| The Tragically Hip – Bobcaygeon Lyrics | 14 years ago |
| @wonderdog and @Ryan_Cole : I love your interpretations. Check out the video at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o6QDjDPRF5c , then pause it at 4:38. The guitarist's guitar has a scrawling that says "This machine kills fascists". That's a nod to Woody Guthrie, too! | |
| Sage Francis – Going Back To Rehab Lyrics | 14 years ago |
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@high420 and @jerkjess, you're dead on about the meaning of the '13th step'. I've been in NA for a couple of years, admittedly, and the song makes perfect sense. I've seen a lot of relationships develop 'in the rooms' (as they refer to the meetings). You strive together so hard to stay clean, make something of your life. When one of you falls out of it, you hit a dichotomy. Do you go back to that old level/way to save them, or do you just rely on faith. AA/NA deals with a 'higher powe' and states that it's 'not a religious' organization. Sage's Christian wording is likely his faith and how it plays into all of it. Anyhoo, this is just one guy's thoughts. The replies to this are great, as is the song. |
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| Moss Icon – Happy (Unbounded Glory) Lyrics | 15 years ago |
| The folks in Moss Icon were big supporters of human rights in Central and South America. It seems to speak of greed or unending demands and desires. If you keep wanting, expecting, desiring, etc., there will never be enough. Take that to infinity: You want everything, anything given will be nothing. It's just enough for you. Replace 'You' with someone/something else :) | |
| I Hate Myself – Urban Barbie Lyrics | 15 years ago |
| Losing the one close friend (or more+than+friend) that identified with that narrow set of things that made you who you were. They moved on, and you wouldn't see them again like that. | |
| I Hate Myself – ...and Keep Reaching For Those Stars Lyrics | 15 years ago |
| Makes me think of friends still in the small town I grew up in. We called it the "Xtown" effect, with "Xtown" being the name of the town I'd rather not reveal. Someone sung about it, and so many still there push it down and never forget it. Getting fucked up is an easy way to put off the pain. | |
| I Hate Myself – Polar Bear Summer Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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Another awesome one. I see many of the same commenting crew on each IHM track meaning. I'm enjoying it. Make your private place in the world your metaphor: on top of everything else. Nothing can get to you, regardless of anything else. Asking someone to join you would be you bringing them into your world. What a warm feeling of commitment longing. |
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| I Hate Myself – Caught In A Flood With The Captain Of The Cheerleading Squad Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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It makes me think back to being the kid in high school, not really in with any social strata. You have no confidence. I was brainy, thought about numbers, words and what not, but I sat on a large, yet weakly-structured bubble of emotions. The bell curve reference is him to himself. Being wasted on cancer and bible school - it makes me think so much about growing up in the South. Someone's dying, you pray, all the good kids go to church, and the cheerleader is everything. The flood is just the rush of life, the short-term of time during which he may see this girl. Inadequacies prevail, and he's astute and/or mistaken enough to think that his self-doubt is projected. I wrote something similar to this in a high school journal that was published annually. It was much more pleasant, but every time I hear this song, I put my face there with hers. Nonetheless, she's doing well, we keep in touch, and see each other now and again. The awkward boy is a grown-assed man, not settling for any life not of my own choosing. That's a stark contrast to the life you had (right-skewed, average low) and what your parents/caregivers wanted for you hopefully out of love. Depp South residents, can you feel me? |
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| I Hate Myself – This Isn't The Tenka-ichi-budokai Lyrics | 15 years ago |
| Ultimate breakup track indeed. I think the song reference could be just him, sad, idling and watching TV, DBZ on the tube. Think about the times you stared and did nothing when you lost that one you loved most. | |
| Envy – Go Mad And Mark Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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I played the live version in my car after a trying period of helping myself get past the loss of my father. I hit an intersection and poured out a deluge of tears. I was crying so hard that I couldn't drive that well. Each rise of the song, each guiltar and drum blast was met with a light or slap of the fist to the steering wheel. I felt like I opened up a piece of this longing and hurt that needed to be external. I don't care for the vocalist all the time, but the band embodies the facets of emo that got me hooked over ten years ago. If you like this music, then it just is that feeling that you can't explain to others. This is the rawest lyric and means of delivery. You are made to not just hear those rises and falls...you're surrounded. |
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