| Dessa – The Chaconne Lyrics | 13 years ago |
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Seems to be the best interpretation on here (though people get it too). There are only a couple of mysteries in this song: - Who is Dessa in this songs? Lover, family, music student, fan? She asks "What did you bring me for?" when your love is the violin. Not the wife, so was she a child living with a relative? - He keeps his wife alive on only brie? This is too weird to not have some basis on a real person. Anyone know? Such a great song. |
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| Flyleaf – Cassie Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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It's ridiculous to blow on about what a great beleiver Cassie (or whoever) was as the whole thing relies on the assumption that if she'd answered 'yes' she would be killed and she siad yes anyway. Who said the guy wouldn't have spared her if she'd said yes and killed her if she said no? Besides, like Tostitos said, that's not how the story happened anyway. How typical of christians to, again, write a famous propaganda book based on misinterpretations of actual events. |
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| Aesop Rock – How to Be a Carpenter Lyrics | 18 years ago |
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Well, the verses of this song are AR at his abstract best, which is why it's one of my fav songs. However I got most of my meaning from the spoken bits. I interpreted it to be about how overly-critical people can take the fun out of doing something by insisting you do it their way; perfectly; to the letter. Or, more broadly; how dreams can suffocate under the weight of the details when maybe they should just be left to go with the flow. So I guess I agree with J.J's meaning but from a different angle... |
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| Aesop Rock – Maintenance Lyrics | 18 years ago |
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My version of the song actually has the "bonus" cut into a seperate track so I don't have the 20mins of robot voice (damn). The bonus track at the end is a personal story of AR's battle with depression which left him pretty screwed until he overcame it with the help of his friends, the four, each contributing something to his recovery. He also became agoraphobic. hence the line about walking to the bodega for cigarettes almost causing him to faint. It's a true story: He talks briedly about it on the Revenge of the Robots DVD and you can see how screwed up it made him. It's an intensely personal song hence why he does it under his real name, thanking those that really may have saved his life. I always wonder if, in hindsight, he ever regretted opening up so publicly but this is probably one of my 5 favourite AR songs. I know a little where he's coming from and it's amazing to hear AR put into words the way you can get consumed without a hand to pull you out. |
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