| Amanda Palmer – Leeds United Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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i think this song could be about people denying gays rights... though this is just my interpretation of the lyrics we watch you your expert double x's [we watch the conservatives and their double standards, and their "expert" ways of defending why they contradict themselves] it's just like you to paint those whiter fences [the conservatives trying to make it sound like they're doing the right thing, like everything is better their way] it's so polite, it's so polite it's offensive, it's offensive [they think they're being good by teaching people that straight relationships are the only morally correct ones, but it's actually offensive because it's untrue and love is love] it's so unright, it's so unright it's a technical, accept it [it's so unright that they're trying to deny people rights, and they're saying that "that's just the way things are, accept it" as though that justifies it] but who needs love when there's law and order [the conservatives say "even if you're born gay, just don't have a relationship then... who needs love anyway, just follow the law and order will be kept" (also could be saying who needs love, just watch television and waste your life away)] who needs love when there's southern comfort [the conservatives say "don't worry that you can't get married, there's comfort down here in the conservative south" (also could be saying who needs love, just drink alcohol and waste your life away)] who needs love at all [again, "don't worry if you're gay, you just don't need love"] we stalk you your expert, double x's we oxidized you in your sleep there's no exit, there's no exit [we take conservative views and disprove them, and the conservatives can't escape the truth] your on a roll, your on a roll no one gets it, no one gets it [the conservatives think they're doing good but they're not, and that's why no one "gets it"] you're unallowed, you're un - can't you protect us? protect us [you're in the wrong, conservatives... can't you just help protect our rights?] but who needs love when there's law and order who needs love when there's southern comfort [already explained] who needs love when the sandwitches are wicked and they know you at the mac store [the conservatives say, "who needs love when other aspects of life like food and technology and community are good?"] i'm so excited the blackest bees oh i'm getting frightened someday, someday leeds united [gays and allies are excited for equal rights, but we're the "blackest bees" (the oddest ones in the bunch, the odds are against us?) and we're kinda scared... but someday, things will work out] Bugzy My Lone, gonna carry you home [not sure what 'bugzy my lone' is a reference to, but maybe something from the past? in which case it could mean the conservatives are taking old and meaningless values to heart] and they're taking you all to the doctor [they're calling all the fighting people "crazy"?] verbally wise all sugary and spice [hm, i thought this part was 'loverly voices and sugary spices'... if it is, that's the conservatives sounding all nice even though they're not] and it's nice but its not what i'm after [being straight is okay, but being gay is too] sure i admire you, sure you inspire me [sure, we appreciate some of the other values you have, and some other things about you conservatives] but you may not get a maxed out [but you're not fully good, and you're wrong about some things, conservatives] where is the salesman counting my change making bank on the up 'cos i lost my friend [i thought this was 'where is the salesman counting my change, make or break on the upcoming roster'.. in which case it would mean someone is evaluating us and will determine if we make the list to heaven?] we'll stop you your expert double x's [we'll put an end to conservative double-standard nonsense] big stack hold for extra care, two x's [a lot of things you conservatives are saying contradict each other, so it'll take extra care to defend those double standards against our unbeatable arguments] that never talking thing you do is effective, it's effective [their best method of defense is to walk away and ignore us] your shoulder's icy cold & it's a death wish, yes a death wish [conservatives give us liberals the cold shoulder, and the death wish part could mean either they wish we die or their last wish is to have nothing to do with us] but who needs love when there's law and order [explained above] who needs love when there's dukes of hazzard [the conservatives say "who needs marriage when there's good movies and art... just have sex and nobody needs to know about it"] and who needs love when the sandwitches are wicked and they know you at the mac store [explained above] i'm so excited the blacks and bees i'm so excited when i think about leeds united i'm getting frightened the blacks, the blacks, the blacks and bees it's so exciting someday someday someday someday someday someday leeds united [explained above] so that's my interpretation, what do you guys think? 