| Decoder Ring – Somersault Lyrics | 14 years ago |
| Walking in the bitter cold, long long away from the one you love, but seeing something that reminds you of them and knowing they'll forever be a part of you. | |
| Au Revoir Simone – Through the Backyards Lyrics | 14 years ago |
| Adore this song. Reminds me of stealing away from life in general with someone you adore, to a place where the only thing that exists is you and him :) | |
| The Pogues – South Australia Lyrics | 14 years ago |
| I gather from the lyrics that this is a song about convicts on their way to South Australia. However, South Australia was settled as a colony for free men and thus no convicts were sent out :) Little known historical fact. | |
| The Red Paintings – mercy seat Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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Is it written from the perspective of a death row prisoner about to face death by electrocution ("And the mercy seat is waiting" "An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth" "And i think my head is smoking, and in a way I hope to be done with all these looks of disbelief")? Just my interpretation based on the above lines |
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| PJ Harvey – It's You Lyrics | 15 years ago |
| I know that this song is about a first love, but it reminds me of this girl I know who has anorexia and bulimia. She lies to her friends and family about it, and it's all she can think about. Anorexia is her life. | |
| Pearl And The Puppets – Because I Do Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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Such a gorgeous song. I think we've all felt that way before. And yes... I'm willing to overlook the fact that it was on that ad for vodafone. |
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| Ben Folds Five – Evaporated Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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This is going to sound incredibly stupid but this song has kind of changed my outlook on life. Over the last year I've sunk into a state of melancholia, and all that I cared about, all that I was once passionate about, I've given up and I've just fallen by the wayside. I'm a shadow of my former myself, and I hate it because I've got no reason to be, but I don't know what I've done and how to get myself back. Once I was walking along the street wallowing in my own self pity, feeling quasi-suicidal (but I don't have enough conviction to go through with that, anyway) and this song came on shuffle. I'd never really listened to it before. I burst out in tears, listened to it on repeat about 10 times. Then it hit me - I can identify completely with this song. At age 15. I realised that it's ridiculous to feel that way at my age, so I've slowly started rebuilding my life... it's not easy, and I don't even know what to do... but there's always that hope. |
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| Bliss N Eso – Eye Of The Storm Lyrics | 15 years ago |
| woops my bad it's a sample of Paper aeroplane. I wish we were allowed to edit our comments. but yeah, the Paper Aeroplane sounds pretty cruisy and it ties in well to the theme of this song | |
| Bliss N Eso – Eye Of The Storm Lyrics | 15 years ago |
| yeah, I agree with scr1bbles. The sample of "mango tree" reinforces this further, methinks | |
| Janis Ian – At Seventeen Lyrics | 15 years ago |
| This is going to sound incredibly lame and dumb, but as a 17 year old girl (in a private all-girls school where every second girl appears to be a model) this song reassures me a lot. | |
| Holly Throsby – Would You? Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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Lyrics are pretty self explanatory - she's seeking reassurance and the guy gives it to her. This song reminds me very much of Damien Rice and Lisa Hannigan. |
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| The Sundance Kids – The Tide Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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It sounds slightly christian with lyrics such as "We stand on the moon believing that we're closer to you" and "Let your tide swallow me, just like your sunlight sets me free". The part about the moon, especially, makes it sound as though he's referring to a higher being. Meh, even if they are a xtian band, they make some bloody good music. Was wonderful wandering around the UniSA campus (I know, I know...) for the open day and hearing them play live :) |
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| The Smashing Pumpkins – 1979 Lyrics | 15 years ago |
| to me, this song is like the summer of '07/'08/. Ever since I was a kid, my family and I have made a trip down to this little town by the beach. It's been a yearly ritual, and now basically all of my friends have gone for the past few years. I've made friends there as well. And this is the last summer we were able to do it - next year we'll all be heading off into various directions for university, so this song was our song. We were having fun and living for the moment, despite having the huge challenge known as year 12 lying ahead of us | |
| Ben Folds – Adelaide Lyrics | 15 years ago |
| jeebus that was long. thats how much i love adelaide, i'll embarass myself online just to defend the dear little place :) | |
