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| Devendra Banhart – So Long Old Bean Lyrics
| 18 years ago
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this reminds me of an old campfire song that I used to know--each verse you would choose a different type of bean to use as a dogs name--
"My dog *Jelly* likes to roam, one day *Jelly* left his home! He came back so very clean, where oh where has *Jelly* been? *Jelly* bean, *Jelly* bean where oh where has *Jelly* been?" |
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| Elvis Costello – Beyond Belief Lyrics
| 18 years ago
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This is my favorite song of all time. I'm thinking along the same lines as dobryden- on the one level, he's saying that he's beyond believing that he will find love. I also think that through his allusions to Galileo and Darwin he wants to discover that person who will destroy all notions he has about love, as their discoveries shook up their worlds. Reflected in the mirror, he sees himself in the past and becomes nostalgic for that time before he became so jaded. |
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| Animal Collective – Derek Lyrics
| 18 years ago
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This is my favorite on the album! I agree with bubbloy about it talking about raising a kid, and dealing with the changes.
also, does this remind anyone else of "It's a Small World After All?" |
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| Elvis Costello – Chemistry Class Lyrics
| 18 years ago
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She's controlled by society and it's views on beauty; maybe she is intelligent but she acts shallow and vapid to "please people" like herself. She has been rejected and scorned by different groups because of this, but she still can't figure it out. He has been led on by her, and is frustrated with her teasing and wants to provoke her enough to break out of her mold. I think he's trying to say that you don't have to sacrifice intelligence for beauty or acceptance. |
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