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| The Dresden Dolls – The Gardener (Album Version) Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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i think that it's a comparison of global warming to teens being brainwashed by the media people do bad things (trash the earth/set horrible examples), others follow (also live wastefully/neglect to develop an individuality and just follow the horrible examples being set on tv), everything is desecrated (the earth is fucked up/america is fucked up), the people doing the desecrating are ignorant and don't care/realize and they ignore the wise warnings (people ignore proof of global warming and deny it/people refuse to admit that this generation of children is turning into a bunch of stupid kids who sit around listening to rap and shopping at hollister and have no plan for the future), and then everyone is made to suffer (the polar icecaps melt and flood the earth/america fails because 90% of the population consists of usless, vapid pieces of trash) "the insides are all useless, but the rest is fertile" --the resources are depleted, but things look okay/ the kids' minds and hearts and souls are empty, but they look hot "the gardener's coming to collect" --disaster is coming; what you've asked for is here |
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| Amanda Palmer – Not Mine Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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I read your thoughts, addnamehere, and then I went back to the video Amanda made for Not Mine in October and looked at the comments I'd posted... what I said was kinda similar to what you said, particularly this: "Simply: I don't know who you are, but what I am is not me." Here are the comments I left on the video: I wonder if this song is supposed to be about "the father" putting tainted thoughts into Amanda's mind ("the baby"), and Amanda isn't sure if those are his own beliefs or just what someone else brainwashed him to believe, but they definitely aren't her own, and yet she's thinking them...what do you guys think? I thought that because I don't think the song is literally about her having a baby, I think the baby represents something inside of her (her thoughts or feelings on certain things, perhaps?) that someone put there (the father...which could just be someone attempting to make her think things / brainwash her. And she's not sure if he's really the "father" or if someone else just brainwashed him and passed to her someone else's thoughts...but she's saying they're not hers, even though they're in her. Am I making sense? Heh...I think she's says, at one point, "Everybody tells me that I'm crazy, saying I'm too young to have a baby." Could this mean people think she's too young to have a valid view on an important world issue? |
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| Amanda Palmer – Not Mine Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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I read your thoughts, addnamehere, and then I went back to the video Amanda made for Not Mine in October and looked at the comments I'd posted... what I said was kinda similar to what you said, particularly this: "Simply: I don't know who you are, but what I am is not me." Here are the comments I left on the video: I wonder if this song is supposed to be about "the father" putting tainted thoughts into Amanda's mind ("the baby"), and Amanda isn't sure if those are his own beliefs or just what someone else brainwashed him to believe, but they definitely aren't her own, and yet she's thinking them...what do you guys think? I thought that because I don't think the song is literally about her having a baby, I think the baby represents something inside of her (her thoughts or feelings on certain things, perhaps?) that someone put there (the father...which could just be someone attempting to make her think things / brainwash her. And she's not sure if he's really the "father" or if someone else just brainwashed him and passed to her someone else's thoughts...but she's saying they're not hers, even though they're in her. Am I making sense? Heh...I think she's says, at one point, "Everybody tells me that I'm crazy, saying I'm too young to have a baby." Could this mean people think she's too young to have a valid view on an important world issue? |
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| The Dresden Dolls – Truce Lyrics | 18 years ago |
