| Sun Kil Moon – Lost Verses Lyrics | 17 years ago |
| If biographical interpretation is of any interest to you, Mark Kozelek says in an interview with Fuzz.com that 'Lost verses' is about the death of the "Katy"-person from "Katy song" and all those old Red House records... http://www.fuzz.com/articles/article/Mark-Kozelek-of-Sun-Kil-Moon-129 | |
| Phoenix – Consolation Prizes Lyrics | 18 years ago |
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Here it goes: The song is written as being directed to a lover/romantic partner, though I think the main theme is not so much about relationships as the concept of adulthood, aging, and taking full responsibility for your own life. "You" is thinking and behaving like a youth, even though she (?) feels that time is catching up with her more and more. The "I" has perhaps finished the transition from youth to adulthood, anyway he is eager for "you" to go through with that transition, since she is not living up to her potential, only complaining, brooding her fading youth and growing more and more panic-stricken by the thought of trying to realise her full potential - and it´s kind of hard to love a person with that kind of mindset. The consolation prizes-thing is a bit ambiguous but I reckon it's means something like this: if you're in a relationship with someone and that person is unhappy and unfulfilled, it's really hard to feel like you are more than a consolation prize to that person. If you really boil it down i suppose it's a kind of "in order to love another person, you must first love yourself"-sentiment. That, or "I" is saying that he just won't give up on his "godgiven little" and dump her because they've grown apart - that is to take the easy way out and go for the consolation prize... |
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| Hot Chip – Over And Over Lyrics | 18 years ago |
| Isn't it quite obvious this song is about sex, rather than some attack on music critics? Since most of the songs on the album seem to be about the end of a relationship and the hard work of getting back on one´s feet sfter a breakup, this one sticks out a bit, focusing on the immediate physical pleasures of sex. "When I feel this way I really am with you", I think is a way of saying that sex can be a means to experiencing a deep sense of closeness between two people, but at the same time it's so primal and in a way stupid, like a monkey with a miniature cymbal... | |
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