| The J. Geils Band – Centerfold Lyrics | 15 years ago |
| This song brings back bad memories. I was at a club with my ex-girlfriend a few years ago and this song came on. She was a bit tipsy and vulnerable and she decided to tell me right then and there that when she was in college she had done some "amateur nude films", as she called them, to make some extra money. Although she never showed them to me, she later confessed that they were full on porn movies. I couldn't handle it so I broke up with her. | |
| 311 – Something Out of Nothing Lyrics | 16 years ago |
| This song is interesting because it clearly is about "Oneness" and how we are all gods realized, creating in the moment. Within the first few lines of the song they explain how we're all connected and are part of the Universe and it is because of this connection that we are one with the Universe, ultimately making us creative beings, Gods realized. I love this song! | |
| 311 – Get Down Lyrics | 16 years ago |
| What an amazing, inspiring song with lyrics that deserve a second look for anyone wanting to live a meaningful life. It's about taking action and getting down to business when inspiration hits you. I've noticed that they've written some songs in the form of advice and this is one of them. The song guides us through the entire range of emotions when someone is inspired yet self sabotages for one reason or another. It takes us through realization, shame and awakening. Realization is within the first paragraph of the lyrics where he makes the realization that he's living an unfulfilled life. He tells us that we know better "I hope you got more sense than I, side step the curse". He then moves to shame "Think I'm despised when I look through the eyes of another" and how we feel shame or small when we know we should be taking action yet we procrastinate. Finally, he takes us to acceptance and an awakening "Something's happened A sudden slap in the right place In my face, I thank you" which brings us to the way things should be, an inspirational life. Also, the chorus talks about self sabotage and the stories we tell ourselves to justify our lack of initiative "Illusion I can't fix it You name it, hey The story stays the same" and how we have the ability in this moment to change our mind "Any trouble you can name Just go straight into accepted" All around, it's a profound and powerful song with advice that we should all heed. | |
| Incubus – Aqueous Transmission Lyrics | 18 years ago |
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In my humble opinion, Aqueous Transmission is an extension of "Drive" from their "Make Yourself" album. The whole premise of their album "Make Yourself" is that we have the ability to be and have whatever we wish but in order to do so, we must face ourselves, our fears, our doubt and become the person we wish to become! We all have this ability but we don't want to do the work and become that which we want. The song "Drive" is about fear and how fear holds us back and once we realize that fear is made to be faced and dealt with, it's no longer as scary as we once perceived. "Aqueous Transmission" is what happens after we've faced the fear and become that which we want to be. It's the old idea that when you grow spiritually and emotionally, if your partner does not grow with you, you need to move on until your partner grows to where you've grown to so that you can relate at the same level. The song talks about a river. The river is life and everything that comes with it, the oars are that which held him back (his issues), and the vessel is his body. Just floating down the river without his lover because he's shed his ego and now realizes that life will take him wherever it wants to. Now, here's the payoff. The antenna he talks of building, signifies all that he has learned throughout this journey of growth and the transmission he is sending is him being a teacher to all who want to listen to what he has to teach. He has become a self-realized human being and when he talks about maybe meeting again further down the river he's talking about meeting his lover that he's been without because they are no longer at the same emotional level. If the partner grows and catches up with who he has become, then perhaps they can meet again and teach each other everything they both learned to become emotional giants, hence the lyrics "Maybe we can meet again Further down the river And share what we both discovered Then revel in the view" This song is a metaphor for spiritual and emotional growth. It's beauty not only comes from the instruments but more from the message it is giving us as a gift that we all need to become "more than what we are" and eventually we will all relate at the same level. It's beautiful! |
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