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I think that this song could be about America "breaking up" with the rest of the world; how Americans think of every other country as some other place having some specific culture, but America as being "America"-- no specific culture, just businesses and blankness, and all different kinds of people. Or, on a personal level, it could be about the end of a romantic relationship. The beauty of all Dresden Dolls lyrics is that they each have a different concept, phrased metaphorically, so that it can apply to any situation, major or minor. All of the concepts--all of the songs--belong to the same philosophy. Discerning the meaning of DDolls lyrics is like discovering the meaning of life. Anyway, here's my explanation for why I think that this song is about the 'breaking-up' of things in general: Firstly, I'll address the parts in which she says 'you can have *someplace* but I want *someotherplace*. This plainly indicates the dividing of something that she and another had previously shared, which implies that there has been a schism. Now, addressing the schism mentioned above, what parts of the song hint at the reason for the schism? Well, let's look at the places. her: new jersey-an 'unimportant' state new york city-a major city in a new nation providence-one of the first cities of a new nation cafe pamplona-one place of comfort and inspiration half of germany but not berlin-part of an interesting (but sometimes, controlling) nation the trading of the 'saskia jokes for the alphabet language'-the trading of primitive foolishness for modern efficiency mass ave from the square to her apartment-the route from her town center to her small home her ex: washington-an 'important' district london-a major city of an old nation los angeles-a glossy city of a new nation africa, asia & australia-three places of poverty, mistreatment, and devastation half of germany including berlin-a part of an interesting (but, sometimes, controlling) nation, including the nucleus of it carry-on baggage-the extra stuff, wants but not needs route 2 between concord and lexington-a route between one battlefield and another Now, what can we conclude from that? Well, she seems to get all of the simplistic, necessary, humble yet beautiful places, whereas her ex seems to get all of the 'sparkly-on-the-outside, dead-on-the-inside' places. Perhaps the schism was over money or career; that she wanted love and he wanted the superficial stuff? Next, I'll address the other parts. These lyrics say "and if we find out that we have any children, we'll trade them off summers and alternating weekends." However, I think that the accurate lyrics are "and special occasions, we'll split between parents who forced us to hate them on alternating weekends." Now this brings something new to the table: is she talking to, not a lover, but someone she viewed as family? Or, more likely, is she referring to the fact that she loved her lover so much that she considered them family? Perhaps she and her ex were each other's family because their real families forced them to hate them on alternating holidays; for Christmas, they'd see his family, who disapproved of the relationship; then, for Easter, they'd visit hers, who also disapproved. "you call it over and i call you psycho"...This might imply that he is ready to end the relationship, divide their things, and move on with his life, no more troubles; but that she doesn't think that either of them are ready to move on. Or that she doesn't think that either of them are going to move on without a fight. "significant other? just say we were lovers, and we'll call it even".... could mean that she's telling him not to say that they were once serious, but that they were just lovers having some fun...this could imply that she, like he, thought that they were significant others of each other, but that upon the break-up, she realized that that could not be so, but he still believes that they were, things just changed--she knows they didn't change, it was like that from the beginning, but they didn't notice it until he was confronted with a choice: money and career, or her? That's when the schism happened. "i am the ground-zero ex-friend you ordered, disguised as a hero to get past your borders"... Well, 'ground zero' is probably a reference to the recognition of the men and women of the World Trade Center in NYC... I don't think it is so much a reference to the attacks of 9/11. So she is the 'acknowledging those hurt in a place that they thought was safe' ex-friend that he ordered. By saying that he ordered an ex-friend, I think she meant that he mistreated a friend (her). So she is his ex-friend because he mistreated her, and she is acknowledging that he hurt her when she thought that they had a good relationship. "i know when i'm wanted, i'll leave if you ask me to, mind my own business and speak when i'm spoken to" ...sounds like the words of a wounded child, which is probably hinting that he was cruel and she is the victim. "i am the tower around which you orbited, i am not proud i am just taking orders"...could mean that he used to revolve around her, and that she is not stating that fact with pride; rather, she is 'taking orders'...could he have ordered her to tell the truth, at some point in an argument happening during the schism? or had he questioned her actions at some point during the decline of the relationship before the schism? "i fall to the ground within hours of impact, i hit back when hit and attack when attacked"... once again, this sounds like a weakened child; crushed easily, and retaliates physically often without thinking about whether or not physical retaliation would actually help solve the problem "and if we should meet through some misunderstanding" is