| Nine Inch Nails – Hurt Lyrics | 18 years ago |
| Oh, and rulnig, cash was a recovered addict, that's why he could relate the pain in the song so well | |
| Nine Inch Nails – Hurt Lyrics | 18 years ago |
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Guys and Dolls, This song is about heroin use. Try to kill it all away...the needle tears a hole...empire of dirt (herion is somtimes called dirt... or it could be referring to having nothing). Its a song about being consumed by addiction, being ashamed and the loss of all hope. When you're struggling with addiction, there doesn't seem to be a way out of it. The only thing you have to look forward too is overdose. You'll never be who you once were, not to yourself or to anyone else. The last four lines of the song illustrate this perfectly. "I would keep myself..." This is the addict's anthem of dispair. I understand how you can see it as a suicide theme, because it is. I can understand how you could read it as a song about depression, because it is. The thing to remember is that the depression is a result of the drug use. In other words....drugs are bad, mm'kay! |
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| Fiona Apple – The Child Is Gone Lyrics | 18 years ago |
| one last thought... surviving such a traumatic experience so early in life will absolutely seperate you emotionally, mentally and spiritually from your peers. finding a place to belong refers to finding a place to feel safe, finding direction, finding a way to cope with what she went through... | |
| Fiona Apple – The Child Is Gone Lyrics | 18 years ago |
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criminal... since the very first time i heard this song, my interpretation has been a forced loss of innocence (ie rape) and/or of miscarriage. i went through both (one resulting from the other), and i was only seventeen at the time. while i wish that you were correct in assuming that it was impossible for her to have had a miscarriage so early in life, it isn't. rape is absolutely a taking of innocence, and it creates a "vacancy which does not belong..." however, let me tell you from experience that its effect is worsened ten times over when it results in pregnancy and then in miscarriage. i think that the song is about both, and i hope that you are never able to see the correlation for your own sake. |
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| Better Than Ezra – Desperately Wanting Lyrics | 18 years ago |
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I have loved this song for years, simply because I think the melody line is beautiful and the musician in me likes to play with the harmonies. Still, I have often wondered about its meaning, this being the first time I've heard that it had anything to do with a fraternity. To be honest, it's the explanation that makes the most sense to me. I've never really agreed with other people's interpretations that it was based on a mentally unstable girlfriend. Such interpretations of lyrics, poetry and art of any kind are used too often, which seems to be a sad reflection of our society... After reading the "fraternity theory" and then reviewing the song lyrics, I'd have to say that I trust the word of men who've participated in the organization and are familiar with the verbage instead of siding with loose interpretations of drug addiction and insane girlfriends. More disturbing to me as female, is that these loose interpretations (which are poorly argued by the way), are posted by other females who seem to WANT the song to be about a self destructive young woman! Ladies, take some comfort in knowing that lyrics are NOT about such awful circumstances. Accept that not every artist is writing about someone that you can personally relate too... Gentlemen of Kappa Sig, thank you for sheding some light on the subject of the song. Though I admit that I find hazing rituals to be primitive and cruel, I have to say that I'm relieved the song isn't about addiction or suicidal tendencies. Much Love! meredith |
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