Ray's house was surrounded by Hyacinth flowers, and Jim referred to it as the Hyacinth house. The part of the song that really convinced me was " What are they doing in the Hyacinth House? To please the lions in this day" I think that those two lines are one sentence, a question. "What are they doing in the Hyacinth House to please the lions in this day?" I think that the lions he is referring to would be their teenage fan base, who are like hungry lions that devour the hit songs he throws them, yet turn their nose up at the songs that showed Morrison's poetic depth. I have gathered information that has given me the impression that Jim felt that the Doors were becoming too commercial, and he felt that the other members of the band were trying to please the fans instead of create the kind of music that Jim wanted to create. So, when Jim asks "What are they doing in the Hyacinth House to please the lions in this day?", I picture Jim thinking of the other band members and possibly Paul Rothchild before he withdrew from producing LA woman, gathering in Ray's house and discussing the bands lyrics or direction in order to widen their fan base and bring in more earnings. In a poem written shortly before Morrison's death, he wrote the lines "money beats soul, last words, last words, out." The lines that speak of needing a new friend who doesn't bother, trouble, or need him are much more personal. To shed some light on this, you need to know about the people that Jim surrounded himself with. Jim knew that Pam had built her life around him and it would crumble without him. Pamela was extremely dependant on Jim, yet at the same time, acted as if she were his mother. She edited his poetry, blue-penciled his interviews, and nagged him about quitting the Doors and becoming a writer. Patricia Kenealy understandably nagged Jim about getting her pregnant and how he planned to resolve the situation. I read in "The Lizard King" that either Bill Siddons or Paul Rothchild hired someone to stay with Jim at all times and basically baby-sit him. Who knows what other personal relationships were plaguing him? I think that Jim felt like the people in his life were dragging him down. The eerie lines about the bathroom really speak to me. They give off this vibe that Jim felt very much alone and isolated in his life. Besides the fact the bathrooms are associated with privacy and solitude, I have a feeling that Jim saw the bathroom as a refuge from the train wreck his life had become. I've heard that he said that he wanted to die in a bathtub, which brings up the question of Morrison predicting his own early death. Although no one knows for sure the exact details of Morrison's death, it is fairly certain that he did die in a bathtub, because that's where his body was reported to have been found by Pam. There is also a story that states Jim ingested a large amount of Heroin in a bar bathroom the night of his death, which led to his overdose. Anyways, I think the bathroom was the only place Jim could be alone, away from the world that nagged and persecuted him. Jim is quoted as saying he would be the third member of the "27 club", referring to the deaths of Jimi Hendrix and Janis Joplin (both dead at 27 from drugs, both had J names.) Therefore, I believe he knew death would come soon. Perhaps the person he thinks is following him is death, which finally caught up to him in a bathroom. The story of Jim's life was like a poem, and the lines about the bathroom show blatant foreshadowing. "Why did you throw the Jack of Hearts away?" is my favorite line. Whether Jim was aware of the significance of the Jack of Hearts or not, it still describes him perfectly. In cartomancy, the Jack of hearts can be an actor, artist, a writer of poetry, or just a student of the arts. He is also a man of any age who is at heart, a child. Jim wrote this song during the last stage of his life, in Paris. It was a time in his life when he felt that his poetic talents had left him or had been used up. According to his friends, he would stare at the blank pages of his journal with a pencil in his hand for hours. He even tried free writing in an attempt to produce more poetry. He also believed that the "shaman" that "possessed" him had left his body. He knew he could not get back what he once had. The most significant line, I think, in this song, is "The End." Once again, Jim is hinting that his death is on it's way. I believe that Jim had a part in his own death. I'm not saying it was straight suicide, but I believe it was at least passive suicide. The abuse that broke down his body was his own doing. He did nothing at all to prevent his own death, but instead he welcomed it by displaying dangerous and potentially deadly behavior. Anyways, the only person who knows what this song really means is dead, so we can only guess. |
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