probably another way of saying "and if there is a dispute over the division of our property, and we end up on the same territory" .... "i'll be very sweet, very patient, and forgiving (now get off my side of the state)" is probably another way of saying "i'll be nice and forgiving about it, but then ask you to leave because if we're unsure of whose land this is, then we'll make it be mine; i am right, and i deserve it"...that is not necessarily her being greedy, but her being hurt and acting in a way that can only be expected of her "and if we should see one another in passing, despite these techniques, there is sometimes no avoiding (there must be some kind of mistake)" probably means that she doubts that there will not be a dispute such as the one described above...it also implies that their method of breaking-up was flawed "we'll raise high our white flags and bow heads and shake hands, declaring the land we're on unamerican" (i believe that the accurate lyrics are 'bow heads', not 'say hi') ... could mean that when a dispute occurs, they will simply call a TRUCE and then declare the land they're having a dispute over 'unamerican'... this could mean that they're calling it foreign, and thus neither of their land "i am an accident waiting to happen, i'm laughing like mad as you strangle the captain" ... could mean that she's like an accident-prone child, and that she's laughing while he does wrong things "my place may be taken, but make no mistake, from a little black box i can say without shame that you've lost"... this implies that he has found another 'significant other', but that he shouldn't be fooled and think that he has, because of that, won... the term 'black box' (in psychology, often a term meant to express the human mind) tells us that she knows that he lost but that she's keeping it within her own mind, her own knowledge..that she won't say it to him directly, because that might bring her shame, for ruining their relationship...this implies that she IS considerate of people in general, and that he is merely arrogant Lastly, I will attempt to 'paraphrase' the last part: "so take whatever you'd like" now i don't care about things being even when we have a dispute...you can just have it all "i'll strike like the states on fire" but don't expect me to not fight back once you take things "you won't sleep very tight, no hiding, no safe cover" you won't be comfortable after you take it all, because i will be fighting back, and you can't hide from my wrath "make your bed and now lie, just like you always do" set yourself up for trouble (in this case, by taking it all) and then suffer (in this case, from my wrath), just like you do in all scenarios "you can fake it for the papers but i'm on to you" you can lie to everyone else and at like you're the goodguy, like you're the victim, but i know your plan...i know the real you... i know that you're evil!! |
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| The Dresden Dolls – Truce Lyrics | 18 years ago |
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I think that this song could be about America "breaking up" with the rest of the world; how Americans think of every other country as some other place having some specific culture, but America as being "America"-- no specific culture, just businesses and blankness, and all different kinds of people. Or, on a personal level, it could be about the end of a romantic relationship. The beauty of all Dresden Dolls lyrics is that they each have a different concept, phrased metaphorically, so that it can apply to any situation, major or minor. All of the concepts--all of the songs--belong to the same philosophy. Discerning the meaning of DDolls lyrics is like discovering the meaning of life. Anyway, here's my explanation for why I think that this song is about the 'breaking-up' of things in general: Firstly, I'll address the parts in which she says 'you can have *someplace* but I want *someotherplace*. This plainly indicates the dividing of something that she and another had previously shared, which implies that there has been a schism. Now, addressing the schism mentioned above, what parts of the song hint at the reason for the schism? Well, let's look at the places. her: new jersey-an 'unimportant' state new york city-a major city in a new nation providence-one of the first cities of a new nation cafe pamplona-one place of comfort and inspiration half of germany but not berlin-part of an interesting (but sometimes, controlling) nation the trading of the 'saskia jokes for the alphabet language'-the trading of primitive foolishness for modern efficiency mass ave from the square to her apartment-the route from her town center to her small home her ex: washington-an 'important' district london-a major city of an old nation los angeles-a glossy city of a new nation africa, asia & australia-three places of poverty, mistreatment, and devastation half of germany including berlin-a part of an interesting (but, sometimes, controlling) nation, including the nucleus of it carry-on baggage-the extra stuff, wants but not needs route 2 between concord and lexington-a