| Bad Religion – Dearly Beloved Lyrics | 9 years ago |
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I think, as is often the case with Bad Religion songs, religion is used as a metaphor to tell discuss the more general theme. Literally it tells the story of someone losing religion, as he sings in the first sentence, and consequently no longer feeling part of the religious community he used to be part of. However, you can also interpret the story more generally, as if it's about someone realizing he no longer feels part of a specific social group. It can be a group of friends, a family, a religious group or whatever. The person realized he feel out of place, maybe has been feeling that for a long time but tried to ignore the feelings, and he realizes he has to step out and start being true to himself again. 'I can't relate to you' is, as others have said before, the moment where he realizes he can't keep up any longer. Even if it means he will lose the understanding or acceptance of the community he used to be part, losing the people he loved dearly. Maintaining part of the group no longer feels right. The 'im memorian' part, to me, tells how the person he used to be no longer exists. Not necessarily dead as in not breathing, but as in dead to him. He's started a new life. 'So soon we all forget, we ever met' means you'll soon forget the person you used to be once you've moved on. The group he used to be part of will probably soon forget he ever was part of their group as they move on too. |
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| Bad Religion – True North Lyrics | 12 years ago |
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Greg said he wrote the song for his son. I think the whole part about finding true north and mapping et cetera is a metaphor for growing up, trying to find its goal in life. The song is about a kid trying to find it's true north, it's direction, dealing with questions like 'where do I want to go in life'. Everyone's having suggestions and expectations, but he doesn't know what he wants himself. He's trying to deal with daily life expectations, frustrations and temptations, but maybe (probably) making some bad decisions along the way, fucking things up and/or running into depression. It's as if he's realized life is much less fun as he hoped/thought/was said it would be and doubt's whether he wants to be part of society. Simply put: the song is about a kid trying to find its direction in life. The video tells a similar story. The kid in the video is obviously inspired by a young Mike Ness (Social Distortion) as portrayed in the Another State of Mind documentary. The setting is so similar to the bedroom scenes when Mike writes the song Another State of Mind, it hardly can be a coincidence. At the time the documentary was shot, Ness was completely fucked up, addicted etc. Ness got out of it eventually, he found it's true north. I think Greg is trying to tell his kid to keep searching for it's true north. Not in a parenting 'I tell you to' way, but as a loving father. Being a worried dad, he wishes nothing but the best for his son, but knowing that the kid has to go through this phase by himself. For Bad Religion - True North: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X2u6DeXvLDM For the 'Another State of Mind' clip watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dwnEznb7t4k |
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| The Gaslight Anthem – Old Haunts Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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Personally, I think it's about two people who were in a relationship (could be love, but could also be about friends) and who are obviously not the persons who they used to. They're holding on to things of the past, while it's clear that it's over. The whole song is about holding on to what has been, even though it makes you misserable. I think the point Brian's trying to make is that you, at some point, should let it go. Sometimes things are over and you should just accept it and not try to stay in the past. It's quite clear in these sentences: "And don't sing me your songs about the good times, those days are gone and you should just let them go." Don't keep on talking about the good days you've had, 'cause they're long gone. If it's over, it's over. Stop lying to yourself and let it go. |
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| Flogging Molly – To Youth (My Sweet Roisin Dubh) Lyrics | 18 years ago |
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obviously he's pointing to all of Irelands problems. There is no work, there is no peace at all, there still is a big religious battle. He's asking why it's that big a deal to just make it all a bit better. He's leaving a no-futured Ireland to make something of his life, he doesn't want to be part of it. Maybe in the future he'd get back. But the last part shows that he still loves ireland, the youth it once posessed but which had gone. He would love to get back to that time, but for now, he just has to leave his homeland. |
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| Flogging Molly – These Exiled Years Lyrics | 18 years ago |
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Just like jimboa18 said, that's what it's about. And to make it even more clear; "For your land of the free, Now prisons me, To rot in this jail, Of lost liberty" -> land of the free is America, but it wasn't no land of the free at all for Dave. It was lost liberty, it wasn't that beautiful as it was said to be. They pretty much prisonned him, cause he didn't get a greencard for a long long time. |
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| Flogging Molly – Drunken Lullabies Lyrics | 18 years ago |
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I think this lyrics is quite obvious. Well i remember Dave saying some stuff about Ireland just before they started playing this song. About all the rebel, the hate, the wars, and that after 500 years there finally got some peace in Ireland. And that he wanted to play this song to cellebrate the peace. Next to that, he said on the DVD something like that he almost joined the IRA, lot of his friends were in, but he didn't think that violence was the right way to get peace. He just wanted one Ireland, living together, but I shouldn't have to cost so many lifes, that wasn't worth it. And the lyric fits perfectly on this explanation. And then my explanation, well, my link of his story with the lyric actually; - "Five hundred years like Gelignite, Have blown us all to hell" -> the big irish battle - "What savior rests while on his cross we die, Forgotten freedom burns, Has the Shepard led his lambs astray, to the bigot and the gun" -> about the 'right' religion, whether the protestans or the catholics are the right ones. The Shepard is God, and He like, sent his lambs into war. And what savior rests when they all die for the same cause. And the freedom part, which originally was the thing, doesn't even matter anymore. They're all bigots. - "I watch and stare as Rosin`s eyes, Turn a darker shade of red" -> Red is the color of blood, and Roisin is Ireland/Dublin, so he sees Ireland turning into some bloodbath. - "Must it take a life for hateful eyes, To glisten once again, Cause we find ourselves in the same old mess, Singin' drunken lullabies" -> the most import part of the song, it's saying like, is all the fighting, the boms, the war, is it all worth it? Is it that big a thing, that innocent lifes have to be taken? 'Cause, in the end we all end up being drunk and singing songs, we're all the same. - "I sit in and dwell on faces past, Like memories seem to fade, No colour left but black and white, And soon will all turn grey, But may these shadows rise to walk again, With lessons truly learnt, When the blossom flowers in each our hearts, Shall beat a new found flame" -> Slowly he sees Ireland turning into a battlefield, it's now all black and white (you're whether on one side, or on the other), and it all turns into grey (both parts end up misserable). And how he hopes that one day, a new flame, a new light comes up and make it one beautiful country again. |
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