| Ben Folds – Adelaide Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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ok ok I'm an Adelaide girl, I've lived here my entire life so I'd like to add a couple of comments. I'd just like to clear things up. 1) I'd hardly call Adelaide cheap. You'd be hard pressed to find a house big enough for a family of five to live in in the eastern/south eastern suburbs (and lets face it, where else would you want to live in adelaide?) for under $1 mil. 2) the bunting fiasco. yes ok the murders were bruta l and grizzly, but psychopaths exist anywhere, they're not confined to adelaide. perhaps little old sleepy adelaide breeds this kind of person cos there's not much else to do? ha, just joking. and also, they're one episode in our history. an exceptionally disgusting moment, but just remember that the killers involved in the snowtown murders all got sent off to jail for life, IIRC. so justive was served. 3) yes adelaide is a bit slow sometimes, but we get there. it really comes alive in march, with all of the festivals so thats good. and frankly, while we don't have all of the "mod-cons" that the eastern states have, we have awesome festivals, the best restaurants food and wine, world renowned universities and great schools, the most beautiful holiday spots just an hour away (such as the fleurieu peninsula and the barossa valley) and everyone knows everyone. there's an intimacy that can't be found in larger cities. also where i live, i'm 6km away as the crow flies from the CBD but my house is in amongst the gum trees, and we have koalas in our backyard. i don't know many other australian cities where you have koalas 6km away from the CBD. adelaide is (ironically considering the history of the state) a fairly conservative little place, and a little bit sleepy. we don't have 24 hour supermarkets, our airport can't even take 747's, we have a major expressway that can only take traffic going one way and not the other, our PT system sucks, we have a city council that stands in the way of major development and lots of people drift interstate/overseas after having completed school/uni to get more opportunities. it's for reasons like this that we're laughed at by the eastern states - for reasons like this that people question why anyone would WANT to live here. but basically this song is kind of saying, despite the oversized-country-town feel at times, adelaide's a great place to live and don't mock me for it. and as a proud RADelaidean :) (hahaha sorry couldn't resist), i couldn't agree more. and adelaide does have it's positive attributes, and this is just my personal opinion but i strongly believe that adelaide will come alive again like it did under Dunstan... we just need a competent government and a bit of a paradigm shift, that's all. adelaide has a lot going for it, and i think that's what ben's trying to get across in this song. and frankly, it's a farkin fantastic place to live. i'm moving overseas to complete secondary school in a couple of weeks, and i might go to university overseas as well, and who knows where that will take me, but i know for sure that based on my experiences, wherever i am in the world, i want MY children growing up in adelaide, if only for a small part of their lives. |
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| The Cat Empire – The Car Song Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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It's funny because it's true. For me, at least. I'm in year 10 right now, and I leave a trail of forgotten apparel and other such inventory behind me wherever I go. And then everyone's on my back about me being a lawyer. I actually do want to be a lawyer though. So no more e-procrastination and back to the books. |
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| Crowded House – Fall At Your Feet Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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my god, in my filthy teenage mind, i first thought it was about having sex with someone that you loved, actually really loved. upon actually looking at the lyrics, i can see that maybe his girlfriend/wife has distanced herself from him, for whatever reason, but he's still there for her, if she needs |
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| Crowded House – Everything Is Good For You Lyrics | 16 years ago |
| oh my god i left this comment in the wrong song, i just realised. disregard, please | |
| Damien Rice – The Blower's Daughter Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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wow, i misheard the girls part as being "did i say that i love you? did i say that i want you, leave it all behind" i know it's about his flute teachers daughter, or something,but i always thought, basically, he met this girl, fell instantly in love with her, but she just completely disregarded him, intentionally. oddly enough, whenever i hear it, it makes me feel all gooey and lovey inside. |
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| Augie March – One Crowded Hour Lyrics | 16 years ago |
| i always thought it was a love song... about having eyes for only one person and what not | |
| PJ Harvey – The Mountain Lyrics | 16 years ago |
| the ending is orgasmic | |
| Crowded House – Everything Is Good For You Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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i always thought it was about having sex with someone you really really loved :S beautiful song nonetheless |
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| Missy Higgins – Unbroken Lyrics | 16 years ago |
| the girl gets herself knocked up, when she can't support a baby for whatever reason | |
| Missy Higgins – The river Lyrics | 16 years ago |
| girl gets abused by her alcoholic parents, then drowns herself. and i think she's doing the bext thing for herself. | |
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