route between one battlefield and another Now, what can we conclude from that? Well, she seems to get all of the simplistic, necessary, humble yet beautiful places, whereas her ex seems to get all of the 'sparkly-on-the-outside, dead-on-the-inside' places. Perhaps the schism was over money or career; that she wanted love and he wanted the superficial stuff? Next, I'll address the other parts. These lyrics say "and if we find out that we have any children, we'll trade them off summers and alternating weekends." However, I think that the accurate lyrics are "and special occasions, we'll split between parents who forced us to hate them on alternating weekends." Now this brings something new to the table: is she talking to, not a lover, but someone she viewed as family? Or, more likely, is she referring to the fact that she loved her lover so much that she considered them family? Perhaps she and her ex were each other's family because their real families forced them to hate them on alternating holidays; for Christmas, they'd see his family, who disapproved of the relationship; then, for Easter, they'd visit hers, who also disapproved. "you call it over and i call you psycho"...This might imply that he is ready to end the relationship, divide their things, and move on with his life, no more troubles; but that she doesn't think that either of them are ready to move on. Or that she doesn't think that either of them are going to move on without a fight. "significant other? just say we were lovers, and we'll call it even".... could mean that she's telling him not to say that they were once serious, but that they were just lovers having some fun...this could imply that she, like he, thought that they were significant others of each other, but that upon the break-up, she realized that that could not be so, but he still believes that they were, things just changed--she knows they didn't change, it was like that from the beginning, but they didn't notice it until he was confronted with a choice: money and career, or her? That's when the schism happened. "i am the ground-zero ex-friend you ordered, disguised as a hero to get past your borders"... Well, 'ground zero' is probably a reference to the recognition of the men and women of the World Trade Center in NYC... I don't think it is so much a reference to the attacks of 9/11. So she is the 'acknowledging those hurt in a place that they thought was safe' ex-friend that he ordered. By saying that he ordered an ex-friend, I think she meant that he mistreated a friend (her). So she is his ex-friend because he mistreated her, and she is acknowledging that he hurt her when she thought that they had a good relationship. "i know when i'm wanted, i'll leave if you ask me to, mind my own business and speak when i'm spoken to" ...sounds like the words of a wounded child, which is probably hinting that he was cruel and she is the victim. "i am the tower around which you orbited, i am not proud i am just taking orders"...could mean that he used to revolve around her, and that she is not stating that fact with pride; rather, she is 'taking orders'...could he have ordered her to tell the truth, at some point in an argument happening during the schism? or had he questioned her actions at some point during the decline of the relationship before the schism? "i fall to the ground within hours of impact, i hit back when hit and attack when attacked"... once again, this sounds like a weakened child; crushed easily, and retaliates physically often without thinking about whether or not physical retaliation would actually help solve the problem "and if we should meet through some misunderstanding" is probably another way of saying "and if there is a dispute over the division of our property, and we end up on the same territory" .... "i'll be very sweet, very patient, and forgiving (now get off my side of the state)" is probably another way of saying "i'll be nice and forgiving about it, but then ask you to leave because if we're unsure of whose land this is, then we'll make it be mine; i am right, and i deserve it"...that is not necessarily her being greedy, but her being hurt and acting in a way that can only be expected of her "and if we should see one another in passing, despite these techniques, there is sometimes no avoiding (there must be some kind of mistake)" probably means that she doubts that there will not be a dispute such as the one described above...it also implies that their method of breaking-up was flawed "we'll raise high our white flags and bow heads and shake hands, declaring the land we're on unamerican" (i believe that the accurate lyrics are 'bow heads', not 'say hi') ... could mean that when a dispute occurs, they will simply call a TRUCE and then declare the land they're having a dispute over 'unamerican'... this could mean that they're calling it foreign, and thus neither of their land "i am an accident waiting to happen, i'm laughing like mad as you strangle the captain" ... could mean that she's like an accident-prone child, and that she's laughing while he does wrong things "my place may be taken, but make no mistake, from