| Lupe Fiasco – Dumb It Down Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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He's not saying Sphinx, he's saying Spinx. Leon Spinx was the boxer who took away Muhammad Ali's championship title. However, if he is in fact saying "lion in the desert," he may recognize the similarity of the name Spinx with the word Sphinx, and is connecting the two. Leon Spinx is known because he toppled the champ, and the Sphinx is known in myth for speaking nearly impossible riddles and possessing deep and secret knowledge. Lupe may be saying that he has the qualities of both those figures. |
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| Lupe Fiasco – Blackout Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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These lyrics seem to have a lot of errors. For instance, it's not "ace summer sleeve," it's "ace up my sleeve." Also, "my toes is" should be "mitosis." There are more, but whatever. This song is still intelligent, articulate, and catchy as fuck, like all of Lupe's work. |
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| Rasputina – Signs of the Zodiac Lyrics | 18 years ago |
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Okay, normally I'm not one to say someone is specifically "wrong" in their interpretation, but seriously, you guys basically have it completely wrong. Not that your interpretations aren't neat. :) List in your head various signs of the zodiac. Pisces. Virgo. Libra. Taurus. CANCER. This song is about someone who's found out they have cancer, and the singer is speaking about it in obtuse and metaphorical ways. In the instances where bloodletting is referred to, I believe it's a metaphor for chemotherapy. Both are horribly painful with huge detriment to ones health (with cancer, though, the detriments are outweighed by the benefits, or at least that's the hope). Chemo is obviously not working for this candidate, though, as is made evident in the following statements: "Have you tried everything, anything All to no avail?" "I know what you need. This will really work." "Look all around you and notice you're not alone. We want to give you the courage to Go a different way." In my opinion, the chemo is failing, and the singer is giving support to the subject of the song. Support to try nonstandard methods to fight the cancer, like holistic or eastern treatments, even though it seems like neither of them actually believe it will work. The singer is trying to put on a smile and tell their friend that everything will be okay and they really do have a chance. "This could really work. We want to give you the courage to go a different way." Anyway, that's my two cents. |
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