a little black box i can say without shame that you've lost"... this implies that he has found another 'significant other', but that he shouldn't be fooled and think that he has, because of that, won... the term 'black box' (in psychology, often a term meant to express the human mind) tells us that she knows that he lost but that she's keeping it within her own mind, her own knowledge..that she won't say it to him directly, because that might bring her shame, for ruining their relationship...this implies that she IS considerate of people in general, and that he is merely arrogant Lastly, I will attempt to 'paraphrase' the last part: "so take whatever you'd like" now i don't care about things being even when we have a dispute...you can just have it all "i'll strike like the states on fire" but don't expect me to not fight back once you take things "you won't sleep very tight, no hiding, no safe cover" you won't be comfortable after you take it all, because i will be fighting back, and you can't hide from my wrath "make your bed and now lie, just like you always do" set yourself up for trouble (in this case, by taking it all) and then suffer (in this case, from my wrath), just like you do in all scenarios "you can fake it for the papers but i'm on to you" you can lie to everyone else and at like you're the goodguy, like you're the victim, but i know your plan...i know the real you... i know that you're evil!! |
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| The Dresden Dolls – Truce Lyrics | 18 years ago |
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I think that this song could be about America "breaking up" with the rest of the world; how Americans think of every other country as some other place having some specific culture, but America as being "America"-- no specific culture, just businesses and blankness, and all different kinds of people. Or, on a personal level, it could be about the end of a romantic relationship. The beauty of all Dresden Dolls lyrics is that they each have a different concept, phrased metaphorically, so that it can apply to any situation, major or minor. All of the concepts--all of the songs--belong to the same philosophy. Discerning the meaning of DDolls lyrics is like discovering the meaning of life. Anyway, here's my explanation for why I think that this song is about the 'breaking-up' of things in general: Firstly, I'll address the parts in which she says 'you can have *someplace* but I want *someotherplace*. This plainly indicates the dividing of something that she and another had previously shared, which implies that there has been a schism. Now, addressing the schism mentioned above, what parts of the song hint at the reason for the schism? Well, let's look at the places. her: new jersey-an 'unimportant' state new york city-a major city in a new nation providence-one of the first cities of a new nation cafe pamplona-one place of comfort and inspiration half of germany but not berlin-part of an interesting (but sometimes, controlling) nation the trading of the 'saskia jokes for the alphabet language'-the trading of primitive foolishness for modern efficiency mass ave from the square to her apartment-the route from her town center to her small home her ex: washington-an 'important' district london-a major city of an old nation los angeles-a glossy city of a new nation africa, asia & australia-three places of poverty, mistreatment, and devastation half of germany including berlin-a part of an interesting (but, sometimes, controlling) nation, including the nucleus of it carry-on baggage-the extra stuff, wants but not needs route 2 between concord and lexington-a route between one battlefield and another Now, what can we conclude from that? Well, she seems to get all of the simplistic, necessary, humble yet beautiful places, whereas her ex seems to get all of the 'sparkly-on-the-outside, dead-on-the-inside' places. Perhaps the schism was over money or career; that she wanted love and he wanted the superficial stuff? Next, I'll address the other parts. These lyrics say "and if we find out that we have any children, we'll trade them off summers and alternating weekends." However, I think that the accurate lyrics are "and special occasions, we'll split between parents who forced us to hate them on alternating weekends." Now this brings something new to the table: is she talking to, not a lover, but someone she viewed as family? Or, more likely, is she referring to the fact that she loved her lover so much that she considered them family? Perhaps she and her ex were each other's family because their real families forced them to hate them on alternating holidays; for Christmas, they'd see his family, who disapproved of the relationship; then, for Easter, they'd visit hers, who also disapproved. "you call it over and i call you psycho"...This might imply that he is ready to end the relationship, divide their things, and move on with his life, no more troubles; but that she doesn't think that either of them are ready to move on. Or that she doesn't think that either of them are going to move on without a fight. "significant other? just say we were lovers, and we'll call it even".... could mean that she's telling him not to say that they were once serious, but that they were just lovers having some fun...this could imply that she, like he, thought that they were significant others of each other, but that upon the break-up, she realized that that could not be so, but he still believes that they were, things just changed--she knows they didn't change, it was like that from the beginning, but they didn't notice it until he was confronted with a choice: money and career, or her? That's when the schism happened. "i am the ground-zero ex-friend you ordered, disguised as a hero to get past your borders"... Well, 'ground zero' is probably a reference to the recognition of the men and women of the World Trade Center in NYC... I don't think it is so much a reference to the attacks of 9/11. So she is the 'acknowledging those hurt in a place that they thought was safe' ex-friend that he ordered. By saying that he ordered an ex-friend, I think she meant that he mistreated a friend (her). So she is his ex-friend because he mistreated her, and she is acknowledging that he hurt her when she thought that they had a good relationship. "i know when i'm wanted, i'll leave if you ask me to, mind my own business and speak when i'm spoken to" ...sounds like the words of a wounded child, which is probably hinting that he was cruel and she is the victim. "i am the tower around which you orbited, i am not proud i am just taking orders"...could mean that he used to revolve around her, and that she is not stating that fact with pride; rather, she is 'taking orders'...could he have ordered her to tell the truth, at some point in an argument happening during the schism? or had he questioned her actions at some point during the decline of the relationship before the schism? "i fall to the ground within hours of impact, i hit back when hit and attack when attacked"... once again, this sounds like a weakened child; crushed easily, and retaliates physically often without thinking about whether or not physical retaliation would actually help solve the problem "and if we should meet through some misunderstanding" is probably another way of saying "and if there is a dispute over the division of our property, and we end up on the same territory" .... "i'll be very sweet, very patient, and forgiving (now get off my side of the state)" is probably another way of saying "i'll be nice and forgiving about it, but then ask you to leave because if we're unsure of whose land this is, then we'll make it be mine; i am right, and i deserve it"...that is not necessarily her being greedy, but her being hurt and acting in a way that can only be expected of her "and if we should see one another in passing, despite these techniques, there is sometimes no avoiding (there must be some kind of mistake)" probably means that she doubts that there will not be a dispute such as the one described above...it also implies that their method of breaking-up was flawed "we'll raise high our white flags and bow heads and shake hands, declaring the land we're on unamerican" (i believe that the accurate lyrics are 'bow heads', not 'say hi') ... could mean that when a dispute occurs, they will simply call a TRUCE and then declare the land they're having a dispute over 'unamerican'... this could mean that they're calling it foreign, and thus neither of their land "i am an accident waiting to happen, i'm laughing like mad as you strangle the captain" ... could mean that she's like an accident-prone child, and that she's laughing while he does wrong things "my place may be taken, but make no mistake, from a little black box i can say without shame that you've lost"... this implies that he has found another 'significant other', but that he shouldn't be fooled and think that he has, because of that, won... the term 'black box' (in psychology, often a term meant to express the human mind) tells us that she knows that he lost but that she's keeping it within her own mind, her own knowledge..that she won't say it to him directly, because that might bring her shame, for ruining their relationship...this implies that she IS considerate of people in general, and that he is merely arrogant Lastly, I will attempt to 'paraphrase' the last part: "so take whatever you'd like" now i don't care about things being even when we have a dispute...you can just have it all "i'll strike like the states on fire" but don't expect me to not fight back once you take things "you won't sleep very tight, no hiding, no safe cover" you won't be comfortable after you take it all, because i will be fighting back, and you can't hide from my wrath "make your bed and now lie, just like you always do" set yourself up for trouble (in this case, by taking it all) and then suffer (in this case, from my wrath), just like you do in all scenarios "you can fake it for the papers but i'm on to you" you can lie to everyone else and at like you're the goodguy, like you're the victim, but i know your plan...i know the real you... i know that you're evil!! |
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